January 20, 200521 yr QUOTE(Steff @ Jan 20, 2005 -> 05:08 PM) Tommy Lee Jones is a Sox fan. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> "I don't care!" I never knew that Steff.
January 20, 200521 yr QUOTE(retro1983hat @ Jan 20, 2005 -> 11:11 AM) I have tried to breakdown those pseudo celebrities in the Chicago area and I think I can determine which baseball team in town they root for. CUBS Barry Rozner (Daily Herald columnist) Yeah, he grew up going to Comiskey, working as a vendor because he was a Cubs fan. :rolly
January 21, 200521 yr QUOTE(robinventura23 @ Jan 20, 2005 -> 12:37 PM) I know that guy who did "A Christmas Story" was a big Sox fan. Jean Shepherd was his name. He even hosted a video history on them. He died years ago. Yeah, he was from NW Indiana. Speaking of long-dead people, I picked up this neat little factlet recently - I learned in a Muddy Waters documentary that he was a big Sox fan.
January 21, 200521 yr QUOTE(Jabroni @ Jan 20, 2005 -> 05:16 PM) I'm pretty sure that he's a Flubs fan. Rogers seems like a pro-Sox, pro-Cubs guy -- a Chicago guy. I'm not really fond of when he brings up certain rumors, but I definitely like his analysis. He seems to be pretty objective in most of his columns, I for one am a fan of his.
January 21, 200521 yr QUOTE(BlizzardOfOzzie @ Jan 20, 2005 -> 11:02 PM) Come on! Jay Mariotti, Rick Telander, and all of those sports writers are NOT fans of either team. If they are, it's anyone's guess. Not sure about the others, but Mariotti grew up and is from Philadelphia. Why would he give two s***s about either team, or any Chicago team for that matter? His job is to be objective and provide viewpoints as he sees things without bias. I love reading his column every day. He tells things like it is and if it pisses people off, f*** 'em. He doesn't need to give a s***. I don't like when he disses the Sox, but he's just telling it like he sees it. So what? It doesn't influence whether I love the Sox or not. Besides, I'm also a life-long, die-hard Packer fan and I LOVE his columns about the Bears. Pure reading enjoyment for me. f*** the Packers, and f*** Jay Mariotti. Mariotti knows jack s*** about everything and anything he writes about. He knows nothing about hockey, yet writes about it today in his column. He's a f***ing moron, a stooge. It will be a glorious day when he's no longer in this damn city... //My rant of the week.
January 21, 200521 yr QUOTE(CWSGuy406 @ Jan 20, 2005 -> 07:35 PM) f*** the Packers, and f*** Jay Mariotti. Mariotti knows jack s*** about everything and anything he writes about. He knows nothing about hockey, yet writes about it today in his column. He's a f***ing moron, a stooge. It will be a glorious day when he's no longer in this damn city... //My rant of the week. Damn I bet it felt good to get that one out. Only Mariotti should deserve words as harsh as those.
January 21, 200521 yr You can't expect columnists to not have feelings for teams. If the Tribune hired you tomorrow, your reporting better be objective-but you wouldn't become a robot all of the sudden. I'm sure over time, love for particular teams evaportaes though as you are in the business.
January 21, 200521 yr QUOTE(CWSGuy406 @ Jan 21, 2005 -> 12:32 AM) Rogers seems like a pro-Sox, pro-Cubs guy -- a Chicago guy. I'm not really fond of when he brings up certain rumors, but I definitely like his analysis. He seems to be pretty objective in most of his columns, I for one am a fan of his. You're all wrong. Rogers is just a good objective reporter. He's not a fan of either team, per se. In fact, I believe I read somewhere he grew up a Ranger's fan.
January 21, 200521 yr You're all wrong. Rogers is just a good objective reporter. He's not a fan of either team, per se. In fact, I believe I read somewhere he grew up a Ranger's fan. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Phil lives not far from me, I have met him, he is from Texas. I think you're correct, he was a Rangers fan from way back. Very nice guy, roots for both Chicago teams.
January 21, 200521 yr The following are or were Sox fans: Frank Sinatra Al Capone Hugh Hefner Richard Prior Liberace Bobby Hansen Jerry Reinsdorf Albert Einstein The guy that played the skipper on Gilligan's Island Eugene Cernan Patton Abigayle VanBuren Sid Ceaser Efgenni Plashenko Sugar Ray Robinson Barry Manilow
January 21, 200521 yr QUOTE(bogie @ Jan 20, 2005 -> 09:00 PM) The following are or were Sox fans: Frank Sinatra Al Capone Hugh Hefner Richard Prior Liberace Bobby Hansen Jerry Reinsdorf Albert Einstein The guy that played the skipper on Gilligan's Island Eugene Cernan Patton Abigayle VanBuren Sid Ceaser Efgenni Plashenko Sugar Ray Robinson Barry Manilow LOL. Al Capone was, quite famously, a Cub fan.
January 21, 200521 yr I read an article where the guy who wrote "The Prince of Tides", Pat Conroy is also a Sox fan.
January 21, 200521 yr This is an obscure one, but the TV play-by-play man for the Los Angeles Kings, Bob Miller (Who is one of the best in the business) is a big Sox fan. I live in LA and see him from time to time @ Kings games. Not this year of course.
January 21, 200521 yr QUOTE(dymaxia @ Jan 21, 2005 -> 03:08 AM) LOL. Al Capone was, quite famously, a Cub fan. Not true. He was Sox fan. He named one of his kids Minoso after Minnie.
January 21, 200521 yr Glad to hear Jerry Reinsdorf is a Sox fan. I'd like confirmation on Einstein and Hugh Heffner being in the fold, because that alone would probably mean that Sox fans, on average, are smarter and get more action than Cubs fans.
January 21, 200521 yr QUOTE(robinventura23 @ Jan 20, 2005 -> 06:37 PM) I know that guy who did "A Christmas Story" was a big Sox fan. Jean Shepherd was his name. He even hosted a video history on them. He died years ago. This made my day. Don't suppose you remember anything about the video history, do you? (Title, year, anything like that.)
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