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October 18, 2005
Moral dilemma
For the first time in nearly 50 years, the World Series is coming to Chicago. Sorry to say, it's the White Sox who are playing in the Fall Classic and not my beloved Chicago Cubs. But I now face a terrible dilemma: do I actually cheer for the White Sox?
Though I frequently profess to hate the White Sox, it is not the White Sox themselves I hate. I think they have some great players. Mark Buehrle and Freddy Garcia are awesome pitchers. Scott Podsednik is an electrifying base stealer. Ozzie Guillen is, well, Ozzie Guillen. As a team, you can't say they don't play a great and respectable brand of baseball.
But certain things about the Sox piss me off. I've said all I'm going to say about Ken Harrelson. He almost singlehandedly makes me want the Sox to lose.
Then there are White Sox fans. If you need an excuse to want the Sox to lose, this is it. I should say probably 90% of Sox fans are fine, decent human beings. But some of them are plain old assholes. I would suppose most teams have a certain amount of asshole fans, but it seems to be especially apparent with White Sox fans.
For some Sox fans, they are not as concerned with the Sox winning as much as the Cubs losing. The saying goes, Sox fans are fans of two teams: the Sox and whoever is playing the Cubs. One of these people will probably bring up a number of reasons why they hate the Cubs: they get more national media coverage; they're owned by the Tribune; their fans don't go to watch baseball, they go to be watched; Sammy Sosa (an ex South Sider, by the way.) They'd rather the Cubs lose than the Sox win. For a good example of this, see the insults flying back in forth on Zorn's weblog.
Now, like I said, I'm willing to bet most Sox fans could care less about the Cubs. But if so, there sure is a vocal minority who will take every chance they can get to stick it to the Cubs. And I don't know if I can handle the Sox taking all the bacon this year, simply because I don't want to hear about it from those clowns for the foreseeable future.
However, if the Sox do happen to win the World Series, I wouldn't throw myself off a bridge. Most Sox fans are decent people. The ball club they've assembled is a good group of people (except for maybe resident wingnut Carl Everett) and I would probably support them wholeheartedly if they were from any other city.
But, let's not forget. This is Chicago baseball. Something bad is bound to happen. I'm just waiting to see what it is.
Posted by oz115 at October 18, 2005 07:06 PM
Comments
You have to admit that at least 10% of Cub fans are plain old assholes, too.
Posted by: Pete at October 19, 2005 08:44 AM
Don't cheer for the Sox! They're a team of chodes. I have nicknames for most players: Buerhle - Big Pussy (b/c of his accusation that Texas read signals by an elaborate light mechanism, and b/c he always complains; Jenks - Fat Ass (b/c he's got a fat ass); Garland - Faggot (b/c his facial hair makes him look like one); Pierzynski - Fucker (b/c helped caused the downfall of the Angels); Crede - Lil Pussy (like Buerhle he's also a pussy); Everett - D-Bag ('nuff said); Podesnik - Chode Boy (b/c he looks like a chode); Rowand - Turd (b/c he's acts like a turd); and finally, Guillen - Chode (personifies the ultimate definition of a chode).
Go NL TEAM!
Posted by: Stat Boy at October 19, 2005 08:59 AM
FUCK THE WHITE SOX!
GO CUBS!
GO IRISH!
Posted by: Your Lady friend at October 19, 2005 02:10 PM