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Originally posted by JRutledge
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Originally posted by FVB9
Rut...I wouldn't be talking smack about the Cardinals bud! Great team, but so are the Braves!
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The Cardinals have been to the World Series 4 times in my lifetime. How many times has the Cubs been to the World Series in your lifetime?
When we do not make the World Series it is the players that did not come through. When you do not make the World Series, it is some curse. Let it go. Just face it if the Cubs went 0-82, Cubs fans would still go to Wrigley Field and you would be right back he talking about what the Cardinals did not do. Now that the Sox won the WS, instead of being happy, you are concerned about who is first in town. Win a World Series in this Century and we can talk about whose town this is.
Peace
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JC, you and I agree on very little, but here is one. Both of us have congratulated the White Sox, their fans and recognize that something special occurred at 35th and Shields this year. We would both have like it to be our Cubbies, but we knew better. J.Rutledge needs to read better. This thread was begun on the premise that the White Sox are not number two in Chicago anymore. Again, we both know better. If they need that fantasy to give them validity, let them have it. Your point about the Braves was almost as damning as mine about the Buffalo Bills. Taking the hottest woman home from the bar is only half the deal. The Cards and Bills fell asleep when they got there.
The Sox have their moment and will take some momentum into the 2006 season. Reinsdorf will raise the ticket prices and feel content with half full stands. Meanwhile, the Cubs will have full stands, an above average team (but still not playoff caliber) and throngs of fans across the country. Yes, the Cubs have a cultlike following. What do you think the old Montreal, Tampa Bay, Seattle, Arizona, Kansas City, Minnesota or Milwaukee would give to have that same love?
Kudos to the Sox. Cubs fans changed hats and rooted for the boys in black. A few years ago, White Sox fans behaved like babies when the Cubs went to the NLCS. Imagine what would have happened if this were the other way around. Sox fans would be cryng that if they had a ball park like Wrigley and played against the National Laegue all of the time they would have won too. It's getting old and we don't care. Cubs and Sox fans are like oil and water. We may prefer Chardonnay over Malt Liquor, but we still appreciate good baseball.