southsider2k5 Posted October 14, 2005 Share Posted October 14, 2005 I know a while back (last year sometime I believe) I started a thread to see where people were from on Soxtalk. It was interesting to see from how far around the country and world that had people become Sox fans. I think last time we asked this, we covered about 30 states and about half a dozen countries around the world. But I think we have added about 1000 new members since then, and I am curious how much more coverage we have now. If you would like, please share where you live, and if it is a long way away from Chicago, what made you a Sox fan, and what brought you to Soxtalk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted October 14, 2005 Share Posted October 14, 2005 As it says to the left. Pasadena. Currently 3 blocks from the Rose Parade. I'm actually a transplant out here...grew up in Portage, IN (cough cough gasp wheeze cough cough cough cough cough cough wheeze). Out here for Grad school @ Caltech. Geology. Frighteningly, I'm pretty sure my first baseball game ever was a Cubs game. Somehow in 1985 my dad got front row tickets at Wrigley along the 1st base side. While I was there, I reached over the wall to try to get a foul ball but missed the thing, and one of the Cubs players gave me the ball (I was happy.) I'm pretty sure it was Sandberg too. So I basically started off as a Cubs fan, but after say 1989, my dad started taking me to a bunch of Sox games, because they were closer, cheaper, and a better team at the time. That's right about the time I actually started paying attention to baseball anyway...before that I never really did, except for wasting a few afternoons in 89. By the time the new park opened I believe I was a Sox fan. Something tells me Frank Thomas also helped along the way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heads22 Posted October 14, 2005 Share Posted October 14, 2005 There is a hack I could install where people put pins in a map. But I'm not f***ing with the board during the playoffs. So this will do. Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greasywheels121 Posted October 14, 2005 Share Posted October 14, 2005 Fort Wayne, Indiana ------- when I'm not at school Bloomington, Indiana ------- when I'm at school Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reddy Posted October 14, 2005 Share Posted October 14, 2005 Right now: Rogers Park, Chicago @ Loyola University Chicago Normally: Iowa City, Iowa Where I originally became a sox fan: Hillsborough, New Jersey (amidst all the yankees fans) became a sox fan cuz... well... no f***ing clue. actually i think it's cuz my little league team 'the white sox' won our "world series" in the league. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chisoxfn Posted October 14, 2005 Share Posted October 14, 2005 Irvine, California Lived in Southern California my whole life. Can't really say why I became a Sox fan. I originally started as both a Sox and Cub fan. I was able to get the games on WGN and just started watching. Slowly over time I started following the Sox more and more. I remember Black Jack and Robin being my 2 favorite players during the early 90's (along with the big hurt). Now I am only a Sox fan, don't care about the cubs (don't hate em either) and than the Angels come 2nd. Why the Sox and Chicago teams..I've always loved the city and my mom grew up there so when I was really young I would hear stories of the place. Than we visited it and I got to go to a Sox game (my 1st one in chicago) when I was 10 or 11 and I totally fell in love with the city. Been a fan since I was about 6, but I obviously wouldn't have known much about the game at that point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NUKE_CLEVELAND Posted October 14, 2005 Share Posted October 14, 2005 Currently living in Arizona but possibly have a move to Georgia coming up this coming spring. Damn Army always moving me around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackie hayes Posted October 14, 2005 Share Posted October 14, 2005 QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Oct 14, 2005 -> 05:30 PM) Out here for Grad school @ Caltech. Geology. So if someone said your head is filled with rocks, would that be a compliment? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnB Posted October 14, 2005 Share Posted October 14, 2005 Alsip 4 months out of the year - hooray for crappy southside suburbs Champaign the rest - hooray for cornfields. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kapkomet Posted October 14, 2005 Share Posted October 14, 2005 (edited) http://myguestmap.lorca.eti.br/guestmap.js...xtalk&locale=en OK PEOPLE!!! FILL THIS BABY OUT! And be sure to zoom in close enough to get it right (unlike me) - upper left corner Edited October 14, 2005 by kapkomet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted October 14, 2005 Author Share Posted October 14, 2005 Cool deal. I filled mine out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kapkomet Posted October 14, 2005 Share Posted October 14, 2005 (edited) I'm trying to figure out how to move my martian ass. Edit: bwahahaha, I have admin powers - so if someone messes up their mark, let me now and I'll erase it. BTW - this program kicks ass. It goes all the way to street level. Edited October 14, 2005 by kapkomet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IlliniKrush Posted October 14, 2005 Share Posted October 14, 2005 Man that thing is detailed...i placed mine in the exact spot i live at on the culd-a-sac. Only took me like 5 minutes to do LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felix Posted October 14, 2005 Share Posted October 14, 2005 placed mine. I'm from NJ, even though my family is all born in the Mid-West. My dad is from Chicago, and was raised as a Sox and Cubs fan, so he raised me as one as well He moved out to Jersey with my mom and two brothers for a job, and hasnt left it. When I go to college (next year), it'll be in the mid-west. I'm hopefully going to Minnesota, but if I dont get in, I'm applying to the University of Illinois: Chicago. I dont hate the Cubs, and if its a national league game, I'll root for them. Head to head between the Sox and Cubs though, I'm all for the Sox Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reddy Posted October 14, 2005 Share Posted October 14, 2005 QUOTE(Felix @ Oct 14, 2005 -> 03:11 PM) placed mine. I'm from NJ, even though my family is all born in the Mid-West. My dad is from Chicago, and was raised as a Sox and Cubs fan, so he raised me as one as well He moved out to Jersey with my mom and two brothers for a job, and hasnt left it. When I go to college (next year), it'll be in the mid-west. I'm hopefully going to Minnesota, but if I dont get in, I'm applying to the University of Illinois: Chicago. I dont hate the Cubs, and if its a national league game, I'll root for them. Head to head between the Sox and Cubs though, I'm all for the Sox dude we're like twins! i'm originally from jersey too then moved to the midwest... freaky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mplssoxfan Posted October 14, 2005 Share Posted October 14, 2005 I live in South Minneapolis and I have lived here ever since I went to the U of MN many years ago. My family moved to Chicago (Hinsdale, actually) when I was 9. I had already been to baseball games in 3 parks (Fenway, Yankee, Memorial in Baltimore), but I was too young to attach myself to any team. My first game in Comiskey was in 1973 and I went as often as possible over the years. I've been to the Cell a few times, but get to as many Sox games as possible under the Teflon Bubble. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felix Posted October 14, 2005 Share Posted October 14, 2005 QUOTE(Reddy @ Oct 14, 2005 -> 03:34 PM) dude we're like twins! i'm originally from jersey too then moved to the midwest... freaky moving to a far superior place I hate the East coast :| Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soxy Posted October 14, 2005 Share Posted October 14, 2005 Upstate New York represent! I also lived in Northfield, MN for 4 years as an undergraduate. And I consider MN to be my spiritual home. However, I grew up in the Western (possibly southwestern) suburbs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SleepyWhiteSox Posted October 14, 2005 Share Posted October 14, 2005 Bridgeport for the first couple of years of my life. Brighton Park 'til I was about 10. Now Gage Park with a couple of years of Tallahassee in between while I attended FSU. I transferred back home and go to DePaul. So, basically my entire life up until now on the South Side. I wouldn't be against moving once I get into my career, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoda Posted October 14, 2005 Share Posted October 14, 2005 Born and raised in the southside of Chicago. Lived on 32nd on Western. I used to go to almost every Saturday night game at the Cell, but since I've been here in Gary it hasn't been the same. I've been living here for almost 4 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DePloderer Posted October 14, 2005 Share Posted October 14, 2005 (edited) http://myguestmap.lorca.eti.br/guestmap.js...k&locale=en Added mine, right down to street level. But damn I miss spelt both the message and my name! Can it be fixed? Started following the White Sox because my inlaws live near Bristol VA and everytime we go to visit (20 years now) I always take in some Bristol Sox games. Edited October 15, 2005 by DePloderer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjm676 Posted October 14, 2005 Share Posted October 14, 2005 (edited) I've got South Side roots dating back to my grandparents. My entire has been fans since we were all born. We we all get together, its dinner conversation fodder. As for myself, I was raised in Western Springs, Illinois. Now, the wife and I reside in comfy Rolling Meadows in our comfy condo. Don't know where it is? Look at my alien looking friend on the map. I got as close as I could. Edited October 14, 2005 by robinventura23 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rex Kickass Posted October 15, 2005 Share Posted October 15, 2005 Michigan City, IN 1977-1994 Berlin, Germany 1994-1995 Michigan City, IN 1995 Westerville, OH 1995-1999 Michigan City, IN 1999 Lawrence, KS 1999 Michigan City, IN 1999-2000 East Lansing, MI 2000-2003 A Blue Backpack in Europe 2003 Big Rapids, MI 2003-2004 Long Branch, NJ 2004-2005 Neptune City, NJ 2005-2006. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
witesoxfan Posted October 15, 2005 Share Posted October 15, 2005 Lived in Pierre, SD for the first 16 years of my life, moved to Bismarck, ND as a sophmore in high school, and I'm now a senior. Yep. Pretty boring. But I think I'm the only one from the Dakotas on here...so thats pretty sweet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldmember Posted October 16, 2005 Share Posted October 16, 2005 Lincoln, IL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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