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Saturday, October 25, 2008

White Sox Vs. Cubs World Series-- Part 3

USA Today also had an interesting Cubs-Sox table. Cubs will be the first, Sox second.

YEAR FOUNDED: 1876 (played as White Stockings, Colts, and Orphans before becoming Cubs in 1903; 1901
HOME: Wrigley Field; US Cellular Field (Comiskey Park to me)
POSTSEASON APPEARANCES: 17; 8
CHAMPIONSHIPS: 2; 3
MANAGER: Lou Piniella; Ozzie Guillen
2008 ATTENDANCE: 3.3 million (club record); 2.5 million
NICKNAME: North Siders, Cubbies; South Siders, ChiSox, Pale Hose (and anything else Hawk Harrelson comes up with)
ICONIC PLAYER: Ernie Banks; "Shoeless" Joe Jackson (plus my favorites Tommy Agee and Harold Baines)
STEREOTYPICAL FAN BASE: White Collar; Blue Collar
FAMOUS FANS: Cubs: Comedian Bill Murray, rock star Eddie Vedder, Michelle Obama, Governor Bladgojevich; Sox: Barack Obama, Chicago Mayor Richard Daley, actor George Wendt (Norm on "Cheers")
HIGH POINT: 1908 World series Title; 2005 World series Title (I also really liked the 1967 and 1983 teams)
LOW POINT: Cubs: A billy goat was ejected from the 1945 World series at Wrigley Field and the Cubs lost. In the 2003 NLCS, fan Steve Bartman knocks a foul ball from Moises Alou's grip, and they lost.

LOW POINT: SOX: The 1919 World Series loss was marred by the "Black Sox" gambling scandal.

Chicago baseball summed up pretty well.

Great Job USA Today. --RoadDog

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