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SOX & CUB fans... It reminds me of the time...

SmokeySmokey500+ posts
I was talking with a fellow HSBBWEBster from Ohio a while back. He stated that he could not believe the heated banter between SOX and CUB fans on the Illinois site. Given this banter, my friend was under the impression that SOX and CUB fans loath each other and have little tolerance of the others team, a real malevolence. I reassured the Buckeye that the sparing between soxnole, FastballDad, denisr400, BeenthereIL, Tuzigoot, indians08, 2bagger, nc42dad, itsrosy, and gw4s was all in good fun and that nothing was meant by it.

It reminds me of the time we were all on a fishing trip together. It was back several years ago while the Pope was visiting the US……
On a tour of Florida, the Pope took a couple of days off to visit the coast for some sightseeing. He was cruising along the beach in the Pope-mobile when there was a frantic commotion just off shore.

A helpless man, wearing a Chicago Cubs jersey, was struggling frantically to free himself from the jaws of a 25-foot shark. As the Pope watched, horrified, a speedboat came racing up with three men wearing Chicago White Sox jerseys aboard. One quickly fired a harpoon into the shark's side. The other two reached out and pulled the bleeding, semi-conscious Cubs fan from the water. Then using (autographed by Paul Konerko himself) baseball bats, the three heroes in Sox jerseys beat the shark to death and hauled it into the boat.

Immediately the Pope shouted and summoned them to the beach. "I give you my blessing for your brave actions," he told them. "I heard that there was some bitter hatred between White Sox and Cub fans, but now I have seen with my own eyes that this is not the truth."

As the Pope drove off, the harpooner asked his buddies "Who was that?"
"It was the Pope," one replied. "He is in direct contact with God and has access to all of God's wisdom."

"Well," the harpooner said, "he may have access to God's wisdom, but he doesn't know squat about shark fishing.... how's the bait holding up?"


GO SOX!
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I was talking with a fellow HSBBWEBster from Ohio a while back. He stated that he could not believe the heated banter between SOX and CUB fans on the Illinois site. Given this banter, my friend was under the impression that SOX and CUB fans loath each other and have little tolerance of the others team, a real malevolence. I reassured the Buckeye that the sparing between soxnole, FastballDad, denisr400, BeenthereIL, Tuzigoot, indians08, 2bagger, nc42dad, itsrosy, and gw4s was all in good fun and that nothing was meant by it.


I am not going to mention any names, but I can assure everyone here the above statement is true Smile

As far as the shark bait stuff goes, maybe the guy from Ohio had a valid point Eek Big Grin
denisr400denisr400500+ posts
Agree, it's all in good fun. Sox have 05 forever but must say I thoroughtly enjoyed the champs to chumps downfall and hearing the utter misery in Hawks's voice on those tough nights.

Can't remember how many times this summer wife called me mean and vindictive when I'd sarcastically yell "he gone" as Sox would k in key situations and "put it on the board" as opponents hammered the best and deepest staff in baseball.
nole - memories are great but I can't taste the tremendous prime rib I had last weekend, only the 99 cent frozen mac & cheese I just had for lunch.
As for the real chumps - the Cubs. Miserable, brutal year for my favorite team. Can't imagine the headaches Hendry has trying to sort this mess out.
I know few of the current hs players/teams but it's still a pleasure to come on here and chat with old friends and follow their kids careers.
FastballDadFastballDad1,000+ posts
Soxnole, I know most sox fans (the ones who are still there) are not in misery. It looks like the WS Championship made them very forgiving. Pre-2005, the few sox fans around would have been very displeased with this season because they know how rarely the sox have a chance to compete and they threw away a great opportunity this year. It was the sox team that collapsed and went into convulsions, not the fans. They seemed prepared for the possibility.

Most people who were sox fans at the end of 2005 and the beginning of 2006 are long gone. In the next few years as the Cubs recapture the Chicago market the sox fans will be even harder to find. Beenthere will even want to go back to being a Cub fans like he was in the days of Fondy, Tinkers, Evers, Chance, Ernie and Sammy.
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FastballDadFastballDad1,000+ posts
2ndbasemom as usual has it right. If the Cubs were so bad, what does that say about the sox? It should be no surprise the Cubs had a better record in the second half, because they were simply the better team. Good young pitchers with upside rather than over the hill, a good leadoff man and hitters that at least tried to fill their role.

This will continue next year, with the Cubs improving on that 8 games under .500 in the second half while the sox are likely to be even weaker next year with 2-3 rookies in the lineup, no bullpen, little speed and questionable starting pitching.
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