Here in Illinois we have plenty of teams to choose from, and to support, and I have always tried to back all of our teams when they have gone to the end of a season, and had the chance of a lifetime to be a world champion. I happen to be a Chicago White Sox fan, but I am a Chicago fan. Period.
When the Chicago Cubs came close just a few years ago, I was cheering them on, and was very hurt by their loss. It seemed we had waited and struggled so long that this had to be our year. Instead we were all let down, once again, by another Chicago team. Now the Chicago White Sox have a shot at the World Series, and as a Sox fan, I’m excited to see them where they are.
All Chicago fans, whether they are from the South Side or the North Side, or from the suburbs, or from Downstate, should be happy as well for the White Sox. It is a fact that Chicago has always been a Cubs town, but it should not be a city that is anti-White Sox, and Cubs fans should not show hostility to a team in their home city.
I know many Sox fans who were cheering on the Cubs when they won their division just a few years ago. The whispers I’ve been hearing are not good ones. I hear Cubs fans hoping that the White Sox fold early; even others who will cheer on their archenemy, the St. Louis Cardinals, if it becomes a White Sox-Cardinal World Series.
That to me is ludicrous. I believe in some things called pride and loyalty, and support for your home team, your home city and your home state. I am proud to be a White Sox fan, and I am loyal to my Chicago teams. All those loyal Cubs fans should sit back and take a good look at themselves. They should ask themselves these simple questions: Are they proud to be cheering on the opposing team against the White Sox–and what does that say about their character? If they have a good conscience at all, they will support their hometown team from Chicago.
