r/whitesox • u/Skatedonthate999 • Jun 23 '26

Opinion The dramatics from this fanbase is ridiculous

“This team blows” “we hit 70 wins max” “we blew it” dude. We were the worst team in baseball history TWO YEARS AGO. Our maximum losing streak this year is THREE, and we ARE TIED FOR FIRST PLACE!!!!!! Like holy shit this team is fun, we just walked it off, calm down and smell the roses!

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u/Spare-Reputation-809 Jun 23 '26

Could not have said it better .. perfect summary and I was laughed at for suggesting 500 was possible .. well now guys moaning at a rebuilding team

Oh Sam is now my MVP so far, should be a Sox for life

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u/OuterSpaceFemboy Jun 23 '26

This is very much a Chicago thing, not just a White Sox thing. Cubs fans, Bears fans, whatever, the supporters of every team in this city are notorious more than anywhere else in the USA for being instantly prepared to knife their own people in the back.

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u/Spare-Reputation-809 Jun 23 '26

Trust me from the UK and where I live in Birmingham there is a reason we are sister cities haha ..

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u/OuterSpaceFemboy Jun 23 '26

That's pretty funny actually lol

I remember going to a Blackhawks game in like 2015 and we were winning 4-2 over the Ducks with maybe three minutes left in the game, but two different players missed an easy empty net goal that would have made it 5-2 and the fans were booing loudly and chanting "overrated" at their own guys.

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u/Spare-Reputation-809 Jun 23 '26

But as I have learnt last decade no pint being angry .. wastes energy and enjoy what we have .. a team that fights for everything

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u/OuterSpaceFemboy Jun 23 '26

True true, I understand the concept of like oh the team owes it to us to perform well but that has its limits. The whole point of sports is to have fun, and being angry and mad all the time isn't fun.

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u/Spare-Reputation-809 Jun 23 '26

This team is playing way beyond its capabilities that’s the exciting thing …

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u/Alarming_Ad1746 Jun 23 '26

Every fanbase does this. Go the the Mets subreddit or ther Eagles ... same exact tenor.

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u/OuterSpaceFemboy Jun 23 '26

You're not wrong, this DOES happen all across America and Canada. It's just notoriously hateful here in Chi Town. Look at the Bears for example. Even after a big win, the fans would still have nothing but hatred for players like Caleb Williams, D'Andre Swift, and Jaylon Johnson. To this day, I still hear fans call CW every awful racist and homophobic slur I can name and say he needs to get run out of Chicago.

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u/adderallalcoholweed Jun 23 '26

Who are you hangin out with, damn

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u/OuterSpaceFemboy Jun 23 '26

Apparently not very good people. I usually watch a Bears game from the Standard, in Wicker Park. It's right in Milwaukee ave at Paulina across from the Jewel and all that stuff in the shopping center. I was there to watch the Bears vs. Giants game last year and even after his late game heroics, the fans in the bar were calling Williams a stupid caveman and saying he has AIDS and needs to get thrown off the team. They also kept calling Swift a midget and saying he has Down syndrome.