5 cubs to arbitration?

They will all be signed Prior to the arbitration. Hendry is not stupid.......but unfortunately you can't be sure that his superiors (in name only) are putting their influence into the situation. I guess they can take the easy way out and overpay them like the Sox did Crede.

A few of these guys may end up with 3 or more year deals either now or before the season starts.

Fastball, Of course you are correct. Soxnole, the Cubs haven't taken a player to arbitration in years. In the past several years, Hendry's regime, they have always settled somewhere in between before any arbitration hearing.

Cub fan 's # 1 + 2.

OK, I'll bow to your superior knowledge of cubbie front office intrigue.

However...Crede overpaid?...ridiculous!

How many World Series Hero's are making more than Joe on the north side? ....or less?
(I feel like Henny Youngman)

Imo, Boras was just trying to get back in the Sox good graces!

Crede made his money because of last fall. He earned a decent contract by helping the Sox win a World Series. Although he's an average player at best. Not saying he's another Gary Scott, but he's not going to be an all star either. The real question is who will have more seats sold in April? The whole Sox stadium vs just the bleacher seats at Wrigley. I think the Cubs will have more attendence just from the bleachers than the Sox will have in the whole ball park.

I never understand why Cubs fans are so proud of attendance. Does the Tribune cut you guys in on the revenue? The money sure doesn't help win championships. You can keep the attendance award, the Sox will keep hte world Series trophy.

As the attendance fans thrill to more cash being passed on to the Tribune company, the REAL fans wait to be thrilled by the White Sox TEAM!

soxnole

Again I advise you--do not go overboard because of one superb season--talk to the "Red Sox Nation"--they have been there

It has nothing to do with being proud of the attendence. I just find it funny how so called White Sox fans think they are fans, and some of them can't even support their team at the gate. Cubs have more fans at away games than the Sox have at home games. Yes, the Sox won the World Series and that's great. It's about time they did something. The best team they ever had threw the World Series for peak sake. The Cubs are also way over do. Maybe someday, but atleast they support their team. Remember I've mentioned many times on this site all the Cubs shortcomings as well. I'm just being objective. The Sox winning the World Series is and was a great thing for Chicago. If the Cubs could ever win it all, then Chicago would've a real party.

Also, remember even Kenny Williams was surprised at all the people that showed up at the victory celebration. He said, I didn't know we had so many Sox fans out there. Maybe having the Sox finally win something, it will help their attendence some.

Scott Boras could give a rat's rear end to be in the "Good Graces" of anyone let alone the White Sox. His clients don't sign anything they don't percieve to be favorable to them.

Grandslam....to me, you seem about as objective as Rush Limbaugh!

Wine on about attendance and the Black Sox, but this years Sox gate will flabbergast while 2005 and 1906 trump 1919....not to mention the social ramifications of illiterate men tarnished by a robber baron and a mad man commisioner.

Grand...Attendance is all that the Cub fans can talk about.

Attendance bolstered by the Tribune and WGN baptizing WF as a "tourist destination" for Chicago visitors.

How soon you Cub fans forget the days when they were lucky to have 4-5,000 in the stands.....one thing in common with that attendance...they didn't win with 5,000 fans in the stands and now they don't win with 38,000 in the stands.

Go White Sox!

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Originally posted by BeenthereIL:
How soon you Cub fans forget the days when they were lucky to have 4-5,000 in the stands

Ahhh, the good old days. I had my own personal beer vendor back then.



Mike F

The days when the Cubs had attendence as poor as the Sox was way back when. Let's face it. Both teams have a bad record of having success throughout their history. The Cubs had a great 2003 and came very close. The White Sox won it all in 2005. Hopefully both teams can get some consistency and have more than a good season ever now and again. The White Sox look to be trying to accomplish that. Williams and Guillen have put the Sox on the map!

This upcoming season is going to be a real dogfight....for the Cubs and sox fans at least. I ask that all of you polarized fans come together with us moderates and hope for success on both sides of town.

The Sox are not worried about the Cubs except for 6 games. The Cubs are not rivals of the Sox in baseball terms, just in fan terms. The Sox worry about the Yankees, Angels, and eventually St. Louis. You know, the other good baseball teams they may face. Not the Cubs.

FBDad...you seem to be MODERATELY delusional!

I challenge anyone to find something I've written that makes me anything other than "Moderate." Good fans see the bad and good in their teams and aren't afraid to say it.

FBDad...my point exactly.

Imo, you are NOT a Sox fan.

If you truly believe you are a Sox fan, that is where the "delusional" came from.

Btw, you add a lot to the board and I enjoy the back and forth. My post was in jest...a play on words and I'm willing to stamp you as "moderate" from this day forward!

However, please don't claim to be a Sox fan. Any review of your post compilation would reveal a latent Sox hater. Lets tell it like it is.

I am definitely a Cub fan ahead of the Sox by light years.......but I am still a moderate when it comes to fact and fiction......

With regard to fiction, your moderation wavered and then was lost for awhile....as the Sox achieved success last year.

In the quest for truth, my moderation went out the window over the same period of time... entirely in the opposite direction!

I thank heaven I did not have to walk that mile in your shoes....

I knew that wasn't really a train coming.....

I think both the Cubs and the Sox make post season in 2006. The White Sox have a really good chance to repeat. Most teams have 3 quality starting pitchers. The White Sox have atleast 6 starting pitchers.

The Cubs ******.

FB... You are right a poor choice of words on my part. Going forward I am going to let the big southside kahuna, BeenthereIL, do all the talking for me regarding the White Sox and the cubbies. Whatever he says, I agree with.

My last post was a little over the top, so it is gone now.

RESTRAINT.....should be the key word when dealing with the cubbie dudes.

Put yourself in thier shoe's.

lololol, Tuzi....

Sox fans should continue to walk with that quiet confidence in 2006, 2007, 2007 and 2008.

Cub fans, on the other hand, will talk about attendance figures. They believe that there is a WORLD SERIES for attendance somewhere!!!!!!

Cubs will have their day in the sun...in 2037.

Go White Sox!

Beenthere....

Mark Prior signed....no arbitration

I had to jump into this thread after reading a few of these posts. Let me first say the Cubs and the Sox will both be better than the Diamondbacks this year. Though the Diamondbacks have a World Championship, and now so do the Sox. For all you Cub fans maybe someday. It happened for the Red Sox and White Sox the last two years. There's always hope, or what do Cub fans always say? Wait until next year.

The word around town in Arizona is that the reason Bob Brenly took the job as an announcer for the Cubs was very simply. He wants to eventually manage again, and Chicago's his number one option. If the Cubs get off to a slow start this year Baker could be gone. For you Cub fans Brenly did what I think was a very quality job for the D'backs. He probably has shown off his world championship ring all around Wrigley already.

The Cubs haven't improved their roster enough to say this is the year. I'm afraid to say it will be said again next fall. Wait till next year! Baseball 1985, Brenly's not the answer in the Cubs dugout either. The White Sox have figured it out, and the Cubs have continued to settle and blame injuries for their short comings.

Brenly has something no Cub player or manager has. A World Series Championship ring! Brenly did a remarkable job here in Zona. People have short memories and forget past success.

Anyone but Dusty!