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<blockquote data-quote="Roundball Sage" data-source="post: 2064980" data-attributes="member: 748116"><p>It’s a simple measuring stick to use. Some franchises have high expectations and the dedication to work at greatness. Think teams like the Yankees and Red Sox and Cardinals and Braves and Dodgers. The teams themselves expect a lot from each other all the time (success) as do the fan bases.</p><p></p><p>And then there are other franchises that just have no culture of success and that do little to nothing to develop one. That has been the White Sox culture. A culture of expected failure.</p><p></p><p>It was not always this way. Our elders remember the Sox of the 1950s through to 1967. These teams were winners and always gave the mighty Yanks run for the money as the Sox did get one Pennant and barely missed on a couple others. This Sox culture was one of being winners with exciting players like Little Luis and Nellie and Jim Landis and Ken Berry and Tommy Agee and awesome pitching and defense.</p><p></p><p>And then, 1968 happened and everything with the Sox went straight to hell. And except for one miracle year of 2005... the Sox have embodied failure and low expectations and really pathetic ownership and management. With the only great thing about the Sox being we Sox fans who have tried to overlook their failures and try to continue to love them throughout all the painful losing.</p><p></p><p>The Sox not only need new, fresh ownership. They need a new and fresh culture. A culture that returns them to the White Sox Spirit of 1959 and even to greater heights.</p><p></p><p>That spirit still lives along 35th Street. And if you overlook the grit and grime and tears and listen really closely, you can feel it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Roundball Sage, post: 2064980, member: 748116"] It’s a simple measuring stick to use. Some franchises have high expectations and the dedication to work at greatness. Think teams like the Yankees and Red Sox and Cardinals and Braves and Dodgers. The teams themselves expect a lot from each other all the time (success) as do the fan bases. And then there are other franchises that just have no culture of success and that do little to nothing to develop one. That has been the White Sox culture. A culture of expected failure. It was not always this way. Our elders remember the Sox of the 1950s through to 1967. These teams were winners and always gave the mighty Yanks run for the money as the Sox did get one Pennant and barely missed on a couple others. This Sox culture was one of being winners with exciting players like Little Luis and Nellie and Jim Landis and Ken Berry and Tommy Agee and awesome pitching and defense. And then, 1968 happened and everything with the Sox went straight to hell. And except for one miracle year of 2005... the Sox have embodied failure and low expectations and really pathetic ownership and management. With the only great thing about the Sox being we Sox fans who have tried to overlook their failures and try to continue to love them throughout all the painful losing. The Sox not only need new, fresh ownership. They need a new and fresh culture. A culture that returns them to the White Sox Spirit of 1959 and even to greater heights. That spirit still lives along 35th Street. And if you overlook the grit and grime and tears and listen really closely, you can feel it. [/QUOTE]
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