…and he’s not happy with me.

Hey, Dan. I’m the editor of Seattlest.com and I also grew up in Chicago, but in a White Sox family. Just like your family we also had stories about the team across town and its fans, but when I got older I realized that Northsiders probably don’t eat their babies or blame their own fans for post-season collapses. I don’t know if you have some specific experiences that would lead you to believe that any White Sox fan would find a World Series victory bittersweet because of the racial makeup of the management group, but I suspect that you got sold a bill of goods by your older brother that you should think twice about before propegating. Actually, we’re quite proud of the
leadership of the team this year be they black, white, hispanic or Klingon.

I think you should check out this Sun Times article that profles Cubs and Sox fans. We’re the same.

You’ve already half retracted on the Slog, but maybe you should note that while White Sox fans are incredilby happy that the diversity of the city of Chicago is reflected in their manager and GM, those
positions are still just employees like any other in the organization. True progressives should be cheering a team like the Angels who are the first team to be owned by a non white guy. The Sox already beat them, though, and if you’re going to pick sides in the World Series based on the political views of the average fan, note that the White Sox are from Chicago and the Astros are from Bush country. And that’s not even mentioning the vaious vocal Christian fundementalists that reside on Houston’s pitching staff (Clemens, Pettite). I think the choice is clear.

Go Go Sox

Dan Gonsiorowski

Wait a minute, Dan: Cubs fans don’t eat babies? Then what the hell was in that stew my mother served every year on opening day?

And sorry about no Sox posts today—I was in an airplane all damn day long… so, like, who won?

Update: I just checked out the Chicago Tribune’s website. Apparently the game is still going on. It’s all tied up in the 3rd inning, and Harriet Miers is toast.