Jay Sawyer of Northbrook Feels That You Can’t Be both A Cub Fan and A Chicago White Sox Fan At the Same Time Jay Sawyer of Northbrook, a big Chicago Cub fan feels that one aspect of Cubs is that they cannot be both a Cub Fan and a Chicago White Sox fan at the same time. He notes that the rivalry between the two teams and their fans dates back to the founding of the American League. Back in the year 1990, Charles Comiskey moved his Saint Pail Saints minor league franchise to Chicago. It is believes that the owner of the Cubs at the time wasn’t quite happy, and filed a suit against Comiskey. Later after several talks, it was decided that Comiskey could move his team to Chicago, pending that Chicago was not used in the title of the team name, and that the team play south of 35th Street. The team was renamed as “White Stockings”, which was the original name of the Cubs from 1876 to 1889. Establishing a new team in the city was a direct challenge to the National League franchise, which had been the idea behind the formation of the American League. As the AL grew popular (with cheaper prices on admission and alcohol), the NL recognized the equality of the AL. However, the recognition did not help
change the state of rivalry between owners, players, or their fans. Jay Sawyer of Northbrook notes that while many teams in NYC played against each other in World Series matchups throughout the 1940s and 1950s, the two Chicago teams only met once in the 1906 World Series. Cubs that were heavily favored lost in 6 games to the veteran and pitching-strong White Sox, the “Hitless Wonders”. Between the teams meeting in the 1906 World Series and the beginning of inter-league play in the year 1997, the Cubs and White Sox routinely met in exhibition matches, which didn’t count toward the teams’ rankings in their respective league standings.