Good report. The only thing BETTER would have been Sox vs Guardians, with a Guards win of course. I'm going to Milwaukee this Saturday to see our team. Stand for The Land!
Thanks for this evocative piece! You captured the spirit well—there may not be a lot of fans in the stands but the people who do show up share this desire to watch baseball for its own sake, and I think it creates a strong camaraderie.
I am a Royals fan who grew up in Omaha before moving to Chicago, and for some reason I've always disliked the Sox more than any other AL Central team. At least until I got here. I'm not gonna lie, I'm enjoying the schadenfreude of this, but I definitely don't want to see them move out of town, and I'm pretty hopeful they won't.
Out of the two Chicago teams, though, they've become the ones I root for, mostly for political reasons and because I prefer underdogs, which the Cubs are not anymore. And as you say, it's a much better and more "organic" experience now at Comiskey than Wrigley. I think it's always been easier to be a Cubs fan than a White Sox fan even when they were losing, and now that feels more true than ever.
Glad you got to see Bobby Baseball do his thing! He... flies around the base paths kinda like a very fast bird?
There were quite a few Royals fans at the game! I enjoyed seeing Witt play, he just screams 'ball player' even when you're watching from a couple hundred feet away. I saw him range way to his left, behind second base for a ground ball and he just flung it sort of sidearm to first like it was nothing. I'm not sure who I'd compare him to at this point as an all-time shortstop, maybe early-career A-Rod.
I wish I had mentioned the food at Comiskey in the post. The bratwurst with peppers and onions is a classic. Fresh Italian rolls with the pepper/onion mix slathered in some type of oil (maybe corn oil? I know it's not canola). The scent just wafts throughout the concourse.
As a lifelong Cubs fan, I found this column truly poignant. Cubbies are showing a little more life than the hapless Sox. But still-it’s a disappointing year so far for us, too. Folks used to say that people came to Wrigley just to socialize, and now you indicate that’s what kid happening on the Southside, too. Interesting. Well, at Wrigley, we can always look forward to the gulls joining us for an afternoon game.
I love the gulls! I think it is more apt to compare the Cubs to the Yankees, Red Sox, or Dodgers nowadays. They are bigger market team that can spend. The Wrigley experience is not as social as it used to be. Thanks for reading.
It just feels so wrong if Jerry moves the team out of the city. It is also a travesty how they are not investing in better talent, as we almost always have been 2nd to the Cubs in popularity. We could lose more youngsters to the north side team. Very fitting a mourning dove!!
I laughed when I saw "New Comiskey" because that's what I've called it from the start. I also hope they don't leave, but asking taxpayers to foot the bill given the money sportsball earns is just wrong.
Good report. The only thing BETTER would have been Sox vs Guardians, with a Guards win of course. I'm going to Milwaukee this Saturday to see our team. Stand for The Land!
Thanks for this evocative piece! You captured the spirit well—there may not be a lot of fans in the stands but the people who do show up share this desire to watch baseball for its own sake, and I think it creates a strong camaraderie.
I am a Royals fan who grew up in Omaha before moving to Chicago, and for some reason I've always disliked the Sox more than any other AL Central team. At least until I got here. I'm not gonna lie, I'm enjoying the schadenfreude of this, but I definitely don't want to see them move out of town, and I'm pretty hopeful they won't.
Out of the two Chicago teams, though, they've become the ones I root for, mostly for political reasons and because I prefer underdogs, which the Cubs are not anymore. And as you say, it's a much better and more "organic" experience now at Comiskey than Wrigley. I think it's always been easier to be a Cubs fan than a White Sox fan even when they were losing, and now that feels more true than ever.
Glad you got to see Bobby Baseball do his thing! He... flies around the base paths kinda like a very fast bird?
There were quite a few Royals fans at the game! I enjoyed seeing Witt play, he just screams 'ball player' even when you're watching from a couple hundred feet away. I saw him range way to his left, behind second base for a ground ball and he just flung it sort of sidearm to first like it was nothing. I'm not sure who I'd compare him to at this point as an all-time shortstop, maybe early-career A-Rod.
I wish I had mentioned the food at Comiskey in the post. The bratwurst with peppers and onions is a classic. Fresh Italian rolls with the pepper/onion mix slathered in some type of oil (maybe corn oil? I know it's not canola). The scent just wafts throughout the concourse.
As a lifelong Cubs fan, I found this column truly poignant. Cubbies are showing a little more life than the hapless Sox. But still-it’s a disappointing year so far for us, too. Folks used to say that people came to Wrigley just to socialize, and now you indicate that’s what kid happening on the Southside, too. Interesting. Well, at Wrigley, we can always look forward to the gulls joining us for an afternoon game.
I love the gulls! I think it is more apt to compare the Cubs to the Yankees, Red Sox, or Dodgers nowadays. They are bigger market team that can spend. The Wrigley experience is not as social as it used to be. Thanks for reading.
It just feels so wrong if Jerry moves the team out of the city. It is also a travesty how they are not investing in better talent, as we almost always have been 2nd to the Cubs in popularity. We could lose more youngsters to the north side team. Very fitting a mourning dove!!
I laughed when I saw "New Comiskey" because that's what I've called it from the start. I also hope they don't leave, but asking taxpayers to foot the bill given the money sportsball earns is just wrong.