According to the hometown newspaper, the hate between Sox Fans and Cubs fans runs DEEP! I personally never felt it as much from the Cub side - growing up we went to both fields, but ended up being attached to the cubbies and the Wrigley experience more. A while back I dated a Sox fan for a moment and made him go with me and friends and family to a 3rd of July game at Wrigley where, during the game he begrudgingly but sincerely cheered on the Cubs. However, when using the facilities after the game was over, his shoe was sprayed with pee by a spirited fan being jostled by the throngs. He came out of the bathroom yelling, "I got pissed on! This isn't even my church!" Of course that became the mantra the rest of the beer fueled day as we headed back to the south side and ended up at Puffer's Bar. He is arriving today in Los Angeles to support his team. And, according to the hometown rag - cheer not only against the Angels but against the Cubs as well....
*They bristle at the thought that Harry Caray — who sang "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" as the White Sox announcer before he did the same at Cubs games — is immortalized with a statue outside Wrigley. And they love to look down their noses at those who pour into the baseball shrine year after year.
"The Cubs have got all these people in short shorts calling each other on their cell phone," Pacyga said. "The Sox have got all these people watching the game."
Mayor Richard Daley, a lifelong White Sox fan, said as much when asked this week if he'd like to see the area around U.S. Cellular look more like Wrigley, with dozens of bars and restaurants.
"You go to the game to see a baseball game," he said. "Simple as that."
Two years ago, White Sox fans whooped with joy when fan Steve Bartman reached for a foul ball headed for Cubs outfielder Moises Alou just when it seemed the team from Wrigley was going to the World Series for the first time since 1945. White Sox fans now have further reason to gloat in October.
"Half of my joy," Veeck said, "is the fact that the Cubs are not playing."*
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