Build a state of the art baseball stadium in a desirable location and let the Cubs and White Sox share it. Wrigley is a dump and nobody goes to White Sox games. It is time to join the 21st century.

What a stupid Idea.

You Cubs jealous? People claim I suck yet I still have one more ring than u lmao

Chicago doing to their baseball teams what New York did to our football teams? You mean move them to another state but keep “Chicago” in their name?

First of all that is a stupid idea, second of all it would never happen, third of all nobody goes to White Sox games? The White Sox average over 20,000 a game, I have no idea what you are talking about saying no one goes to White Sox games. LMAO @ let the Cubs and Sox share a stadium, you don’t understand Chicago obviously.

yeh, build a state of the art baseball stadium in Indiana – like NY football did in New Jersey.

20,000 is not a lot of people going to games. The White Sox have horrible attendance.

Nobody goes to Sox games because the ballpark is in the ghetto. Everybody goes to Cubs games because the ballpark is a bigger draw than the team. If you tore down Wrigley Field a built a new stadium near, say, O’Hare, the Cubs might not draw the 3,000,000 fans they usually draw and the communities near the airport would fall prey to urban blight because of Sox fans moving into the area.

Wait a minute, your applying the Cubs have actually won a game? Highly unlikely.

Josh Hamilton will be so old by then, he’ll need a walker to just get into the stadium. So pitch him high and close.

3 strikes he’s out!!!…

CUBS WIN! CUBS WIN! CUBS WIN! CUBS WIN!

THE CHICAGO CUBS ARE WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS!!!

Just a suggestion, you should change “Rangers” to “White Sox” and “Josh Hamilton” to “Paul Konerko.”

And the streak continues.

Your case scenario will never happen, it is highly unlikely that The Cubs will face Josh Hamilton and the Texas Rangers in the World Series, or even make it to the World Series at all, and even if that would happen Hamilton would be too old to play, he will need a walker like mentioned. Cubs and their fans will be wondering “What did we get ourselves into”.

I can’t see how jumping from an average team to an even weaker one be called bandwagon jumping. Jumping on the bandwagon usually means deserting a losing team for a winning one.

No your not. A bandwagon fan is someone who is a fan of whatever team is playing the best. For example a bandwagon fan sounds like this: I’m a heat, packers/giants, and yankees fan

No, i wouldn’t call you a bandwagon fan because the Cubs are even worse than the White Sox at the moment. Bandwaggoning is when you just become a fan of whoever is doing good at that time. I think the reason they called you a bandwagon fan was because you jumped from one Chicago team to the other, but that’s okay.

Well, I’m going out on a limb but, I’d say they are calling a a bandwagon jumper is because you started like the CHICAGO Cubs and before that you were a CHICAGO White Sox fan. Your not a bandwagon jumper everyone is just upset you chose a team in the same place as your old one.

P.S. I’m writing this of the assumption you live in or near Chicago.

Doesn’t being a bandwagon fan mean you jump ship to a 1st place team?

Nope but you aren’t a real fan. We don’t want you as a fan anyways.

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/super-pac-plans-attack-obama-ties-rev-jeremiah-132518668.html

Shouldn’t Rickets be worried about how to rebuild his last place losers AKA Chicago Cubs?

• Maybe because baseball team owners are fukking tired of having their players dragged before Congress over absolute stupidity.
• because he loves America, unlike Obama and his supporters especially the libs on here, like you
• You do know George Bush used to own the Texas Rangers, don’t you?
• So.. you’re saying it’s not possible for somebody to care about the good of their country while their sports team is struggling?
• Please, the Cubs are hopelessly terrible, so he might as well do something worthwhile with that money, even if I do support Obama.
• I think it’s wonderful to see his “hometown” team owner campaigning to throw that clown out of office.
• Because he knows Obama will eventually raise his taxes!
• For the same reason billionaire george soros funds super pacs.
• Maybe he saw obama try to throw out an opening pitch.
• Why shouldn’t he? does he not have the right to voice his concerns just as anyone else does?
• Have you seen the price of tickets lately?

  Seems to me that team owners wrote the book on gouging the masses.

http://espn.go.com/chicago/mlb/story/_/id/7935598/chicago-cubs-chicago-white-sox-face-different-challenges-selling-tickets

Do you think White Sox have a problem or is it just the product not interesting some fans?

weird how the Cubs are up

The Cubs are up because they are a much better team then anyone expected them to be, this despite them being in last place. The White Sox have always had attendance issues, and they just get worse if the team is not very good.

White Sox would get outdrawn by the Cubs even if the Sox were on pace to win 110 games and Cubs were on pace to win 60.

The Sox ballpark is on the South Side of the city, an area that’s not as “nice” as the area around Wrigley Field. The Cubs also draw fans from the affluent northwest suburbs, who have made baseball at Wrigley more about the total experience than the game, and the Cubs also play far more day games than the Sox, enhancing the experience.
The Sox are just a baseball team playing in a baseball stadium that doesn’t have the history or charm of Wrigley Field.

It’s all about the neighborhood. Wrigleyville is really nice and the Cell is on the south side in a bad area. You can get cheap tickets to either team on INeedSeats.com, especially with both teams being mediocre this year.

http://www.ineedseats.com/MLB/Chicago-Cubs-Tickets

http://www.ineedseats.com/MLB/Chicago-White-Sox-Tickets

The Cubs will always draw good attendance.

The White Sox don’t have anybody worth watching other than maybe Jake Peavy who got lit up yesterday. Guys like Viciadeo, De Aza, Morel, Beckham, Fukudome, Ramirez, & AJ. Lol.

It’s a lot of both. Here are some of the reasons the White Sox don’t draw too many fans:

1. They share the city with the Cubs. Let’s face it, the Cubs are more popular around the Chicago area. Chicago is huge, but the majority like the Cubs, leaving a smaller population for the White Sox. So just being the less popular team in Chicago is a reason.

2. I hate when people hate on the Cubs…..I’m not one of those Sox fans that constantly brings up the 100 year thing and losing all the time. That being said, the identity of the Cubs is losers. That’s what people think when they think Cubs. Even though the White Sox went on an 88-year drought that most people forget about, people still always think the White Sox are not losers…..losing isn’t part of the Sox identity. Because losing is a part of the Cubs identity, people still go to Cubs games when the team sucks. However, when the Sox suck, people don’t go because that’s not the identity.

3. Building off the last point, the Sox really aren’t that good. In the past eleven years, they have made the playoffs twice. While they did get a World Series out of it, GM Kenny Williams has pretty much ruined all competitive chance for this team with his dumb drafting and trading. In 2006, they got a bunch of people to come because they won, but all teams go through that if they win…..look at Philly and Texas now. After 2007 though, the product really hasn’t been good, so that’s not gonna inspire the casual fan to come out to the ballpark. But since the identity of the Cubs is losing, people still come to those games.

4. The stadium really isn’t that good. It’s not a bad stadium, but there is nothing special about it. Look at PNC Park……people would see a game there just because it’s a fucking awesome stadium. And Wrigley has the history behind it. The Cell was one of those ballparks created just before the retro ballpark phase. No tourist who goes to Chicago is gonna see a White Sox game, but they would see a Cubs game because the ballpark is special. The Cell is just so average.

5. The surrounding area of The Cell isn’t fun. It’s not in a terrible area, but a few blocks down is pretty ghetto. But there is NOTHING to do around the stadium…..it’s not a fun neighborhood. Wrigleyville is like a town, there’s stuff to do and party and stuff like that. Plus, there are many cool places a few “L” stops down on the north side. The Cell is just so isolated……people go just for a game, not to have fun in the neighborhood after.

6. The ticket prices are so high. I don’t care what the article says about half-price Monday. One day a week isn’t gonna draw people, but if ticket prices were lower, more people would go. Look at the suburban Kane County Cougars…..they are a super successful minor league team way out West that draws fans only because of low ticket prices. At The Cell, it’s about $40 for an outfield seat, nearly $30 for an upper deck seat behind home plate, and nearly $20 for the worst seat in the stadium. Just to have access to the lower deck, a fan needs to pay nearly $40 for the worst lower deck seat. That’s terrible for the little amount of success this team has had. I know tickets for the Cubs aren’t cheap either, but for a team that can fill up the stadium, there’s a reason for that. But for a team having attendance issues, that’s unacceptable. Ticket prices continue to move up despite the bad product on the field.

Those are the reasons why the Sox don’t really have as many people go to games. I really am not trying to bash the Cubs or anything by saying they have a losing identity, but it’s true. They are known as losers and the Sox aren’t. Their losing identity draws people to games.

• I am assuming you mean current jerseys.

  10: Oakland A’s gold alternate
  9: Kansas City Royals road grey
  8: St. Louis Cardinals home white
  7: Miami Marlins orange alternate
  6: New York Mets home white
  5: Philadelphia Phillie alternate white
  4: Minnesota Twins road alternate
  3: Minnesota Twins road
  2: SF Giants grey alternate
  1: Chicago Cubs alternate

• 1. Toronto Blue Jays
  2. New York Yankees
  3. Chicago Cubs
  4. LA Dodgers
  5. LA Angels of Anaheim
  6. Miami Marlins
  7. SF Giants
  8. Baltimore Orioles
  9. American League
  10. National League

  Sorry, I put those two there. They are nice!
  If those don’t count

  9. Oakland A’s
  10. KC Royals

• 1. Milwaukee Brewers (alternates)

  http://sportslogos.net/logo.php?id=kjxs16z3r3glgqoxmzn2x0lx7

  2. Chicago White Sox (alternate home…..with the black jerseys)
  3. Cleveland Indians
  4. Kansas City Royals
  5. Washington Nationals
  6. Pittsburgh Pirates
  7. Arizona Diamondbacks
  8. Los Angeles Dodgers
  9. Toronto Blue Jays
  10. Baltimore Orioles

No it’s illegal you have to move to chicago

Why not?

After Theo Epstein joined them, no.

I live in Pa, and I’m a diehard Mets fan.

Yes.

For football, Im a Cowboys fan and I live in Connecticut,
which is technically NY Giants territory.

Yes, the Giants fans talk alot of crap about the Cowboys.

But I just talk even more crap about the Giants to them.

Is this a serious question?

I live near Buffalo, NY and I’m a Braves fan.

There aren’t many of us around in these parts.

Yes, you can be a fan of any team no matter where you live.

Yes. it is perfectly fine because you could have memory ties to that team, but it is preferred to like the local team.

Hey man, misery loves company.

Glad to have you aboard.

Scrubbie fans r idiots that can’t handle their liqour. Go Brewers!!!!!!!

It’s perfectly okay!

only if you can find a Minnesota Twins fan living in Illinois. its a one for one deal.

I have been looking EVERYWHERE and did not know it would be so freaking hard to find a hotel that offers ANYTHING for the Cubs game! HELP!

Stay in a hotel near/on Michigan Avenue and take the red line “L” to the Addison Street stop.

I don’t think many hotels in Chicago have shuttle service – you have to take either a cab or the “L”. Since cabs can be expensive, your best bet is to take public transportation.

I doubt you will find any Chicago hotel with a shuttle service. Look at public transportation that goes to the park.

Stay in Evanston at the Orrington Hotel. The shuttle is the CTA el…$2.25 for the 7 mile trip. Take the purple line to Howard then a free transfer to the red line. Exit at Addison, walk a block to WF.

Ain’t none!

It’s too congested to drive anywhere near Wrigley Field before or after a ball game.

Just find a hotel you like and take the CTA Red Line to Addison.

• Yeah they will work. Different websites/printers print them out at different sizes. As long as they are legit, the will work.
• Just reprint them. There is usually instruction on how to do this on your email receipt you received when you bought the tickets. I ordered Blackhawks tickets and had to print them out–I remember seeing the instructions. I recall seeing it on concert tickets too.
• As long as you have the bar code, you will be fine. They will still scan. Enlarge them and then print if you have those capabilities on your computer.
• As long as the barcode is on it, you are fine.

  http://www.ineedseats.com/MLB/Chicago-Cubs-Tickets

Who would of thought they would have double digit wins this early in the year

I somehow doubt the sincerity of your question. What Baltimore has done in the AL East so far seems to me the “feel good story of the year”.

some things can’t be avoided.

You guys have to win a World Series before you’re allowed to take shots at the Cubs. Two lousy pennants doesn’t mean your shit doesn’t stink too.

if they could avoid triple digit losses by the end of september–then it will be a feel good story.

This might be the year the Cubs win the World Series because of the 2012 Mayan calender end of the world thing in 218 days. Maybe it is now or never to break the Billy Goat Curse.