Me and the hubby watched the whole game(both of us born and raised in Chicago, but now living elsewhere)....we are both from the north side of Chicago, and were always Chicago Cubs fans...but we also loved the White Sox...I just dont understand any animosity between White Sox fans, and Cubs fans...after all, they are both Chicago teams, cheer for the city....
We were thrilled with the Chicago White Sox win...I watched the 1959 world series White Sox loss when I was a tricky little teenager....had to wait until now, that I am nearly a tricky senior citizen to see them finally win the world series...but patience is a virtue, and the wait was worth it, and all the sweeter...
Congrats to the White Sox...I sure hope my dad, my mom, and my little brother all now with the Lord, were watching the game, on the big TV in the sky...
andysandmikesmom, you said it PERFECTLY! This is just what I've been thinking about and wanting to say!
I'm a native North Sider, too, so the Cubs have always been my first loyalty, naturally. But I've always cheered for the White Sox, too--for decades--and I've gone to a lot of their games, as well. The Cubs are my National League team, the Sox are my American League team. They're both my Chicago baseball teams.
Now I don't mind a good-natured, friendly rivalry, not at all. But I don't like it when it turns nasty.
I think there are fans on both sides of town who have a negative caricature of the fans on the other side. The stereotype some Sox fans have of Cubs fans is that they are not real baseball fans, that they don't know or care about the game, that they're just a bunch of Yuppies who come out to party in the park. Now there may be some of that (especially since 1984), but I know firsthand that is not the case for most Cubs fans.
Conversely, the stereotype some Cubs fans have of Sox fans is that they are paranoid drunk hooligans with an inferiority complex, who define their existence by their hatred of all things Cub. I certainly hope and realistically think that is not the case with most Sox fans.
This could be a teachable moment for Chicago, when the city comes together. I'm a North Sider and a lifelong Chicago baseball fan who is cheering like crazy for the Sox this year. I hope the South Siders will return the favor in 2008, when the Cubbies win the Series for our every-century '08 championship! "You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one." :-)
So here is my saying for the day:
ONE CHICAGO! CHICAGO WON!
Now I'm gonna post some photos of this great day in Chicago!
Bi-Soxuals, eh?