1983 White Sox squad or 1984 Cubs squad. Who had a better team and why??
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White Sox are better and were better\nThe memory I have of the cubs is that they are probably the most pitiful baseball team of the past 100 years.  They can't win anything, they can't even win their division.  The last time they won a world series (1908) hardly anyone was alive to remember it.  The cubs owner knows that the cubs suck, therefore continues to let them lose.  The cubs will never win a championship, they should maybe be demoted to a AAA team and then maybe they could beat somebody.  The cubs suck so bad.  Thats what they get for disrespecting the goat.  There is no need to build a new stadium in chi town, because it will go another 100 years without seeing a winner come through there.  The cubs should go away, and all of chicago should cheer for the White Sox, or if they are really smart, The CARDINALS.  Now thats a baseball team.  The cardinals are the most successful NL team in history and the cubs choke on all their championship banners.
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The pitchers on the 1876 Chicago White Stockings (who later changed their name to the Cubs) were: Al Spalding, Cal McVey, Deacon White, Ross Barnes, and John Peters.  Spalding started 60 of the team's 66 games so he was likely the pitcher in their first game, though I can't say for certain.
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I think that the 1919 Chicago White Sox were the best team ever.  They had the line-up, pitching, and chemistry to win the series, they just took money to lose it, thus breaking up the dynasty.  Also check out the movie Eight Men Out.  That depicts this story very well.
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Royals. If you base that on tension between players and staff I'd say Cubs. Dusty can't seem to get along with Todd Walker very well and nobody really likes Hendry. But Go Cubbies anyhow.
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I would like the Red Sox. It will be tough to unseat the White Sox. They are essentially the same team that won the WS last year *plus* they added Jim Thome and Javier Vazquez. Thome's been hotter than hell and Vazquez pitched a great game yesterday against KC.
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White sox or red sox???\n\nI am a red sox fan cause my granny was...
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I think the city of Chicago has been longing for this kind of positive production since the days of Jordan in the mid-90s. I believe the White Sox are certainly the hottest team coming off the World Series. The Bears follow up as they got a first-round bye.
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I think they have improved their hitting and leadoff spot which has been hurting them for years now. I wish they'd either get rid of Kerry Wood or move him to the bullpen. But I think they'll have a solid bullpen this year which was killing them last year. Oh, and watch for them to manufacture runs with Pierre and Hairston batting 1 and 2. I don't think they'll rely so heavily on the homerun ball this year. Don't give up on this season even if they start slow. We want them to peak at the end of the season. Yes, I bleed blue. White Suks!!!! Go Cubs!!!!
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well it sure isn't going to be the Cubs, the Red Sox, the Yankees or the Mets.\nIm going with the world champion White Sox for a back to back championship.
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The game was completely different back in Cy Young's day and it's not really fair to compare those guys to the ones pitching today. I mean, it's been almost 100 years since Cy Young pitched -- baseball's changed.\n\nI'd take Warren Spahn for lefties (pitched into the sixties, won 360 games, nearly 60% of his decisions) and Roger Clemens for righties (pitching currently in hitter friendly times, 340 wins so far, wins nearly two-thirds his decisions).
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if prior is healthy...... the cubs!
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Chicago White Sox.\n\nSigned key players already.
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Chicago White Sox he sold the team in 1981\n\nVeeck never managed other than publicity stunts.
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Soriano will make a difference in that club, Good move on the Cubbies part, and I'm a die hard White Sox fan.
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The last time the Cubs were in the Series [1945], they got a Game 1 shutout by starter Hank Borowy.  They also got a one-hit shutout from Claude Passeau in game 3.  But they failed to close out the Tigers in nine innings of game 6 after leading 7-3 in the eighth inning.  They had to use Borowy for the final 4 innings, and won the game in the bottom of the 12th.  Borowy had also gone into the 6th inning as the game 5 starter.  In game 7 Borowy started on one day rest and was ineffective.  Wasted/mismanaged, whatever you call it, they never recovered from a Tiger 5-run first inning, finally lost 9-3.  This was their 5th Series in about 18 years, so Cubs fans had every right to expect they'd be back in it in the near future.  Right!!
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There is good argument for either Garvey or Gwynn.... BUT....\n\nSteve Garvey's best days was when he was a Dodger and was part of the best infield in baseball at the time.  He was a good player when he went to the Padres, but not a great player. He was counting the days to his retirement.\n\nTony Gwynn was in his prime in 1984 and got even better with age. Personally, I think Gwynn was the better player overall let alone in 1984.\n\nI choose Gwynn
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Of course it is the begining of the season hope spring eternal who thought the angels would win in 2002 or the marlins in 03 or the d'backs in 01 or the twins in 91 or 87 or the oakland a's would build a great team in the early 70's or that the yankees would not once go to the post season from 1982-1995. Go Rockies Go Twins Go Devil Rays Go Pirates Good Luck and DO NOT LOSE HOPE UNTIL ALL HOPE IS LOST. Of course the White Sox Suck Eggs and wont win NOTHING