The National Media Is Trying to Abolish the White Sox from Existence
Needless to say, the last few years have been a kick in the balls for White Sox fans. We’re about to reach our boiling point. I don’t make it a secret that I have an utter disdain for the Cubs; but I also don’t hide the fact that most of that hatred stems from sheer jealousy of what Theo and Co. have consecrated on the North Side since he’s taken the reigns of the Cubs, while the White Sox are simultaneously pissing away a great core of players that theoretically should compete for a playoff spot every year. If the White Sox brass of Jerry Reinsdorf, Kenny Williams and Rick Hahn hadn’t fucked up this organization as badly as they have, I’d embrace the Cubs success. It’d be phenomenal for the city. But, they have. So I’m forced to hope the Cubs shit down their legs and extend their cute little World Series drought as long as possible.
It’s kinda like the Player Haters Ball skit from Chapelle’s Show
I’m mad at everything, like why you got a nice car? Why you got a car? Man I only got one car, why you got three cars, a wife and all that, that’s played out man. I’ll hate on a n*gga until he’s totally broke and aint got nothing just like me, that’s what real hatin’s all about
It’s true. If I can’t have a farm system that regurgitates blue chippers on the reg, then Cubs fans can’t either. If I can’t have a manager who swims laps in his counterpart in the other dugout’s head every night, then Cubs fans can’t either. If I can’t have a front office that has an insatiable appetite to win, a plan on how to win, and the financial support to enact on their plan, then Cubs fans can’t either. That’s just the way it is. Yes, it’s petty and stupid, and ridiculous, but it’s just the way it is. And most true-blue Sox fans feel the same way.
That said, until the inevitable occurs sometime in these next 4-7 games, we still have one things Cubs fans don’t: a World Series. But the national media would lead you to believe otherwise. Look at these tweets from the last few days:
Just a massive, massive kick in the balls. It’s almost as if the entire 2005 season was a dream and their record setting 11-1 record in the playoffs never happened. Pauly’s grand slam? Nope, fuck you, didn’t happen. AJ’s heads up play to run out a dropped 3rd strike? Lol, fuck off. Scotty Pods walk off bomb in game two? Naw. 4 straight complete games by starting pitching? Ha!
I’ll delve into this later in another blog dedicated solely to Jerry Reinsdorf, but the Cubs’ success right now is nothing short of terrible for the White Sox. No, they don’t play more than 6 times a year, but they do compete for eyeballs, dollars and public perception. Now that I think about it, it’s almost as if the White Sox don’t actually exist.
What a brutal time to be a White Sox fan.