Tony K's Blog

Not since the day before we went into Iraq have I been so proud to be American. Obama is such a picture of class and grace. At last, we can leave the idiocy of the last 6 years behind us. My mother would have called and sad, "He's from Chicago you know. But he's a Sox fan." Yes we freaking can!!!!!

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...