Chicago

Last week I wrote about my hope for the 2011 Cubs. For the first time in a long time, I look at the Cubs organization and see reasons to be optimistic about their short and long-term future.

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Opening Day for the Chicago White Sox is finally here.

With the entire season before us, it's easy to be optimistic about the White Sox's chances in the American League Central in 2011.  Money has been spent (and then some) and everyone is itching to get onto the field and start winning ballgames, starting Friday in Cleveland.

If the snow is removed from Jacobs Field, that is.

At first glance the N.L. Central would seem to be a two-team race between the Cincinnati Reds and the Milwaukee Brewers. Some people add the St. Louis Cardinals to the mix because, well, they're the St. Louis Cardinals. But most analysts seem to agree that it's between the Reds with their combination of speed, power and pitching, and the Brewers, who have one of the top offenses in baseball.

But hold on!

As a Reds supporter, I love talking to Cubs fans.

See, in Cincinnati, we’re used to losing. We’re familiar with the bruised, aching feeling that follows every season gone bad. We know all too well the dejection of finishing fifth or sixth in the division, with no realistic prospects of hope on the horizon.

Several experts are out there providing just enough fantasy baseball advice for you to make a bunch of mistakes.

I'll give you advice from the mouth of a proven champion and former college player.

Within this presentation, you’ll find the information to make you a title contender all fantasy baseball season long.

Without a long introduction, let’s proceed with tonight’s entertainment…

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Chicago White Sox (2010 record: 88-74)

The White Sox won 88 games last season and still didn’t get a sniff of the division title due to the success of the Minnesota Twins. During the offseason, GM Kenny Williams decided to reshuffle the deck to play to his team’s strengths—when playing in a park that caters to offense, add offense.

Ozzie Guillen has been skipper on the South Side of Chicago for seven years.

His career as a manager was met with quick and early success. By 2005, his club drenched an 88-year drought by winning the World Series.

Guillen, however, has always been controversial and remains so today. Only one thing is left to say, enough is enough.

It is time for Guillen to exit.

Over the past, decade many moments have been shared by White Sox fans on the South Side.

A World Series has been won, playoffs have been made, and records have been broken.

Baseball legends have graced the turf of U.S. Cellular Field.

Defensive giants Omar Vizquel and Andruw Jones, home run sluggers Manny Ramirez and Frank Thomas, and all-time greats Jim Thome and Ken Griffey Jr. have all donned the White Sox jersey.

The question with all of this is, "What are the top ten events from U.S. Cellular Field to occur in the past decade?"

Going into the 2011 season, the White Sox have been recognized as strong contenders for the postseason. Most analysts see them in contention for the AL Central title. While they will face tough opponents in the Detroit Tigers and Minnesota Twins, the biggest questions to success remain within the organization.

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