Posted on 10/10/2005 9:26:16 AM PDT by Charles Henrickson
"And you can't forget the 'eggheads' in Hyde Park, my first neighborhood in Chicago."
You know, when I wrote that, I knew some South Sider would catch that U.of C. emission.
To bring this argument to its silliest conclusion; Our South Side eggheads are better than theirs!
"Heck, all you have to do is see which team is glorified by the entertainment industry in the past."
Yeah, a real tipping point for what makes the North Side better.
Truuue.
"If they play like they have for the last two weeks they will win it all. Though they should drop Marte to make it more likely."
In the long run, El Duce is no prince either. There was a lot of luck invloved in his last performance. I'd give McCarthy a shot if I were Ozzie.
Unfortunately, that seems to be the defining characteristic of a certain segment of Sox fans. They define their existence as being anti-Cub.
Now I was born (1953) and raised on the north side of the city. So naturally, I have always been a Cub fan. And when I was kid, back in the '60s--when most people still lived in the city--there was a very intense rivalry between the north and south sides. If you were a north sider, you loved the Cubs and hated the Sox and the south side. And vice versa.
But I think the intensity of that rivalry has mellowed over the years--except for some diehard Sox fans. Even though the Cubs were my first team, I did go to a bunch of Sox games in the '70s and cheered for them. And I'll cheer for the Sox now, 'cause they're still Chicago. But I don't like the "Go away, we don't want your support!" attitude that some Sox fans give off.
And BTW, while there may be some non-baseball fans who go to Wrigley Field just for the "happening," that is definitely not true of me and a lot of other lifelong baseball/Cub fans I know, who really know the game. "I am a man, not a metrosexual!"
Another BTW: There were/are more Republicans on the north side than on the south side. Comiskey Park is in Daley's neighborhood, remember.
Don't you mean the "Die Yuppie Scum, Go Back to Wrigley" attitude.
Drop Bartlo (he can't even be used a home) and add McCarthy.
I believe it is in Englewood but not sure. There are some huge mansions just north of Hyde Park where Muhammed Ali, Wallace Muhammed and some others had homes.
Thank you !! everytime my wife who is a huge cubs fan tries to talk up the Cubs and say how great they are, I immediately go into my "gay cubs fan" character - talking about how many white wine sssspriterss I had at the game and how I like Sssssosa but I still miss Sssandberg
Gimme real baseball - Gimme the South Siders - Go Sox !!!!
Muhammed Ali's old pad, Leopold and Loeb's place, and Louis Farrakhan's current residence are in Kenwood, the area north of Hyde Park between 51st and 47th east of Washington Park.
Two words" Hyde Park. --- Clemenza, 60th and Drexel (1997-1998)
I don't hate the Cubs and have some sympathy for what happened to them this year. Any club which had the injuries they had would be in big trouble. But I am not one who falls for the "loveable losers" stuff. Oddly enough I was a Sox fan from the far south side, Arkansas.
However, my son the Navy Nuke looked very handsome in his Cub uniform when playing at Shabonna Park. No damage was done and he is still a faithful Sox fan.
Kenwood that's right Englewood is the other way.
I lived on Woodlawn and 60th in the late sixties. The crime was so bad we had them coming in one end of the apartment while we were in the other.
Now it is a No Man's Land DMZ.
The amazing thing about the "white flight" era on the south side is how even relatively affluent, white collar communities, such as South Shore (with its beautiful lakeside golf course) and Jeffrey Manor were not immune to blockbusting.
Getting back on topic. Bridgeport is a great nabe. Love the Italian sausage place on Halstead.
Remember there are only two REAL CITIES in the United States: New York and Chicago. Everything else is merely a big town.
I think the Sox match up better against the Yankees and they will remember that we swept them earlier this year in New York. Plus there is this West Coast jinx which seems to affect Chicago teams to be worried about. Though I am not really worried about either team and think we will win the Pennant. Going against the likely NL team, the Cardinals, is another matter though.
Sox fans are natural Republicans. They grow up knowing what it is like to be persecuted by a biased press.
Dont forget us 'reejin ratz" in Northwest Indiana
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