On Sunday morning, I was standing on the platform at the Adams and Wabash 'L' station, waiting for a Green Line train to take me down to 35th Street. While I was on my way to the White Sox game, it was pretty clear that Bears football was on the minds of most Chicagoans. Most people on the street were decked out in Bears gear, in anticipation of the home opener against the Pittsburgh Steelers later that afternoon.
As I was waiting for the train, I was surprised to see a group of 20-25 men making their way down Wabash, all wearing Ben Roethlisberger jerseys. ALL OF THEM were wearing Black No. 7s. No Hines Ward jerseys. No Troy Polamalu jerseys. No Santonio Holmes jerseys. Roethlisberger jerseys ONLY.
They were raising quite a ruckus, pointing toward and taunting and cursing everyone wearing Bears gear in their path. I guess there is safety in numbers. They were a pretty large group. If there had been just two or three of them, odds are someone would have confronted them and thrown a punch. I thought to myself, "Those guys better hope the Steelers win, or they're in for a rough afternoon."
Later in the day, after the Bears had beaten Pittsburgh 17-14, I had a good chuckle knowing that all those Roethlisberger clowns were no doubt getting theirs on their way out of Soldier Field. You never know what you're going to see on gameday in Chicago. Knowing those Steelers dopes left town with a loss somehow made Sunday's Sox debacle a little easier to take.
I despise the Steelers personally, along the lines of how I feel about the Vikings and Packers. As a Bears fan I was so proud of them being able to out perform the defending champs and a team even without Polamalu still has a great defense. And I for one, cannot wait for you know who to post on how Da Bears got lucky or some nonsense like that
Yeah because Bears fans show proper conduct when they talk to people. I will take talking football to Steelers fans anyday compare to talking to Bears fans. Talking to Chicago sports fans is like talking to an idiot.
And, of course, Timberwolf shows proper conduct when he talks to people as well.
I like how Timberwolf says Chicagoans and Chicago sports fans don' like with proper conduct, and yet all he ever does is talk down and insult said people. If all Minnesota sports fans are like Timberwolf, then they must be the worst in sports, even more obnoxious than Philly fans.
JB: You don't even know me personally so for you to portray me as a bad person is uncalled for. I have lot of friends in life so I must have good character values when I deal with people. I find it folks at JaytheJoke like to protray me as as a loser when they don't even know me on a personal level.
What I do on the Internet and what I do offline are two different things. If anyone wants to judge me on Internet, well I wonder about that person's ability to judge people.
Timberwolf, you don't know me personally either and you take shots at me all the time. As a matter of fact, you don't know whitesox901 or heatherinchicago either, but that doesn't stop you from taking shots at them.
It appears you were up half the night trolling this blog. I recommend you get some sleep. Certainly, nothing you posted here is anything worthy of further response.
Of course nothing here is anything worthy of response. I don't drink the Kool-Aid and I am not afraid to call out Chicago sports teams. Jay Mariotti made a good point about Chicago sports fans. They are sensitive to criticism, and they like to be brainwashed of speak no evil or hear no evil. It's sad that Pat Dahl, who has nothing going in his life, would create a site from the basement of his house that rips on Mariotti. Don't you think it's sad on Patrick's part? Why would a fan waste his time worrying about what Jay Mariotti thinks? Mariotti is paid to write opinions, and sadly, Patrick got him fired.
You would think Pat Dahl would try to make something out of his life, but he has gotten by thanks to his daddy, who was a failed DJ in several Chicago radio stations. It must be easy for him to sit in the basement of Steven and Janet's house.
You deserve to be called out, JB. Most of your posts here are homerish. I never ever seen you as criticial of Chicago sports teams. It's all homerish. How are you any different that senile columnist Rick Telander or jocksniffer David Haugh?
whitesox901 adds nothing but rubbish here. All day, he sits in the back of his parents basement and post nonsense with nothing going for him so he deserves to be called out. I read most of his posts, and half the time he copies everything what others said.
HEATHERFROMCHICAGO is a joke that deserves to be taken task. Talking to her is like talking to an idiot. You ought to read her PMs to her. It's nothing but garbage, and half the time, she ducks the question when I ask her questions about Chicago sports.
Timberwolf wrote: "If anyone wants to judge me on Internet, well I wonder about that person's ability to judge people."
Then, he proceeds to judge people on the Internet. Brilliant stuff.
Why should he critisize Chicago sports? He's a Chicago sports writer. Second, I go to college and work 5 days a week, third I don't copy posts anymore. But hey, why let facts get in the way of a good argument.
I think I offer criticism when warranted. I called the Sox a bunch of mental midgets. I've been hard on Ron Zook, who I believe is doing a poor job with the Illinois football program. I'm a frequent critic of the Bears defense. After the season-opening loss in Green Bay, I pointed out that Nathan Vasher's inept play cost the team the game. Vasher's been parked on the bench for the last two games, so I think that criticism was fair. I'm not going to criticize just to criticize, though.
I try not to make kneejerk reactions on this blog. I make kneejerk reactions all the time when I'm watching sports, but I think it pays to be more measured in your remarks in print. When you overreact and exaggerate everything to the nth degree, you end up looking like an ass.
In August of 2005, the White Sox went on a seven-game losing streak. It was definitely a bad stretch of ball. Timberwolf's hero Mariotti wrote the Sox off at that time and said they would never win a World Series as long as Reinsdorf owned the team. Two months later, Sox fans were crying tears of joy and celebrating a championship. Mariotti looked like a damn fool, and that's why he has no credibility. That's what happens when you exaggerate to the nth degree. That's what happens when you speak in absolutes. That's what happens when you overreact. That's what happens when you draw hasty conclusions. Inevitably, every writer falls into those traps every once in awhile, but I try to stay away from that as much as possible.