Home | About Us | Sports | Entertainment | Everything Else | Contact Us

 

 

 

.

 

Entry #11

30 Years of Celebration: Cubs and White Sox

Posted November 13, 2011, 9:20am by Doug Ropp

 

As part of my 30 years of sports celebration, I have come up with my memorable moments and all-time teams for the Cubs and White Sox spanning from 1980-2010:

 

CHICAGO CUBS

 

  1.  All-Time Team

      LF Andre Dawson

2.   CF Bob Dernier

3.   RF Sammy Sosa

4.   1B Mark Grace

5.   2B Ryne Sandberg

6.   SS Shawon Dunston

7.   3B Aramis Ramirez

      C Jody Davis

      SP Rick Sutcliffe, Greg Maddux, Carlos Zambrano, Kerry Wood, Rick Reuschel

 RP Bruce Sutter, Lee Smith

 

Favorite players

LF Dave Kingman, Gary Matthews, Moises Alou, Alfonso Soriano, Brant Brown, Derrick May

CF Bob Dernier, Doug Glanville, Corey Patterson

RF Sammy Sosa, Kosuke Fukodome, Keith Moreland

SP Kerry Wood, Mark Prior, Rick Sutcliffe, Greg Maddux, Carlos Zambrano. Rick Reuschel, Steve Trachsel, Terry Adams, Jeremy Gonzalez, Jon Lieber, Matt Clement, Ted Lilly, Carlos Marmol, Frank Castillo, Kevin Tapani, Terry Mullholland, Steve Trout Scott Sanderson, Mike Bielecki

RP Chuck McElroy. Mitch Williams, Lee Smith, Bruce Sutter, Carlos Marmol, Terry Adams, Les Lancaster, TimStoddard, Kyle Farnsworth, Antonio Alfonseca, Turk Wendell

C Jody Davis, Joe Girardi, Hector Villanueva, Michael Barrett, Damon Berryhill

3B Ron Cey, Aramis Ramirez, Bill Mueller, Gary Gaetti, , Steve Buchele

SS Ivan Dejesus. Rey Sanchez, Ryan Theriot, Shawon Dunston

2B Ryne Sandberg, Mickey Morandini, Mark Grudzielanek

1B Mark Grace, Bill Buckner Derek Lee, Leon Durham, Hee Seop Choi, Fred McGriff, Rafael Palmeiro

 

Memorable Cub Moments

1.  -1984 Season

2.  -1998 Season - Sammy Sosa home run battle, Cubs wild card berth.

3.  -2003 Season – Cub island outside Wrigley field during the play-offs, Steve Bartman (unfortunately), Standing in line to see Roger Clemens go for win 300 only to be told no tickets were available at 5 a.m. in the morning.  Came back at 12 p.m. and tickets magically appeared and I was able to get in.

4.  -Ron Cey/Mario Soto bench clearing brawl at game I went to.  This was over a home run that was called foul.

5.  -Going ballistic at Jim Riggleman during a game I went to because Riggleman pulled Felix Heredia after one batter in his first appearance as a Cub. 

6.  -Multi home run games I went to by Sammy Sosa and Leon Durham.

7.  -The old Torco sign at Wrigley.

8.  -At the old County stadium in Milwaukee, saw a fan almost get his brains kicked in as he was drunk and kept mocking Sammy Sosa’s salute.

9.  -2004 because Wrigley Field was not a fun place to be.  The fans were nasty.  Just ask Corey Patterson.

 

 

CHICAGO WHITE SOX

 

All-Time Team

1B Frank Thomas

2B Ray Durham

SS Ozzie Guillen

3B Robin Ventura

LF Carlos Lee

RF Harold Baines

CF Lance Johnson

C Carlton Fisk

SP Lamar Hoyt, Rich Dotson, Jack McDowell, Alex Fernandez, Mark Buehrle

RP Bobby Thigpen

 

Favorite White Sox players

OF Maglio Ordonez, Greg Luzinski, Carlos Lee, Tim Raines, Bo Jackson, Ron Kittle, Rudy Law, Dan Pasqua, Lance Johnson, Scott Posednik

     1B Frank Thomas, Paul Konerko, Tom Paciorek

     2B Ray Durham, Julio Cruz

     SS Ozzie Guillen

     3B Robin Ventura, Vance Law

     SP Floyd Bannister, Lamar Hoyt, Rich Dotson, Britt Burns, Tom Seaver, Alex Fernandez, Charlie Hough, Wilson Alvarez, Jim Abbott, Jim Parque, Jon Garland

     C Carlton Fisk, Miguel Olivo

     RP Bobby Thigpen

 

 

Memorable White Sox Moments

1.  1983 season

2.  -After a long rain delay at the Old Comiskey, Harold Baines rallied the White Sox to victory with a home run.

3.  -At the New Comiskey, (I will never call it the Cell), I saw a five home run game between the White Sox and Indians, when they were really good.

4.  -Getting to see Chipper Jones at the New Comiskey in a high scoring affair between the Braves and White Sox.

5.  -In that same Braves game, yelling at Paul Konerko to run from first to third on a hit only to remember he is as slow as a turtle.

 

 G. Favorite announcers

Cubs – Harry Carey, Steve Stone, Jack Brickhouse, Tom Brennaman

White Sox –Ken Harrelson and Tom Paciorek (Hawk and Wimpy)

 


 

To comment on this story through Facebook, click here.

 

Latest Posts

 

.

.

.

.

spacer

.

Home | About Us | Sports | Entertainment | Everything Else | Contact Us

.

© 2011 C & C Communications. Privacy Policy. All rights reserved.

.

.

.

SPONSORED BY