Buehrle>Wood Posted December 21, 2006 Share Posted December 21, 2006 Heard a similar question on the radio the other day, thought it be fun to discuss. Baseball divides the city in half every year. It takes football to reunite it. As for basketball, well, we had Jordan. Also lets throw some other cities into the question: New York- Baseball LA- Basketball Houston- ??? Detroit- Hockey? St. Louis- Baseball Boston- Baseball Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knightni Posted December 21, 2006 Share Posted December 21, 2006 (edited) Chicago is a Bears town. Anyone who votes baseball hasn't paid attention in the last 20+ years. '85 Bears >>>> 6 Bulls champs and 1 Sox champ in most people's eyes. Not mine, but in the casual (Cubs) fan's eyes. Edited December 21, 2006 by knightni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoxFan1 Posted December 21, 2006 Share Posted December 21, 2006 (edited) Obviously, it's a bit biased considering this is a Sox message board so the numbers will be skewed. But it's quite evident that when the Bears are playing well, the city is buzzing. Just look at the history. Chicago was built by blue collar guys and players like Ditka, Butkus, Singletary, etc. resemble those people. Football town, no doubt. Edited December 21, 2006 by SoxFan1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnB Posted December 21, 2006 Share Posted December 21, 2006 Chicago is a football town followed very closely by baseball. It's one of the few remaining baseball cities in the country, in my opinion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteSoxfan1986 Posted December 21, 2006 Share Posted December 21, 2006 Footbal, easily. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shipps Posted December 21, 2006 Share Posted December 21, 2006 Sadly its Bears>Cubs>Bulls>Sox>Fire>Rush>Shamrocks>Blackhawks as far as general interests of this city.Bulls always draw well no matter what.The Cubs own the media.And the Hawks iam just being mean to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THEWOOD Posted December 21, 2006 Share Posted December 21, 2006 DA BEARS.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted December 21, 2006 Share Posted December 21, 2006 Football and its not even close. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RibbieRubarb Posted December 21, 2006 Share Posted December 21, 2006 Football is number 1 in this town. Every other sport might as well be #88 in comparison. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsideirish Posted December 21, 2006 Share Posted December 21, 2006 Worst poll in the history of SoxTalk. It is football. It is a Bears town, win or lose it doesn't matter. There isn't even a question about it. To all those that picked baseball or, for some reason, basketball, I would love to hear your reasoning behind it. Please tell me why you people think that this is ever a baseball or basketball town before it is a football town. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanOfCorn Posted December 21, 2006 Share Posted December 21, 2006 QUOTE(Buehrle>Wood @ Dec 20, 2006 -> 11:24 PM) Heard a similar question on the radio the other day, thought it be fun to discuss. Baseball divides the city in half every year. It takes football to reunite it. As for basketball, well, we had Jordan. Also lets throw some other cities into the question: New York- Baseball LA- Basketball Houston- ??? Detroit- Hockey? St. Louis- Baseball Boston- Baseball First of all, Chicago is DEFINITELY a football town. Where else can hated rivals in the summer come together and cheer with each other in the winter? Not New York, they are divided in ALL sports. Not LA, unless you consider the Kings (which I don't). As for your other cities. I think you ar dead-on. Not sure about Detroit, but I think it's a coin flip between hockey and basketball. Houston? Football, hands down. Even with the Texans, who, um, aren't that good...there's still high school football and college football. In fact, I would default all of Texas to football. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chisoxfn Posted December 21, 2006 Share Posted December 21, 2006 DA BEARS. And considering a baseball message board is voting so heavily towards football, it tells you just how much of a football town this really is. Baseball would be #2 with basketball #3. That said during the Jordan era that may have been a period where basketball was #1 but that was simply because the Bears were that terrible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IlliniKrush Posted December 21, 2006 Share Posted December 21, 2006 It used to be a hockey town...or at least it was a close 2nd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knightni Posted December 21, 2006 Share Posted December 21, 2006 When? 1967? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balance Posted December 21, 2006 Share Posted December 21, 2006 Here's one more vote for football. I think it's clear that while the Sox-Cubs rivalry is a wonderful part of Chicago's identity, we're all Bears fans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoxFanForever Posted December 21, 2006 Share Posted December 21, 2006 QUOTE(Balance @ Dec 21, 2006 -> 06:27 PM) Here's one more vote for football. I think it's clear that while the Sox-Cubs rivalry is a wonderful part of Chicago's identity, we're all Bears fans. Speak for yourself Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockRaines Posted December 21, 2006 Share Posted December 21, 2006 Chicago is a Bears town. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rowand44 Posted December 21, 2006 Share Posted December 21, 2006 It's a Bears town but baseball certainly isn't too far behind imo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockRaines Posted December 21, 2006 Share Posted December 21, 2006 QUOTE(Rowand44 @ Dec 21, 2006 -> 03:30 PM) It's a Bears town but baseball certainly isn't too far behind imo. Several years ago the Bulls were extremely popular, and I think they are bringing back that to second place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan4life_2007 Posted December 22, 2006 Share Posted December 22, 2006 How many people showed up at the Sox parade? Like 2 million, right? Well, let's just say the Bears had a championship parade that same day. The Sox parade would have had about as many people as the Cell does when the Royals come to town in April. Chicago belongs to the Bears. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rowand44 Posted December 22, 2006 Share Posted December 22, 2006 QUOTE(Jordan4life_2006 @ Dec 22, 2006 -> 01:54 AM) How many people showed up at the Sox parade? Like 2 million, right? Well, let's just say the Bears had a championship parade that same day. The Sox parade would have had about as many people as the Cell does when the Royals come to town in April. Chicago belongs to the Bears. That I highly doubt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitesoxfan101 Posted December 22, 2006 Share Posted December 22, 2006 (edited) 1985 parade: 500 k (well actually, it was in 1986, but whatever) 2005 parade (for the "inferior" team in town): 2 million Baseball wins, and it's not as close as many think. The Bears draw the "common" (idiot) fan pretty well, but baseball is king here. Edited December 22, 2006 by whitesoxfan101 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RME JICO Posted December 22, 2006 Share Posted December 22, 2006 I would say a football town first, then baseball, then basketball. When Jordan was around you could say it was his town. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZoomSlowik Posted December 22, 2006 Share Posted December 22, 2006 Definitely football. You never hear anything else about any other team when they are good. People still talk about the '85 team like it happened yesterday, and Ditka is still revered. Part of that could be because the NFL is by far the most popular sports league in the country, but the Bears definitely have one of the best fan bases in the NFL. QUOTE(whitesoxfan101 @ Dec 22, 2006 -> 02:39 AM) 1985 parade: 500 k (well actually, it was in 1986, but whatever) 2005 parade (for the "inferior" team in town): 2 million Baseball wins, and it's not as close as many think. The Bears draw the "common" (idiot) fan pretty well, but baseball is king here. The Sox also had a much longer route. The Bears just went through the loop, the Sox went through half the south side before heading downtown. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsideirish Posted December 22, 2006 Share Posted December 22, 2006 QUOTE(RockRaines @ Dec 21, 2006 -> 04:04 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Several years ago the Bulls were extremely popular, and I think they are bringing back that to second place. Basketball has never and will never be as big as either baseball or football in this town. Even when the Bulls were winning championships this town wasn't a basketball town. It wasn't even ahead of baseball at that time. However, it may have been a Jordan town. QUOTE(whitesoxfan101 @ Dec 22, 2006 -> 02:39 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> 1985 parade: 500 k (well actually, it was in 1986, but whatever) 2005 parade (for the "inferior" team in town): 2 million Baseball wins, and it's not as close as many think. The Bears draw the "common" (idiot) fan pretty well, but baseball is king here. This is a ridiculous comparison. Zoom put it best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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