I recently read an article on the Bleacher Report that made me laugh, and then made me angry. It was by a Chicago White Sox fan that clearly has a grudge against the city of Chicago for making his team the bastard stepchild of the city of Chicago.
Everyone knows that the Chicago Cubs will always be the team in Chicago. It is right up there with the Chicago Bears in terms of passion from a group of fans. The reason this article I read made me mad is the author is trying to say that the White Sux are the number one team in Chicago.
Here are his reasons:
1) Surprise!!! They won a World Series in 2005, and the Cubs won one in 1908. How many times do we have to hear this retarded excuse for why they are a "better team?"
2) They have a better team in a better division with better pitching and better hitting, and they are going to get better. I agree that they are going to get better and win the AL Central by a wide margin. But be honest, isn't that like a math wiz beating a retard in chess? The AL Central is the worst team in baseball. With the payroll and roster that White Sux have they should win the division by 15 games. The Cubs, even with a 96 win regular season, will likely win by 2 games over the St Louis Cardinals.
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Starting to see why I got angry when I read this article? I am tired of White Sox fans crying to themselves and over blogs that their team is better, and always following the sentence with some moronic reference to 2005. WHO CARES?
The Chicago Cubs have been in the toughest position of any team in baseball to win a World Series for these reasons:
1) Day games: It is nearly impossible for a team to stay fresh when they are playing night games on the road and coming home to a day game the next day over half of the schedule. A lack of sleep will wear on a player.
2) Pressure: Imagine every start for a pitcher being the equivalent of a Playoff start. Every game Big Z steps out on the mound, he knows that every fan is not hoping, but expecting him to go 8 innings with 8 K's and get a win. Every game is sold out, the fans boo their own superstars when a slump occurs, and cheer them on when they break out of it. Emotional roller coasters wear on a player.
3) The ballpark: The dimensions are awkward, the wind makes it difficult to design a team to win. What I mean by this is: if a team has great pitching, the management builds a park to suit the pitching. If it has good hitting, the management builds the park to suit the hitting. Kind of hard to do that at Wrigley Field. The wind, in over half the games at home, is the number one determinant of how a team will perform. Lets see the White Sux's number one ranked pitching staff on June 20th if the wind is blowing out to left at 20 MPH. I bet they give up 10 runs.
So, the next time I read an article about why the White Sux are better than the Cubs, assuming I haven't thrown my computer out of the window yet, I will again get angry and write a posting describing the arrogance so my fellow Cubs fans will know the kind of crap being said in the ghetto, I mean Sox 35th on the Redline.
Go Cubs, beat the White Sux in all 6 games this year!
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2 months ago
I hate the Cubs, but it was an ignorant statement. The Cubs will always have more fans.
2 months ago
1. That's a horrible reference about day games. Is that the reason why you guys blew the final 3 games of the 2003 NLCS or are you still blaming Bartman/the goat/black cat/whatever other dumb curse you believe in? Was it also how you got swept in 3 games last postseason? Just out of curiousity...
2. Oh my god...pressure??? Are you serious??? Good God, you're right...the Cubs are the only team in baseball that face pressure day in and day out. Who in the hell are you to call ignorant? Hold on everyone, let's applause this man for singling out the Cubs for being the first and only baseball team to ever face pressure. Thank you!
3. It's called adjusting...? If you can't do it, then you don't belong in the majors. You don't have anything on Colorado, which is 5000 feet above sea level and the ball just carries out of the park.
Oh, and Ben, I don't care if the Cubs do have more fans because while you guys are selling out games we'll be winning them. And the last I checked is that teams are more remembered for how many championships/games they have won, not the amount of sellouts you have.
from 2 months ago
Good point Adam. Who cares about how many fans attend a game. Uh, management. They need the money to pay for the team.
And the Sox haven't won more games than the Cubs. Not even close. So good try on that one too. More championships yes, but not more games.
2 months ago
Nice article Tyler! Cubs fans are more loyal than those to any other team in baseball. I love this article! I catch so much flack for being a Cubs fan from the Sux fans. The Cubs have a huge fan base when they go on the road also, no questions asked. In 2003 Milwaukee said they would take care of Houston for the Cubs so they could win the division because the Cubs had brought so many fans to Miller Park. GO CUBS!
2 months ago
1. Calling the White Sox the "White Sux" makes you lose a ton of credibility.
2. Who cares about 2005? Well, Sox fans do. We won the World Series that year. That seems pretty damn important. Does it matter for the on-field results of 2008? Hell no, it doesn't mean anything. But every single Sox fan will cherish 2005 for the rest of their lives, as it was the best baseball year any of us will ever experience.
3. "I will again get angry and write a posting describing the arrogance so my fellow Cubs fans will know the kind of crap being said in the ghetto, I mean Sox 35th on the Redline." Right, sure. Not only does this statement come off as horribly ignorant, but a little bit racist, too. I've never had a problem with anybody down on 35th, and I've parked in some pretty run-down areas.
This article is no better than the one you were criticizing. Not one bit. Your Sox bashing is no different than his Cub bashing, Tyler.
2 months ago
Oh, also, if the wind is blowing out at 20 mph and John Danks or Jose Contreras is pitching for the Sox, they'll have no problem being pretty good ground ball pitchers. Vazquez and Floyd might fare well if they can strike out enough batters and Buehrle will struggle unless his location is spot-on.
Maybe you should have included that in your "analysis" of why the Sox pitching would give up 10 runs.
2 months ago
"White Sux"? Seriously? Using that term as well as the word "retarded" makes this article sound like something that would be posted on an Internet messge board. Go spew this venom there and not here.
2 months ago
There still 9 days left until Cubs-Sox begins but clearly the fan game has already begun...
2 months ago
Open note: I apologize if this email was offensive to anyone (Geoffrey and JJ). It was meant to spark a bit of a "fire" between Cubs and White Sox fans as the game is getting close. This is a holiday for me every year, as the Sox are the team I dislike the least and I love the passion/hatred the two teams and fans have for eachother.
One thing: How is me saying Sox 35th is ghetto racist? I hinted nothing towards color, nationality, or religion, just the area is ghetto. Simply meant the area around the "Cell" is shitty. Nothing against the people there, just the area sucks and it makes it not as fun to attend games. Maybe the Sox ownership should man up and fork up some money to develop the area around their stadium so that it has a good game experience before and after games. Wrigley is unique because you can get there 8 hours before a game and have a good time all day. At the "Cell" what do you do, stand around and look at eachother?
So, again, I'm sorry. Just saying that 1) The Cubs are obviously better 2) It is annoying hearing the 2005 and 1908 references every time a Cubs vs Sox argument comes up 3) Cellular Field is nice, the area sucks bad 4) Lets have some fun arguments before game time
Go Cubs!
from 2 months ago
See, Tyler, that's where your wrong. The area around U.S. Cellular field IS improving. There aren't any hot bars there yet, but with all the new housing that is being built, they're sure to come. And, while there aren't any bars, there is something to do before a game: tailgate. You can't do that at Wrigely. A lot of people show up three hours before the game and grill up some dogs and brats, throw back some brews, and have just as good of a time as those people who go to Wrigely Field bars. So don't say there's nothing to do before a Sox game. You just have to know where to find it.
However, I've always been a proponent that the Sox SHOULD spend some money and build up a bar or something along 35th just west of the Red Line by the parking lots or just west of the Green Line along 35th heading towards the Dan Ryan. It'd give people from downtown and the near north/west suburbs a place to go before games, as, let's face it, you ain't bringing your grill on the L.
I guess I found it to be racist because the area IS improving while there are some pockets that aren't great. There are areas where low-income African-Americans live, but calling it the "ghetto" gives it a negative connotation. Calling it a bad neighborhood is fair. Calling it the ghetto isn't. It's not the ghetto anymore, and anybody who goes down there and walks around a bit will know that. Also, the area west of the Cell has never been the ghetto, unless I missed something and Bridgeport is the ghetto.
I agree that the 2005 vs. 1908 comparison is pointless, Tyler. Frankly, I'm sick of the 2005 vs. 2008 comparisons that have been coming up with Sox fans in the last few months.
from 2 months ago
I'm going to have to side with JJ here. They are obviously making improvements and trying to make the area around the Cell a better place, c'mon now.
2 months ago
Everyone needs to shut up! I'm a diehard Cubs fan, I hate the Sox but I can admit when I'm wrong. The above excuses are just getting old, we have the team this year do actually do some thing, and they will dispell all those sorry excuses we have been using for years and years. The true Cub fans don't use these excuses, all we needed is a shortstop or a firstbaseman to handle a few grounders and I wouldn't have to waste our time with this rant. We have the best record in the majors, Cub fans lets be proud of that. Sox fans, good luck the rest of the year. See ya in a few days!
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