Sympathy for the White Sox

Add comment September 24th, 2008

A Mr. Mike Meyer from Machesney Park, Ill., writes, “Dear Roseanne Roseannadanna … ” wait, sorry about that. Just waiting for Season 3 of “Saturday Night Live” on DVD.

Anyway, Mike Meyer’s letter in Wednesday’s Register Star noted that while Cubs pitcher Carlos Zambrano received a day in his honor from Gov. Rod Blagojevich, White Sox hurler MarkBuehrle did not get the same love from the self-proclaimed Cubs lovin’ chief executive.

First, a point of contention: Mr. Meyer refers to Buehrle’s team as the “(ahem) world champion White Sox.” Buehrle threw his no-hitter in 2007: The Sox were NOT the World Champion; they weren’t even the defending World Champion. They were an underachieving 72-90 mess.

Having said that, Mr. Meyer is correct to note the inconsistency. Big Z gets a day, and all Buehrle could muster was a resolution from the Illinois House.

Actually, Mr. Meyer should have sympathy for me. A White Sox backer is in line for the presidency, and the only line I’m waiting for Gov. Blago to get in is the chow line behind George Ryan.

Survey says

Add comment September 24th, 2008

I fired off this text message Tuesday night to assorted Cubs fans on my cell phone: “So would it be too cruel to bring the Brewers back into the playoff race by beating the hell out of the Mets, only for the Cubs to KO the Brew Crew themselves?”

Their replies: “No, that is the beauty of rivalry.” “I would love every minute of it.” “I hate the Mets. I remember ‘69, so let the Brewers back in and we beat ‘em in Wrigley North.” “Look out for the Phillies, though. I want none of them.” “Oh the irony.”

Analyzing this immense data, I have come to this conclusion: Cubs fans not only want to win, but they want blood.