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Old 02-27-2009, 12:12 PM
 
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How can you not say the Cubs? The biggest championship drought in professional sports history? And they still have a HUGE fanbase...
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Old 02-27-2009, 02:23 PM
 
Location: Chicago- Lawrence and Kedzie/Maywood
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I'm a born and raised Cubs fan. With that said, Sox fans are more loyal. When is the last time you saw a Cubs fan jump out of the stands and beat up a base coach? Now THAT'S loyalty.
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Old 02-27-2009, 02:25 PM
 
Location: Wicker Park/East Village area
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I think most Cubs fans go there for three things: beer, sun, and the ballpark.
As well as the neighborhood bar scene and the female contigent. But not so much for the baseball game (not all of them of course, but more so than on the southside).
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Old 02-27-2009, 03:02 PM
 
Location: Roscoe Village Chicago, IL
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I'm sorry, but as a Cubs fan, I'm really getting sick of the whole "Cubs fans don't care about the team, just drinking" stereotype.

If that was simply the case, how come the Cubs draw so many fans while playing on the road? I was in Pittsburgh last year to see the Cubs and there were tons of Cubs fans. I talked to many who similarly drove there or flew there to see the Cubs play. I don't see many, if any cities that there are thousands of White Sox fans at away games.

Also, if you think you go to the White Sox games and every fan is there intent on watching the game and not drinking, then you are not being honest.

I am not going to lie - there are a ton of Cubs fans who go because it's cool and because it's fun to be there and to drink - trust me, I hate those fans! I am a younger Cubs fan, 25, but I go there to watch game. I never leave my seat because I don't want to miss a pitch and I know a lot of fans like that too. I also have several White Sox fan friends who know maybe 5% of the knowledge that Cubs fan friends have abou the Cubs. To be completely honest, I know a lot more about the White Sox than most of my White Sox friends. Maybe my friends are just bad White Sox fans, but if that's the case, then that's my point of view.
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Old 02-27-2009, 03:05 PM
 
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Did I strike a nerve with a Sox fan?
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Old 02-27-2009, 03:11 PM
 
Location: Wheaton, Illinois
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I also have several White Sox fan friends who know maybe 5% of the knowledge that Cubs fan friends have abou the Cubs.
Yeah, that stands to reason. So what?
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Old 02-27-2009, 03:13 PM
 
Location: Roscoe Village Chicago, IL
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I meant to say that they know about 5% about the White Sox compared to what Cubs fans know about the Cubs. I'm just saying these are people that I know. Is it everyone? No.

However, do all Cubs fans only like the Cubs because of Wrigley and beer? No!
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Old 02-27-2009, 03:34 PM
 
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Default yeh

TITCR what he said. UICJohn is probably not running around with the tourist fans, the do exist en masse for Cubbies though..

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I meant to say that they know about 5% about the White Sox compared to what Cubs fans know about the Cubs. I'm just saying these are people that I know. Is it everyone? No.

However, do all Cubs fans only like the Cubs because of Wrigley and beer? No!
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Old 02-27-2009, 04:34 PM
 
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I am not going to lie - there are a ton of Cubs fans who go because it's cool and because it's fun to be there and to drink - trust me, I hate those fans!
Yeah, really! How dare they going to a game just to have fun? This is serious business man.
I once went to a Cubs game w/o even really knowing the rules of baseball. Lucky me the true fan police didn't catch me.
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Old 02-27-2009, 05:29 PM
 
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Default Yeh!

You don't have to be serious, or an expert. being able to hold your liquor, your tongue, and a baseball bat never hurts in life...


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Yeah, really! How dare they going to a game just to have fun? This is serious business man.
I once went to a Cubs game w/o even really knowing the rules of baseball. Lucky me the true fan police didn't catch me.
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