Having grown up just outside of Los Angeles, where the biggest competition between the Angels and Dodgers was which one had better traffic patterns, I absolutely love observing the Chicago hardcore attitude toward their teams.
It can't be both or else you're not a real fan. And if you're not a real fan you'd better not even glance at the TV in a bar or make a pithy comment regarding anything baseball related. You simply aren't worthy unless you choose.
So I'm glancing through my e-mails yesterday and I received a challenge from my ChicagoNow counterpart Julie DiCaro who posts her own opinions about the Cubs! You all know I can't back down from a challenge, so here it goes.
Which ever team comes out on top in the series, their respective ChicagoNow blogger (for those of you not following that's me for the White Sox and Julie for the Cubs) must post a diary the following day gushing accolades about our rival squad! Oh, and next time I come to Chicago, the loser has to pay for beers!
Which ever team comes out on top in the series, their respective ChicagoNow blogger (for those of you not following that's me for the White Sox and Julie for the Cubs) must post a diary the following day gushing accolades about our rival squad! Oh, and next time I come to Chicago, the loser has to pay for beers!
So if you don't want to read about the brilliance of Lou Piniella, the great stuff of Dempster, or the overall virtues of all things Cubs...WE BETTER WIN. But if I do win, then Ozzie and I can still talk about puking in the Wrigley hallways and our general disdain for the baby bears
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Hey, the year I was drafted the Cubs had the pick directly before the White Sox...and they passed me over!
39 Comments
webegeek said:
okay, I'll bite. Who did they draft instead of you?
Jack McDowell said:
You are actually sitting on a computer and chose to write this comment instead of googling the answer???? Shame on you. They picked Mike Harkey
webegeek said:
hey, trying to get a laugh. Maybe any Sox fans that show up at Wrigley this week should bring signs that say:
"What ever became of Mike Harkey?"
The BlackJack Bloggers Club
Great way to jab the Cubs and Ozzie at the same time.
Tony said:
http://tinyurl.com/m3czha
JulieDiCaro said:
You're going down, McDowell!
And bringing up Mike Harkey was hitting below the belt--completely uncalled for!
Jack McDowell said:
You will find Cubbiegrrrl, that not only do I speak the truth, but I have the facts to back it. The truth hurts! Oh, and I'm drinking Coors Light these days!
JulieDiCaro said:
I plane to order a lot of things a LOT more expensive than Coors Light, so bring your credit card.
Jack McDowell said:
typical chick! I'm so confident the Southsiders will prevail, I'm cutting up my credit cards as I type.
Jack McDowell said:
wait, now that I re-read your comment CUBBYCHICK, you want a plane if you guys win???? oh, that must be just a typo. I know it's hard to type using one hand...WHILE THE OTHER IS COUNTING CHICKENS BEFORE THEY HATCH
JulieDiCaro said:
sorry, my typo. i was distracted watching slow motion replays of aramis ramirez's two homers against the sox in game one last season.
Jack McDowell said:
AWWW how cute, still living in the past. Ramirez gets to help you guys about as much as Dick Allen gets to help the Sox this week.
JulieDiCaro said:
that's okay. i'm still holding out hope that i'll get to see aj's jowels flap in the breeze again this series.
webegeek said:
wow, I'd heard there were Cub fans that had learned to read, but who taught one how to type?
eriqjaffe said:
It's just as well that the Cubs didn't draft you, as "Blue Jack" would be a really crappy nickname.
JulieDiCaro said:
wait a minute . . ."black jack?"
i thought i was making a bet with "jack black."
awww . . crap.
Jack McDowell said:
I'll still write you the greatest song in the world...about the Sox
Jack McDowell said:
So would Jackie Blue...although the Ozark Mountain Daredevils might disagree
#1soxfan said:
It's funny a cubs fan bringing up last year usually around this time of year they are telling us to "wait till next year!"
JulieDiCaro said:
we tell you to "wait for next year?"
dude, we start telling you that right after spring training.
secdelahc said:
You give them until the end of Spring Training? That's generous! I usually tell them to wait till next year in January!
millertime said:
They still selling Kevlar ponchos outside Phone Company stadium?
Tony said:
Cub fans are just as informed about life as they are about baseball.
FACT: More crime occurs outside of Wrigley than US Cellular.
millertime said:
FACT: Black Bear is the best kind of Bear.
JulieDiCaro said:
but our "crime" is public intox and disorderly conduct, not gang war crossfire.
millertime said:
What about crime of cheering for the Cubs? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Sleepywilly said:
Remember the old cross town classics? The exhibition game where we got to see who's minor leaguers were better? Now that was.... well pretty lame, i'm glad these count.
JulieDiCaro said:
agreed, i was thinking about that yesterday. i like the fact that the winner can make the loser fall in the standings.
secdelahc said:
You know, Jack, the Cubs have got to win this series, if only that we Cubs fans can educate you about non-crappy beer. Coors Light? Shame on you!
millertime said:
Hey, ain't nothin wrong with a couple silver bullets now and again. Lets not make this a battle of the beers.
Jack McDowell said:
I used to drink Guinness for years, after my Beck's Dark stage, (because of R.E.M.'s lyrical reference to their favorite beer...anyone know the song and lyric?) .I'm a dark beer kind of guy. But now that my workout routine has changed...to say the least, I have to watch the figure a bit! There's nothing worse than a fat skinny guy!
millertime said:
Dear Sox fans/bloggers/Cy Young Award winner,
If the Sox win, who do you think will be the player of the game? Any early predictions?
millertime said:
Never mind, cause the stupid game is called.
Gene-Paul Kelly said:
Actually cubbiejulie, the crime stats refer to VIOLENT CRIME, as in RAPE, MURDER, ASSAULT, ARMED ROBBERY.
AND, last i checked, there's million dollar homes within a block of Sox park. All that's by wrigley is crime scenes and bars.
JulieDiCaro said:
yes, wrigleyville is a real dump. lol.
millertime said:
Actually gene-paul kelly, the crime stats fefer to MADE UP STATS BY THE MAN TO CONTROL YOUR MINDS, as in SOYLENT GREEN IS MADE FROM PEOPLE!
AND, last i checked, there are millions of doll homes within a block of Cub park. All that's by uscellular is movie scenes and cars.
Jack McDowell said:
you're all missing the point. This isn't about stadiums and surroundings, this is about politically incorrect stereotypes and the southsiders win by a landslide!
Gene-Paul Kelly said:
Amen Jack.
Also, last I checked, there's a World Series Trophy @ 333 W. 35th Street. not so @ 1060 W. Addison
JulieDiCaro said:
hello, lovers.
how did we enjoy the game today?
canopygrl said:
And to support my fellow LOHO crowd and our Cubs, I will don flip flops for the remainder of the series...
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