Jealousy
Topic: Cubs
I must admit that, as a Cubs fan and baseball fan in general, that I'm extremely jealous of White Sox fans right now.

You'd think it has to do with them being in the World Series right here in my own Chicago - but you'd be wrong.

That's exactly why I'm glad it's the White Sox and not the Cubs living the World Series dream.

White Sox fans are a loyal bunch, loyal to the game and the finer aspects of it. Now it could be that I'm only seeing this positive side of them because their team might win it all, but it feels deeper than that. It's the same feeling I got when I played baseball in Boston: the blue-collar atmosphere of that team and the personalities around that team has a mystical quality to it that is completely foreign to me. It feels like a family.

This is what I see White Sox fans enjoying around town. It's awesome and it's sad because Cubs fans simply aren't like that.

It could be that there's just too many of us, that there are too many fans that don't know who plays right field and want to go see Samme Seusser and have some beers at Wrigley Park. Maybe the Cubs phenomenon is just too big to allow this kind of comraderie among fans.

Which is weird because Wrigley Field is so small. It's ironic but I think also appropriate. Try as we may to pretend we are a family of fans with the greatest stadium in the game, there's just not enough room for us all.