Come To Think Of It...Cubs and White Sox Share One City Yet Worlds Apart

Jim Hendry and Ken Williams, the men who generally manage our baseball teams in Chicago, have much differing viewpoints when it comes to the state of their ballclubs. For Jim Hendry, life is wonderful, couldn't be better, thank you. We're coming off of a 97-win season, you know. Oh sure, we didn't get the job done in the playoffs, but hey, those things happen. We'll do some tweaking and go get 'em next year. For Ken Williams, life is complicated, wrought with question marks. We're coming off of a division title, also. In fact, we even won a game in the playoffs. But our fans want to win the world Series. 2005 created that expectation. And in order to keep the fans coming out, we need to keep winning. We're willing to blow this thing up if we have to. You see, Cubs fans will fill Wrigley Field no matter how the team plays next year. Don't get me wrong - Cubs fans desperately want to win. We're sick and tired of the whole 100 year curse and all that garbage. But with the neighborhood bars ... (link)