Mariotti: Cubs own town, Sox only live in it

SportsFilter found this 3/31/2008 on www.suntimes.com [flag]

So how does the team that finally cracks the code, the team that buries the town's baseball image as a double-jeopardy Charlie Brown, wind up right back in the doghouse? How did a World Series title become little more than a one-year blip for the White Sox, whose reign might have had less residual staying power than any I've seen in professional sports? [link]

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The Cubs Own Chicago; The White Sox Just Rent There
Published 3/31/2008 by dyams at SportsFilter
The Cubs Own Chicago; The White Sox Just Rent There : One team finally brings a World Series championship to Chicago, a much-maligned, double-jeopardy Charlie Brown of major league baseball. The other team "celebrates" 100 years since their last championship. So why are the White Sox the city's second-class citizen? ...

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