Cubs-White Sox Announcement?

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<!--quoteo(post=93425:date=Apr 28 2010, 03:28 PM:name=Butcher)-->QUOTE (Butcher @ Apr 28 2010, 03:28 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=93424:date=Apr 28 2010, 05:22 PM:name=Destined)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Destined @ Apr 28 2010, 05:22 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=93417:date=Apr 28 2010, 03:12 PM:name=Butcher)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Butcher @ Apr 28 2010, 03:12 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=93415:date=Apr 28 2010, 05:05 PM:name=Destined)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Destined @ Apr 28 2010, 05:05 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=93411:date=Apr 28 2010, 02:56 PM:name=Butcher)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Butcher @ Apr 28 2010, 02:56 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=93409:date=Apr 28 2010, 04:53 PM:name=Destined)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Destined @ Apr 28 2010, 04:53 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=93403:date=Apr 28 2010, 02:45 PM:name=Butcher)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Butcher @ Apr 28 2010, 02:45 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=93401:date=Apr 28 2010, 04:42 PM:name=Destined)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Destined @ Apr 28 2010, 04:42 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->I get the Cards/Royals argument, but I think that's being nit-picky. Since Interleague play began, the Cardinals are 33-24 vs. KC, and the Cubs are 35-37 vs. CWS. That's only 5 1/2 games over the course of 13 years. Also, what's the difference than the one extra series that we have against another NL team every tear. We played 3 series against the Padres last year, and the Cards played the Mets an extra series. That warrants an equal argument, if you guys are going to worry about the Royals.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
33-24 vs. 35-37 doesn't add up. Do we play the Sox more than the Cards play the Royals?
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Yes. There were a bunch of times they only played 3 games.
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Oh.

Regardless. We're 2 games under .500 against the Sox and they're 9 games over .500 against the Royals. I don't see how you don't have a problem with that. In a tight division race, that series could make the difference between playing in the postseason or going home.
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Because there's so many other things that could matter. What if we play the Phillies three times, and go 3-6 against them, whilst they play three times against the Padres and go 7-2. That's worse because those are NL opponents that we could potentially be contending for the Wild Card with. Plus, we don't play the divisional opponents the same number of times anyways. We played a pair of 4 game series' with LA last year, and the Cardinals played an extra game against each the Pirates and Reds. Sure I'm splitting hairs with these examples, but I'm just sayin'. There's plenty of these few discrepancies with the schedule, that's how it is.
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I get that there are other problems with the schedule -- but that doesn't change the fact that it's still bullshit. Cards play .589 baseball against the Royals. We play .486 ball against the White Sox. It's built into our schedules every season. Just because there are other problems with the schedule, doesn't mean we should ignore this one.
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I get that. I just think we need to worry about our problems first, and start worrying about the Diamondbacks, our situational hitting and bullpen, and not the White Sox and Cardinals. Isn't that why we make fun of the Sox fans? They pay more attention to us, than their own team. That's the stereotype, right?
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I'm only worrying about them in the sense that there's a built-in discrepancy between our schedule and our biggest division rival's schedule every season. I'd have the same issue if we played the Red Sox 6 times a season and the Cardinals played the O's 6 times a season. It makes about as much sense and it would be just as unfair.
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I would be more upset at that. The White Sox are not a perennial playoff team.