So Last weekend was the Cubs-White Sox series.  Sox won the series 2-1, the games always has the fun of a rivarly. Sox fans arguring with Cubs fans, splits in families, and the fight even intenstified this rivarly. As seen below

But alot of people have asked me why? Why do the teams hate each other. Its not like Red Sox- Yankees where their in the same division.

Well it starts like this,

The Cubs orginally called the Chicago White Stockings (yes ironic) was established in 1876,They changed their name

 they were the only team in town until 1901 when the Chicago White Stockings moved from St. Paul. The south siders won the AL in 1901 but had 3 consecutive sub par seasons and one 2nd place finsh, they really did nothing to get all of Chicago intrersted unlike their NL counterpart who won 3 straight NL championships with in their first 6 years. Also lots of people liked the fact it was alot of young players (irony, the white sox 2000 campaign was the kids can play) So The Sox got no attention until 1906. In 1906 The then Westside Cubs won 116 games but were upset by the "Hitless wonders" Chicago White Sox. The White Sox hit a team average of .230 and 7 Homers, 7!  But the White Sox defeated the Cubs in the 1906 World Series in 6 games.

Thats all it took, one upstart team that a represented a minority of the city upsetting the city's golden child.

Over the next 91 years The Sox drew in fans by establishing themselves as a AL force winning another World Series in 1917 and cheating their way out of one in 1919, while the Cubs won in 1907 and 1908.

Both teams went on a historic championship drought The Sox finally broken on the glorious day of October 26, 2005. but the Cubs keep on to this day, While The sides of town have became very different, from street names, to bus routes, to traditions, slang, races of people, the teams represent their people.

Because the rivarly is based of sterotypes, the poor, immigrant, working class White Sox upsets the rich Cubs. The south side is typically working class low income families while the North side is typically higher income and more of a tourist attraction.

"The North Side is soft or The South Side is dangerous"

As time went on both teams have developed their own heroes, rivals in their divisions and so on. Ironically enough both teams wore the colors red, white, and blue until 1990 when the sox changed to silver and black.

The media also began to develop in the rivarly, The Cubs became a tourist attraction, the loveable losers could be seen thoroughout the world and become far from Chicago became Cubs fans. Sox fans hated this with a passion. It seems like the Cubs were evey where, while the White Sox continue to have low sales at 35th and shields.

But then came interleague play in 1997, to show in play who was the better team

The Sox are ahead 27-24 since 1997. Besides the fact The Sox have more bragging rights since the Sox won the World series in 2005

You might say I'm biased since I'm a sox fan but look at this

Nickname Loveable losers vs south side hitmen

Stadium: US. Celluar is nicer than Wrigley but Wrigley has historic value

Jerseys: The Sox jerseys have been better looking than the cubs with the exception of the 1930s Sox in block letters and the 1986-1989 jerseys.

Food in the stadium: italian beef and pizza vs beer and beer.

Now to end my 1st post with intersesting facts

Cubs Legend Sammy Sosa was traded from the White Sox to the Cubs in 1992

The Cubs second park south side park on 39th and princeton (1891-1893) was the Sox first park (1901-1910)

 Well Thats Sox vs Cubs