Cubs-White Sox Announcement?

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<!--quoteo(post=93255:date=Apr 28 2010, 02:09 PM:name=jstraw)-->QUOTE (jstraw @ Apr 28 2010, 02:09 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=93249:date=Apr 28 2010, 01:01 PM:name=MrSheps)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (MrSheps @ Apr 28 2010, 01:01 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=93006:date=Apr 27 2010, 09:13 AM:name=funkster)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (funkster @ Apr 27 2010, 09:13 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=93004:date=Apr 27 2010, 10:37 AM:name=jstraw)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (jstraw @ Apr 27 2010, 10:37 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=93003:date=Apr 27 2010, 10:30 AM:name=Coldneck)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Coldneck @ Apr 27 2010, 10:30 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=92989:date=Apr 27 2010, 09:41 AM:name=stevestonescigar)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (stevestonescigar @ Apr 27 2010, 09:41 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Did you guys hear George Will on the Score this morning? I guess he sits on the MLB Competition Committee. He talked like realignment was gonna happen but that the stupid realignment was not going to happen. He guaranteed that. He did mention...you guys might want to sit down for this... the possibility of six five team divisions with the Cubs and White Sox in the same division.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

I would actually prefer the Sox be in the same division if we're going to play them. At least the outcome of the games would mean a little bit more than they currently do.
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I do not believe two teams in a single city should be in the same league...let alone the same division. I also do not believe it will happen. For one thing, it eliminates the possibility that they could ever meet in the post-season. That's just GREAT for a rivalry.

It's just plain dumb.
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Yup. If there were no cross town series and the Sox and Cubs met in the World Series it would make it that much more special. As it is now...its overkill and I get sick of focusing on it throughout the season and in particular in the weeks leading up to it. It's so lame. I have a coworker who during spring training kept bragging about how the Sox are the better team because they lead the Cubs by two games head to head, as if that has any bearing on anything whatsoever.
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I don't mean to sound like a pessimist, but the chances of the Cubs and the Sox meeting in the world series would seem to be pretty slim. I mean what are the chances that the first time the cubs make the world series in 60 to 70 some odd years that the Sox would also happen to be there? Playing the Sox is highlight of the season for most fans, ticket sales and tv ratings would back that up.

I do though think the series could be shortened to 3 games each year, played over the same weekend. The two teams could take alternate seasons hosting the 1st and 3rd game, or the 1st and 2nd. I also think that had the BP Crosstown Cup been introduced as more of a tongue in cheek thing (make the trophy a giant hot dog or something that was obviously done for fun) the idea would work better. Making it a serious sounding thing ironically opens it up for more mocking.
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To me, how unlikely it is to occur is no excuse for making it impossible.

And I don't think this is tongue in cheek. I just think someone figured out the rivalry could be monetized and that someone (BP) would write a big fucking check. I'll bet anything the trophy will try to look serious as hell.
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I don't want them in the same division, but doing so wouldn't eliminate the possibility of the teams meeting in the postseason (unless they eliminate the wild card).