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Big Chicagoan

Post subject: Bitter Sox Fans

Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2015 3:50 pm

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http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-l ... 23514.html

Hate the Chicago Cubs but love free beer? A bar on the South Side of Chicago has you covered. McNally's, a bar notorious for taunting the Cubs, is giving out free beer any time the St. Louis Cardinals hit a home run against the club during the upcoming NLDS.

This is far from the first time McNally's has taken a shot at the team from the North Side, according to DNAInfo.com. Shortly after Jake Arrieta shut out the Pittsburgh Pirates in the NL wild-card game, the bar featured a sign reading, "Cub Fans, Who's Gonna Pitch Now?" Inside the bar, a picture of the Wrigley Field marquee displaying "Congratulations to the 2005 Chicago White Sox" is prominently displayed.

The relationship between fans of the two teams is somewhat complicated. There's certainly a rivalry, but the franchises don't play enough to really make either team a hated competitor. Still, the fact that there are two teams in one city is enough to make some fans refuse to root for the other club.

At the same time, there will be a contingent of White Sox fans who are happy the Cubs are finally getting a chance in the playoffs. McNally's isn't aimed at these fans.

We have to say, the free-beer promotion is pretty fun. While it will alienate certain fans, at least it's not mean-spirited. They won't parade a goat through the bar if the Cubs are losing, and they aren't passing out Steve Bartman glasses during games. Nope, your reward for watching the games is free beer. That's neat.

So, bitter White Sox fans (or happy Cardinals fans), you finally have a place in Chicago to gather and enjoy yourselves during the postseason. It's rare for fans of Chicago and St. Louis to come together for the same cause, but McNally's has found a way.

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Elmhurst Steve

Post subject: Re: Bitter Sox Fans

Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2015 3:53 pm

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Well, since Arrieta has not surrendered a HR to any of the teams that qualified for the playoffs this season, I would say that fans looking for free beer might want to skip the trip over there on Monday.

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Hockey Gay

Post subject: Re: Bitter Sox Fans

Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2015 3:56 pm

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I've yet to have someone explain the Cubs vs Sox thing to me.

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Terry's Peeps

Post subject: Re: Bitter Sox Fans

Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2015 4:11 pm

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Hockey Gay wrote:

I've yet to have someone explain the Cubs vs Sox thing to me.

Some fans of either team do not like the other team.

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Elmhurst Steve

Post subject: Re: Bitter Sox Fans

Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2015 4:16 pm

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Terry's Peeps wrote:

Hockey Gay wrote:

I've yet to have someone explain the Cubs vs Sox thing to me.

Some fans of either team do not like the other team.

Also, do not like the fans of the other team. That might be a bigger piece of the pie.

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Brick

Post subject: Re: Bitter Sox Fans

Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2015 4:25 pm

Joined: Wed Jun 21, 2006 6:57 pm
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Big Chicagoan wrote:

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-league-stew/chicago-bar-giving-out-free-beer-when-cardinals-hit-home-run-against-cubs-183823514.html

Hate the Chicago Cubs but love free beer? A bar on the South Side of Chicago has you covered. McNally's, a bar notorious for taunting the Cubs, is giving out free beer any time the St. Louis Cardinals hit a home run against the club during the upcoming NLDS.

This is far from the first time McNally's has taken a shot at the team from the North Side, according to DNAInfo.com. Shortly after Jake Arrieta shut out the Pittsburgh Pirates in the NL wild-card game, the bar featured a sign reading, "Cub Fans, Who's Gonna Pitch Now?" Inside the bar, a picture of the Wrigley Field marquee displaying "Congratulations to the 2005 Chicago White Sox" is prominently displayed.

The relationship between fans of the two teams is somewhat complicated. There's certainly a rivalry, but the franchises don't play enough to really make either team a hated competitor. Still, the fact that there are two teams in one city is enough to make some fans refuse to root for the other club.

At the same time, there will be a contingent of White Sox fans who are happy the Cubs are finally getting a chance in the playoffs. McNally's isn't aimed at these fans.

We have to say, the free-beer promotion is pretty fun. While it will alienate certain fans, at least it's not mean-spirited. They won't parade a goat through the bar if the Cubs are losing, and they aren't passing out Steve Bartman glasses during games. Nope, your reward for watching the games is free beer. That's neat.

So, bitter White Sox fans (or happy Cardinals fans), you finally have a place in Chicago to gather and enjoy yourselves during the postseason. It's rare for fans of Chicago and St. Louis to come together for the same cause, but McNally's has found a way.

This one is actually fairly harmless and amusing.

It's ok if people are rooting against the Cubs.

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312player

Post subject: Re: Bitter Sox Fans

Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2015 4:32 pm

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" A bar famous for taunting the Cubs" :lol:

Nah..the only thing that shitty tavern is known for is drunk patrons (usually cops) getting hit by cars trying to cross Western ave at 3 a.m.

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SomeGuy

Post subject: Re: Bitter Sox Fans

Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2015 4:37 pm

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Terry's Peeps wrote:

Hockey Gay wrote:

I've yet to have someone explain the Cubs vs Sox thing to me.

Some fans of either team do not like the other team.

Cubs fans get really concerned with the White Sox and their fan base. When you call them on it they get SUPER defensive.

Example: There was a guy in the Pirates v Cubs thread that took it to White Sox fans and was pretty worried about what they were thinking about the Cubs. That guy was made to look like a fool.

It's all very amusing.

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Hatchetman

Post subject: Re: Bitter Sox Fans

Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2015 4:37 pm

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cub fans are assholes, what's so hard to understand?

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SomeGuy

Post subject: Re: Bitter Sox Fans

Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2015 4:40 pm

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Hatchetman wrote:

cub fans are assholes, what's so hard to understand?

They are a sad bunch but SeomGuy will never retract his outstretched hand.

I love all of Gods children.

Except Jews, Muslims and Taoist's.

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Keyser Soze

Post subject: Re: Bitter Sox Fans

Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2015 8:14 pm

Joined: Wed Aug 02, 2006 5:15 pm
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They may have to give away 2 for that one.

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Juiced

Post subject: Re: Bitter Sox Fans

Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2015 8:50 pm

Joined: Thu Sep 28, 2006 6:06 am
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Terry's Peeps wrote:

Hockey Gay wrote:

I've yet to have someone explain the Cubs vs Sox thing to me.

Some fans of either team do not like the other team.

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bigfan

Post subject: Re: Bitter Sox Fans

Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2015 11:00 am

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only sign I have seen in Wrigleyville regardiing the Sox

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Hockey Gay

Post subject: Re: Bitter Sox Fans

Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2015 11:05 am

Joined: Mon Jan 07, 2013 5:55 am
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Terry's Peeps wrote:

Hockey Gay wrote:

I've yet to have someone explain the Cubs vs Sox thing to me.

Some fans of either team do not like the other team.

Dumb. Worry about teams in your league

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bigfan

Post subject: Re: Bitter Sox Fans

Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2015 11:08 am

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I have never once WORRIED about the Sox and never will.

I will insult them and take shots at them, but wont ever worry about them.

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Terry's Peeps

Post subject: Re: Bitter Sox Fans

Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2015 11:08 am

Joined: Wed Jul 29, 2009 6:05 pm
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I remember 2005 when the bars in Wrigleyville would have Sox playoff specials. It's just smart business.

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Terry's Peeps

Post subject: Re: Bitter Sox Fans

Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2015 11:09 am

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bigfan wrote:

I have never once WORRIED about the Sox and never will.

I will insult them and take shots at them, but wont ever worry about them.

Admit it, you worried in 2005 and 2006.

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bigfan

Post subject: Re: Bitter Sox Fans

Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2015 11:10 am

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Terry's Peeps wrote:

I remember 2005 when the bars in Wrigleyville would have Sox playoff specials. It's just smart business.

...and thats the difference.

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Terry's Peeps

Post subject: Re: Bitter Sox Fans

Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2015 11:11 am

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bigfan wrote:

Terry's Peeps wrote:

I remember 2005 when the bars in Wrigleyville would have Sox playoff specials. It's just smart business.

...and thats the difference.

Did you expect anything different from a cop owned bar in Morgan Park?

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bigfan

Post subject: Re: Bitter Sox Fans

Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2015 11:16 am

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Terry's Peeps wrote:

bigfan wrote:

Terry's Peeps wrote:

I remember 2005 when the bars in Wrigleyville would have Sox playoff specials. It's just smart business.

...and thats the difference.

Did you expect anything different from a cop owned bar in Morgan Park?

That should be a commercial...

"And its a cop owned bar, so come on down. Dont worry about a DUI or any of dat legal stuff, we got you covered!"

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Terry's Peeps

Post subject: Re: Bitter Sox Fans

Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2015 11:19 am

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GoldenJet

Post subject: Re: Bitter Sox Fans

Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2015 11:44 am

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Pretty typical of the eternally bitter, inferiority complex ridden Sox fan base.

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Terry's Peeps

Post subject: Re: Bitter Sox Fans

Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2015 11:52 am

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2005.

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GoldenJet

Post subject: Re: Bitter Sox Fans

Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2015 12:47 pm

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Losing significance every year...

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Terry's Peeps

Post subject: Re: Bitter Sox Fans

Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2015 12:54 pm

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Not until there's another one in the city.

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Elmhurst Steve

Post subject: Re: Bitter Sox Fans

Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2015 12:56 pm

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Terry's Peeps wrote:

2005.

1907 & 1908 also Championship seasons..... for the Cubs. They are all just history now. Once a Championship is a decade old, it's time to stop referring to it as if it is current and relevant to anything going on today.

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conns7901

Post subject: Re: Bitter Sox Fans

Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2015 12:58 pm

Joined: Wed Nov 30, 2005 11:36 pm
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Big Chicagoan wrote:

As long as you are not a Black White Sox fan.

http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/Ba ... 03111.html

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GoldenJet

Post subject: Re: Bitter Sox Fans

Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2015 12:59 pm

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Terry's Peeps wrote:

Not until there's another one in the city.

Only in feeble minded Sox fandom.

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Terry's Peeps

Post subject: Re: Bitter Sox Fans

Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2015 1:01 pm

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GoldenJet wrote:

Terry's Peeps wrote:

Not until there's another one in the city.

Only in feeble minded Sox fandom.

Don't be jealous. Let us have our moment.

Yours is surely coming and you'll never have to worry about 2005 again.

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GoldenJet

Post subject: Re: Bitter Sox Fans

Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2015 1:07 pm

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Terry's Peeps wrote:

GoldenJet wrote:

Terry's Peeps wrote:

Not until there's another one in the city.

Only in feeble minded Sox fandom.

Don't be jealous. Let us have our moment.

Yours is surely coming and you'll never have to worry about 2005 again.

By all means, have your moment...Hell, I wish the Sox would have won more...I don't hate them. I was quite jealous of the teams they were putting together back then...during the "the kids can play" days. The Cubs were busy pissing away a nice open window of their own at the time.

Rooting against the Cubs is so ingrained in many Sox fans, they'd rather worry and complain about the Cubs than relish their own success. I saw it all the time back then...not to mention before 2005 and since.

It's too bad Sox fans worry so much about another teams situation rather than supporting their own.

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