Pale Hose Jon Posted January 16, 2004 Share Posted January 16, 2004 As i opened up my school newspaper this morning i found out that the cubs had held and autograph session and some sort of dinner at our student center. Not only that, but they brought Mark Prior, Dusty Baker, and other cub legends. Why is it that the white sox don't venture outside of chicago to promote their team. When i am not at college, I live in the suburbs and i can never recall any sort of promotions around where i lived. If our Sox want more fans they have to create them. This is not field of dreams, if you build a new stadium or make improvements to one people are not garunteed to come. Why can't the sox become a more fan friendly team like the bulls. All the sox have to do is take a look to their neighbors on the north side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Lopez Ghost (old) Posted January 16, 2004 Share Posted January 16, 2004 Why is it that the white sox don't venture outside of chicago to promote their team. They don't venture all that much in Chicago! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Queen Prawn Posted January 16, 2004 Share Posted January 16, 2004 They don't venture all that much in Chicago! Venture don't do much anywhere - They Gawn! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlaSoxxJim Posted January 16, 2004 Share Posted January 16, 2004 I think the Sox do plenty of community-type appearances, though you are right, they are focused on Chicagoland. But it makes more sense for the Cubs to work the circuit downstate than the Sox when people can be turned into distance Cub fans (unsuspecting fools) because of the exposure on WGN. Farmers from Iowa come to see the Cubs and not the Sox because they are exposed to the Cubs through WGN (the handful of Sox WGN broadcasts is a relatively new development and its still the Cubs 75+% of the time. Just like TBS is a big reason there are lots of long-distance Braves fans, The WGN connection is a huge reason the Northside team has such a large National following. That run-down, weed-coverd ballpark they play in is another... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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