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Originally posted by spots101
Hey Bob,
Do you call yourself blue cuz of the lack of O2 to the brain? I've said it once and I will say it again. The Sox fans want a winning team on the field. So, they choose to not come to the ballpark when the team sucks in hopes that mgt. will produce a better team.
Cubs fans will show up no matter what. Now, if you owned the Cubs and fans keep showing up day after day, year after year, why would you go out and spend the time and money to produce a better team?
The Tribune is making money on the ambience of a historic ballpark. What happens to the fans when they have to do away with Wrigley? What goes up must come down.
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1) Actually, your blood is blue because of the oxygen!
2) Even when the Sox were winning in June, you could still find plenty of tickets at face value. Hell, I was at a party in one of the boxes and the two boxes on either side were empty. We were first base extneded in the lowest level - incredible view! Corporate boxes with no one in them...they build extra seats across from Wrigley in order to accomodate all who want to see the team.
3) The answer to your first question is...one world series, baby! You wouldn't be able to by a ticket at twice the price the following season.
4) The answer to your second question is the most telling. Other teams love having the Cubs in town. Legions of fans sell out those places in case you've been comatose for the last decade. The Cell is full when the Cubs fans pack it. The day after the series, "Get your free seats, right here. C'mon, who wants two?"
5) What goes up must come down? Is that a prelude to next year's White Sox team? Wrigley is an icon and protected by the Historic Buildings Act. Old Comiskey was a dump in a slum neighborhood. Now, you've got a championship ball team playing in a half empty new park, in a slum neighborhood. When you pull into Wrigleyville, people roll down the windows to hear the sounds and smell the food. When I get off the expressway to go to 35th and Shields, we roll 'em up and lock 'em. I'll take some drunk Cub fan pissing on a tree over a guy with a knife trying to steal my car. Wrigley will be standing long after you're in the ground. The Cubs probably won't have a championship either, but we'll have a team that we actually like and admire. Perpetual losers refers both to our team and apparently, Chicago White Sox fans.