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QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Nov 4, 2016 -> 12:41 PM) The greatest World series ever? You kidding me? Most of the games were not even competitive. You're showing your age. Storylines matter my friend. I don't know if you've read much of the sportswriting from the last couple days, but you should.

QUOTE (Iwritecode @ Nov 4, 2016 -> 12:36 PM) Stepping back and looking at the big picture, what exactly does this mean for the game of baseball? Sure it was a big moment for the Cubs and their fans but outside of them and maybe Sox and Indains fans, does anyone from the other 27 teams really care? I think for a lot of them it was just another WS they probably didn't pay much attention to. When we look back at the record books in 10, 20, 30 years will there be anything special about this other than it broke the Cubs losing streak (which was bound to happen eventually)? To me, the big moments for baseball are when the "big" records are broken. Barry Bonds breaking the single-season and later career HR records. Somebody breaking Joe DiMaggio's hit streak. Somebody breaking Cal Ripken's streak. Somebody breaking Pete Roses' hit total. Someone breaking Ty Cobb's career batting average. Some team wins the WS every single year. But most of those records are unlikey to fall within our lifetimes. Maybe not ever. You mean besides being the greatest World Series AND WS game ever played? (as long as you're looking at it objectively of course)

QUOTE (South Sider @ Nov 4, 2016 -> 12:25 PM) You know what, it's just cool. A good portion of this city is just on cloud 9, and at this moment it's pretty much great to be a Chicago sports fan. We just have to hope the Sox get their act together soon enough to deliver this city a crosstown World Series. amen to that.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Nov 4, 2016 -> 12:24 PM) As a fan of the game, I think the Cubs never winning is a greater story than them winning. But for a guy who doesn't want to think like everyone else, you sure do seem to have a problem with people not thinking like you. Again, you're not reading my posts. This thing is continuing simply because you're continuing it. I've already said multiple times y'all can do whatever you want. I actually agree that the Cubs have lost as much as they've won. They lost THEIR legend. THEIR mystique. The thing that makes them the Cubs is gone forever. No more lovable losers, no more "maybe next year" etc etc. I think that's a bummer, personally. But I also think they created a new legend in winning, so hey - it's a win win in my book. But that's entirely subjective, obviously.

QUOTE (gosoxtim8 @ Nov 4, 2016 -> 12:22 PM) what the bigger picture though they won who we know and we happy for the people who never seem one in the lifetime how we sox fans dont like being told be happy for this city when it not our team woof.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Nov 4, 2016 -> 12:13 PM) If you need to post on line with people who feel just like you do, go to a Cubs site. You can wax poetic for the next week straight. Just remember, this is the same fanbase that sent out death threats 13 years ago because one of their own tried to catch a foul ball. Now be happy for them. I actually watched the Bartman inning on youtube last week. He went for it, the guy next to him went for it, but the guy next to him totally whiffed. When security came around, they guy who whiffed was pointing at Bartman telling the security to throw him out. Lol, the reason I think the way I do is because I haven't insulated myself with people who feel the same way as I do about things. That's the reason our country is so f***ed up. All fanbases have issues. I seem to recall an incident with some Sox fans and a KC base coach? Point is, some fans are kind of douchebags sometimes, and that holds true for all teams in all sports.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Nov 4, 2016 -> 12:15 PM) Yeah that made no sense to me. Obviously using Chapman the night before was a terrible idea too. Yup. Terrible, terrible call. Maddon was pulling a Pete Carroll and over-thinking everything. Just got lucky.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Nov 4, 2016 -> 12:08 PM) Seriously. You are in the wrong place if you are expecting a Come to Jesus moment from Sox fans on Soxtalk when it comes to the Cubs. In fact, crap like that only fans the flames more. I'm not expecting anything. I'm simply suggesting to step back and look at the bigger picture, and to let go a little of your pride and your egos and see this for what it really was - a great moment for the game of baseball. You obviously don't have to. I just don't see the harm in that. But by all means cling to your negativity. I'm sure it's useful for... something...

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Nov 4, 2016 -> 12:05 PM) I seriously struggle with the rationale for coming into a die hard Sox site to post things that put the Cubs up on a pedestal. Are you expecting everyone to rally around you and admit that we all secretly love the Cubs too and are equally jazzed to be a part of this moment? Love when you don't even bother to actually read what I've written. I don't give a s*** about the Cubs outside of that one epic moment that contributed to the already incredible lore of baseball. I love the game, as I've repeated incessantly. But sure, paint me however best serves your injured ego.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Nov 4, 2016 -> 12:02 PM) I'm just glad that the national love affair will quickly erode and they'll just be another mega payroll team. Random people across the country will not be automatically rooting for these guys anymore. They've got their title so it's time to move on. This will totally happen. And it should. And I'm glad for this too.

QUOTE (fathom @ Nov 4, 2016 -> 12:03 PM) But it had no impact on the game. Just a pure random sidenote that is getting way too much attention. Kinda like the greatness of the Ross homer despite him costing them two runs with his defense and giving the Indians any hope at all Maybe it did, maybe it didn't, but who cares! Did Babe actually call his shot? Did Joe actually play without shoes? Did the Sox actually throw the series? Who knows! That's baseball, my friend. And I f***ing love it.

I mean the metaphors of it being tears of joy from Cubs fans who never lived to see a series is the STUFF of baseball legends. Y'all can laugh and b**** and dismiss all you want. Again, I'm the most atheistic motherf***er around, but that's what makes baseball great. Field of Dreams? The Natural? THOSE are the stories that make baseball endure and keep the mystique alive. This just happened to be "real"

QUOTE (fathom @ Nov 4, 2016 -> 12:00 PM) Divine intervention would be facing a team missing 3 of its best players ?? That's called bad luck. The heavens opening up randomly in the 10th f***ing inning of a TIED game 7 of the world series? Come the f*** on. That's the textbook definition.

QUOTE (fathom @ Nov 4, 2016 -> 11:57 AM) I didn't know a 15 minute rain delay was divine intervention. And the Heyward speech being immortalized might be the dumbest sports story in history. I guess he didn't listen to his own speech when he struck out horribly with the bases loaded. I guess anything to make it seem like he's not one of the worst signings in sports history at this point That's how baseball works. You think ANY of the legends of the game are any different? They were all probably pretty trivial mundane things at the time

QUOTE (gosoxtim8 @ Nov 4, 2016 -> 11:56 AM) reddy are you are bandwagon fan and if you are then get out this borad we have for people the fans that desarve this wait so long sox fans should not be happy for the cubs though and root for them just becuase they are chciago team that like saying root the yankees when there two new york team brother look at the date I joined this board then ask that question again.

QUOTE (SoxAce @ Nov 4, 2016 -> 11:53 AM) And you would be wrong. This guy gets it.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Nov 4, 2016 -> 11:51 AM) That's you, I'm different. I get being happy for people because their team won a WS, but most White Sox fans should see really how little that matters. They are back to being pissed off at anything White Sox. If your friend was dying of cancer, why did you want the Cubs to lose when the series started? I think if you went on Maury, he would say, "that was a lie". If you want to go down the rabbit hole on this, and psycho-analyze me feel free. When the series started I posted on FB that I was going to support the Cubs because of my friends. And I wanted to believe that. I really did. But every game I found myself rooting for them to lose, even though I WANTED to be rooting for them to win - that shows you how ingrained my anti-Cubs sentiment runs. Going into Game 7 I was still fully expecting the Indians to pull it out, and as I've already posted, I didn't have a horse in the race at all until the very end of the game and series. Once they won, I was ecstatic for my friends and for the game itself. Happy? (Let's maybe get back to topic though )

You guys can do whatever you want! If you'd prefer to waste your energy on being negative that's your choice to make - I'll just keep thinking it's silly, and we can go our separate ways on this.

QUOTE (ChiSoxFanMike @ Nov 4, 2016 -> 11:41 AM) I absolutely love baseball and the stories/legends/myths behind it, but you're not going to convince me or any other die-hard Sox fan that they should enjoy these moments. I'm really bummed and annoyed about it. You can root for whoever you want, but telling fans of a rival team that they should feel happy about this is a waste of time. For the record, I also didn't say you needed to be happy about it. It's the f***ing whining and pettiness that I find ridiculous. But sure, to each his or her own. I just think it makes Sox fans look bad, personally.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Nov 4, 2016 -> 11:36 AM) This is all great. Nobody will have a problem with any of this. People will have a problem with you telling what team they should root for and how they should feel after a sporting event. I didn't say who they should and shouldn't root for. I wasn't rooting for a cubs win, inherently. But to be petty and pissy about really trivial things while missing the bigger picture DOES kind of imply that they're not really fans of the GAME so much as Sox fans. And if that's the case, totally valid. Like iwritecode said - I can't argue with that. As long as you're self aware, do whatever the f*** you want. Haha

QUOTE (ChiSoxFanMike @ Nov 4, 2016 -> 11:34 AM) I don't understand it. A lot of teams have had championship droughts for long periods of time (albeit not as long as the Cubs), so I'm not really sure why this is any greater than the Red Sox winning in '04 or the Sox in '05. The typical baseball fan that isn't a part of the Cubs bandwagon most likely doesn't see this World Series differently than any other IMO. It IS similar to the Red Sox. The White Sox less so, because there was no legend or mystique around it. I didn't care as much about the Red Sox because I didn't personally know as many Red Sox fans, and I was also... what... 18? Haha Maybe I'm simply choosing to enjoy this moment because I love and miss playing the game so much, and I LOVE the legends and superstitions and STORIES that go along with the game of baseball, and that series and that game 7 fed into those things in such a magnificent way. I mean that rain delay was f***ing divine intervention, and I'm not even religious haha

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Nov 4, 2016 -> 11:29 AM) If that's how you feel, why are you posting on a White Sox board? Sorry, I don't like the Cubs, and never will. You can say it's silly, I don't really care. Ok I'll speak slowly so you can understand: I am a Chicago White Sox fan. I also happen to f***ing LOVE the game of baseball. Because I'm a fan of the GAME, that world series was something special. I spent all series wanting the Cubs to lose, and then when I sat down in front of that screen something happened. Like I said, I didn't really care who won or who lost - it was the f***ing INDIANS vs the CUBS for god's sake. But man.... that game was the stuff of legends, and I was happy as hell to see it, and happy as hell for all my friends who were euphoric about it. My friend dying of cancer who saw her Cubs win? Yeah. I'm good with that. My friends' parents who are on their last legs getting a Cubs WS before they go? The tears they shared on FB? Yeah. I'm good with that. Does that make ANY sense to you? The love of the GAME. That's why I'm here on this board. Fair?

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Nov 4, 2016 -> 11:24 AM) That's what Sox fans do and are supposed to do. You need to get over it. They were just as annoyed with us 11 years ago, and we certainly don't care. I'm sure they give a rat's ass that we don't like it either. Why should it bother your? Just name one thing more annoying than a million or so people in Grant Park singing that stupid song Go, Cubs, Go? Donald Trump? There are plenty more annoying things in the world. People coming together and being happy about sports and putting aside whatever other differences they may have shouldn't be even close to the top of the list, IMO. I dig it.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Nov 4, 2016 -> 11:23 AM) Why is it that the posters being bothered is bothering you? Stop being so sensitive dude. Man up. There's a difference between y'all getting your panties in a twist and whining about it, and me laughing and shaking my head at said whining

QUOTE (ChiSoxFanMike @ Nov 4, 2016 -> 11:22 AM) One of the greatest moments in the history of sports? Lol ok. It was one of the greatest moments ever for Cubs fans, but everyone else doesn't really give a crap. Careful, your bias is showing. Yes. One of the greatest games and moments and series' in the history of sports. That is not going too far.