Tony K's Blog

Now the Cubs are all alone in the Major League Baseball futility standings. It's sad. I wish they would have won before my Mom died. She was a diehard Cubs fan. Team Last WS Win Cubs 1908 Indians 1948 Giants 1954 Rangers ---- Est. 1961 (Washington Senators) Astros ---- Est. 1962 Padres ---- Est. 1969 Expos/Nationals ---- Est. 1969 Brewers ---- Est. 1969 (as the Seattle Pilots) Mariners ---- Est. 1977 Pirates 1979 Phillies 1980 Cardinals 1982 Orioles 1983 Tigers 1984 Royals 1985 Mets 1986 Twins 1987 Dodgers 1988 A's 1989 Reds 1990 Blue Jays 1993 Rockies ---- Est. 1993 Braves 1995 Devil Rays ---- Est. 1998 Yankees 2000 Diamondbacks 2001 Angels 2002 Marlins 2003 Red Sox 2004 White Sox 2005

Woo hoo. They did it. White Sox win the World Series. First the Red Sox, now the White Sox. All we need now is the Cubs and we will have definitive proof that Hell has, in fact, frozen over.

Having grown up in Chicago, I am a long time victim of Chicago sports. Oh sure, there were a few bright spots (Jordan and the Bulls, Walter Payton and the Bears), but the record of futility may be unmatched. I have just watched the second world series game in 2005. The Chicago White Sox are now ahead 2 games to 0 and I am cautiously optimisitic that maybe, just maybe, the White Sox might have a chance of winning three world series games before once again breaking my heart. We'll see. World Series Tickets $185; Cub Fans At Home In October: Priceless I have been pondering something. In Chicago, you are either a Cubs fan or a White Sox fan. There is no middle ground. I know that most cities with more than one team are this way as well, but I think that Chicago it is a little more polarized than most places. Why is that? If anyone out there has insight on that I would like to hear from you. In my family, my mother was a diehard Cubs fan. I'm not sure why I became a White Sox fan th...