Astros vs.Sox is more than baseball!

Astros vs. White Sox is more than baseball.>>

In 1937 in the city of Chicago, 2 boxers fought for the Heavyweight crown. It was more than a fight. A black man named Joe Louis fought the white boxer James J. Braddock. Joe Louis was the symbolic warrior of Black Liberation fighting against white racism. Though it was just symbolic, it was a catharsis for the Afro-American masses. Sports supersede athletics. Sure it's contest between 2 teams or individuals but it about reputation. This may be wrong, but that is the way it is. Just like music!
Now we come the World Series in Baseball between 2 underdog teams. The Houston Astros never been to the World Series and the White Sox hasn't been to the series since 1959. Now dig the symbolism man! You got one team that symbolizes the poor on the south side of Chicago. Hip Hop fans in the ghetto wear the White Sox outfit. Gang bangers wear it too. They are the people's team. The Astros on the other hand represent Texas, big oil, rich Republicans, and white racism. Their stadium use to be called Enron Stadium for fuck shakes. I know it's more a metaphor than symbolism. Baseball has become this mega- corporate commodity. But no matter what you think about professional sports, the fact remains that the common person can't stop watching it. Why? Because it's fun! Sports represents life it self. You got the ups with the downs. You got the goals, the hopes, and the dreams of ones self. One could adopt an athlete or a team and use them for their alter ego. So I vicarious misuse baseball and play out these political dramas. The Astros represent to me; Bush and the Neo-Cons and The White Sox represents the people. Crazy aint it?

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Fucking Astros!

No we're not bitter..........

The White Sox to me represent the THROWING of the 1919 World Series. "Will sell my soul for money" sounds a lot like Repubs to me.

Organized crime had a lot of power in those days.

You didn't cross them.

That doesn't stop people from refusing to check the facts and just assuming that the most vulnerable were guilty.

The Repug Empire has a lot of power these days too. Does that make acts of corruption taking place now ok because of it? Apparently you shouldn't cross the White House either. Ask Joe Wilson.

As for checking facts...did they or did they not throw the world series? It doesn't matter the motives, it still happened. Try Again.

you sound republican when you make it all black and white.....and for CHRISSAKES get over it already

YOU sound like a republican glossing over a real crime. Maybe you're just hearing "chatter" and the "opining"

I'm giving credit where credit is due - the White Sox team right now is GREAT and bringing up shit from 86 F***ING YEARS AGO is just F***ING ASININE

Yes, they were. 'Nuf said. Almost.

The "Black Sox" happened 80+ years ago. Almost no one alive remembers it first hand. Everyone involved in it is dead. Please pose a more relevant argument.

We lost by a fluke and we were beaten by half a team. So I want the White Sox to win the WS.

losing in 5 games was the fluke. I wanted the Cards to win too but that was no fluke. They flat out lost to better pitching.

Go Astro's!

They're all a bunch of overpaid hacks.

Just look at the team salaries:

MLB TEAM PAYROLL (US$)
1. NY Yankees 205,938,439
2. Boston 121,311,945
3. NY Mets 104,770,139
4. Philadelphia 95,337,908
5. LA Angels 95,017,822
6. St. Louis 92,919,842
7. San Francisco 89,487,426
8. Chicago Cubs 87,210,933
9. Seattle 85,883,334
10. Atlanta 85,148,582
11. LA Dodgers 81,029,500
12. Houston 76,779,022
13. Chicago Sox 75,228,000
14. Baltimore 74,570,539
15. Detroit 68,998,183
16. Arizona 63,015,833
17. San Diego 62,888,192
18. Florida 60,375,961
19. Cincinnati 59,658,275
20. Minnesota 56,615,000
21. Oakland 55,869,262
22. Texas 53,891,258
23. Washington 48,581,500
24. Colorado 48,107,500
25. Toronto 45,038,500
26. Cleveland 41,830,400
27. Milwaukee 40,234,833
28. Pittsburgh 38,133,000
29. Tampa Bay 37,975,067
30. Kansas City 36,881,000