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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...

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!

You post #789 said it all, and said it perfectly...

Sure hope your dream for the Cubbies in 2008, does come true...that would be so great for the city...I would love to see Mr. Ernie Banks, out at such a game, cheering on his beloved Cubs..

Thanks for the pics, which followed...they were great...I have been away from Chicago for soooo many years now(almost 28 yrs now), and have been back only once...but I sure would make it back there, if the Cubs ever did get into the world series...again, thanks for the pics...I always love seeing pics of Chicago, and its wonderful people...

This could be a teachable moment for Chicago, when the city comes together.
Nice thought but it will never happen. Part of being a Chicagoan is to back either the Cubs or the Sox. Its like voting in a primary election, you walk in the polling place and they ask you which ballot do you want, Democratic or Republican. Same thing when you are born in Chicago, the doctor asks the mother Sox or Cubs. Both are decided at birth(sarc)..Appreciate your effort to bring both together, blessed are the peacemakers.