Too many dates with both clubs at home

On Aug 21, 4:16 pm, "Steve In Louisville"
<Notreceivings....DeleteThis@bellsouth.net> wrote:

> Sorry to crosspost this response in the Cubs' newsgroup, but while I'm here
> I have to ask - have you welcomed Jeffy Alsip back to the fold yet?  Since
> this is the big year, has there been forgiveness towards him after you threw
> him out of the newsgroup?  Just curious, I don't miss his posts over here.

Nobody has thrown me out of anything, Kentucky Boy. Nobody has that
power, or is man enough to use it.
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"Gary S. Simon" <garscosi.TakeThisOut@thisisatypo.pipeline.com> wrote in message
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> I can't recall a season in which both Chicago baseball teams have
> been scheduled to play at home on so many dates.
>

> ... But there's no excuse for both clubs being at home for cosecutive
> series, as is the case this week (White Sox hosting Mariners and Rays
> while the Cubs host the Reds and Nationals) or two weeks ago (when the
> White Sox hosted the Tigers and Red Sox while the Cubs hosted the Astros
> and Cardinals).
>

This truly seems like lazy scheduling. I can't even recall more than one
series overlapping over the past 10 years.

Even worse is the overlap of game times - on the few times both teams have
been at home in the past, one would play a day game while the other played
at night. I think this is the first year that both teams have had games
scheduled at the same time while at home, which seems like scheduling to
benefit the city isn't even being considered.

Sorry to crosspost this response in the Cubs' newsgroup, but while I'm here
I have to ask - have you welcomed Jeffy Alsip back to the fold yet? Since
this is the big year, has there been forgiveness towards him after you threw
him out of the newsgroup? Just curious, I don't miss his posts over here.
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On Aug 21, 10:51 am, "Gary S. Simon"
<garsc....DeleteThis@thisisatypo.pipeline.com> wrote:
> I can't recall a season in which both Chicago baseball teams have
> been scheduled to play at home on so many dates.
>
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Many moons ago I went to a Cubs doubleheader (in the good old days
when bleacher seats were dirt cheap) and had to sit in the upper deck
(and was lucky at that as it ended up SRO). Guy next to me was
going to catch the Sox afterwards so he got a Chicago triple-header
in.
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Steve In Louisville <no*spam*stevenfischer*@*bellsouth*.*net*> wrote:

> Sorry to crosspost this response in the Cubs' newsgroup,
> but while I'm here I have to ask - have you welcomed
> Jeffy Alsip back to the fold yet? Since this is the
> big year, has there been forgiveness towards him after
> you threw him out of the newsgroup? Just curious, I
> don't miss his posts over here.

The Asslip is like dysentery - he is welcome nowhere
and is not deserving of foregiveness.
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"Jeffrey Alsip" <jeffreyalsip DeleteThis @gmail.com> wrote in message
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On Aug 21, 10:51 am, "Gary S. Simon"
<garsc... DeleteThis @thisisatypo.pipeline.com> wrote:
> I can't recall a season in which both Chicago baseball teams have
> been scheduled to play at home on so many dates.

This is a true tragedy for the White Sox. Their home game attendance
is bad enough, but given the choice between seeing the Cubs, or seeing
the White Sox...the Cubs will win out every time. The only hope that
the White Sox hav, is to be the ONLY team playing in Chicago on any
given day.

On a lighter note, it is interesting to see how the fervent White Sox
Fan, Gary S. Simon, has begun to make posts (both here and in the Cubs
newsgroup) which show that he is leaning toward admiration, even
affection, for the Chicago Cubs. He demonstrates the "fair-weather, go-
with-the-winner" attitude that is the hallmark of 99.9% of all White
Sox fans. Thank you very much, for the effort, but the Cubs don't need
you....they already have a solid base of life-long fans. Maybe you
should check out the Angels....maybe you will find that they have cute
uniforms, or something.

Don't mind me saying so and pardon me for freeing the trolls, but I too have
posted a few numbers on the Tigers NG as well as the Twins (more recently),
but I be courteous. I'm not sure about any attendance report that you speak
of, although you should worry more about the national fan base that the Cubs
have these days.

I really don't think there are more fans nationally for the Cubs than there
are for the White Sox. America loves the White Sox and many believe that
they're America's team! The nation's fans like the ballpark, they love the
scoreboard, love the view and they like the mystique of U.S. Cellular Field.

After 2003, the Cubs blew it - big-time! The whole country felt let-down and
deceived by the most likeable and favored of teams in the major leagues. I
almost suspect that 2003 was a payback from the Braves for the Cubs sending
them Maddox in '93...... but that's another topic.

Once again the Brewers are your team to beat - and you'd better not lose
focus.
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Duh_OZ <ozzy.kopec RemoveThis @gmail.com> wrote:

> Many moons ago I went to a Cubs doubleheader (in the good old days
> when bleacher seats were dirt cheap) and had to sit in the upper deck
> (and was lucky at that as it ended up SRO). Guy next to me was
> going to catch the Sox afterwards so he got a Chicago triple-header
> in.


I can't top that, but I did once get to see games played at both
teams' parks in a single day. My father's friend was umpiring the city
high school championship at Wrigley, and took my brother and me along.
It was only my second time at Wrigley Field (and, to date, the only time
I've ever set foot on a major league field). That night, I went to a
White Sox game at Comiskey Park.
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I don't get it, from time to time I hear of former Cub fans that have
switched to the White Sox, but I've yet to hear of in my 50+ years of
following the Sox of 1 fan that switched to the Cubs.

"thomas hagen" <hagenthomas.TakeThisOut@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
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> "Jeffrey Alsip" <jeffreyalsip.TakeThisOut@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:24f27da8-f561-4a7c-a523-d2aa221687cf@z72g2000hsb.googlegroups.com...
> On Aug 21, 10:51 am, "Gary S. Simon"
> <garsc....TakeThisOut@thisisatypo.pipeline.com> wrote:
>> I can't recall a season in which both Chicago baseball teams have
>> been scheduled to play at home on so many dates.
>
> This is a true tragedy for the White Sox. Their home game attendance
> is bad enough, but given the choice between seeing the Cubs, or seeing
> the White Sox...the Cubs will win out every time. The only hope that
> the White Sox hav, is to be the ONLY team playing in Chicago on any
> given day.
>
> On a lighter note, it is interesting to see how the fervent White Sox
> Fan, Gary S. Simon, has begun to make posts (both here and in the Cubs
> newsgroup) which show that he is leaning toward admiration, even
> affection, for the Chicago Cubs. He demonstrates the "fair-weather, go-
> with-the-winner" attitude that is the hallmark of 99.9% of all White
> Sox fans. Thank you very much, for the effort, but the Cubs don't need
> you....they already have a solid base of life-long fans. Maybe you
> should check out the Angels....maybe you will find that they have cute
> uniforms, or something.
>
> Don't mind me saying so and pardon me for freeing the trolls, but I too
> have posted a few numbers on the Tigers NG as well as the Twins (more
> recently), but I be courteous. I'm not sure about any attendance report
> that you speak of, although you should worry more about the national fan
> base that the Cubs have these days.
>
> I really don't think there are more fans nationally for the Cubs than
> there are for the White Sox. America loves the White Sox and many believe
> that they're America's team! The nation's fans like the ballpark, they
> love the scoreboard, love the view and they like the mystique of U.S.
> Cellular Field.
>
> After 2003, the Cubs blew it - big-time! The whole country felt let-down
> and deceived by the most likeable and favored of teams in the major
> leagues. I almost suspect that 2003 was a payback from the Braves for the
> Cubs sending them Maddox in '93...... but that's another topic.
>
> Once again the Brewers are your team to beat - and you'd better not lose
> focus.
>
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thomas hagen <hagenthomas.TakeThisOut@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> Don't mind me saying so and pardon me for freeing the trolls, but I too have

With all respect... please do not free them, or even feed them.
Especially _that_ particular assclown. Notice how virtually NO ONE ever
responds to his posts. No one likes him, anywhere. Virtually everyone
has killfilled him, even though he seems blissfully unaware of it.

> I really don't think there are more fans nationally for the Cubs than there
> are for the White Sox. America loves the White Sox and many believe that
> they're America's team! The nation's fans like the ballpark, they love the
> scoreboard, love the view and they like the mystique of U.S. Cellular Field.

I keep looking for the sarcasm tag... I know it has to be hidden in
there somewhere.

I am not at all a Sox hater (btw, people who use Sux are just plain
lame), but you can't seriously believe that the Sox have more fans
nationally than the Cubs. C'mon... it ain't even *remotely* close.


G (now the Mets, I hate)

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