Sox and the City



I read movie-critic Richard Roeper's book, "Sox and the City: A Fans Love Affair with the White Sox from the Heartbreak of '67 to the Wizards of Oz" and have to say that I wasn't particularly impressed.

He's a fan, certainly, I'm not implying that he's one of those celebrity so-called fans that tend to turn up when the cameras are rolling and the team is winning. The book tried to be about him being a fan and about the team over the years at the same time, and would have been better served by taking either approach (rather than both).

The best parts of the book were clearly his discussions of the sox teams of the 60s and 70s.

The writing about last year's team wasn't particularly compelling. The most memorable line being one about how quickly Mark Buehrle pitches (like he's left the oven on at home). The most unfortunate being his attempt to coin to the phrase "bi-soxual" to mean a chicago fan who claims to like both the cubs and the white sox. I don't think it works. It sounds like one would like both the white sox and the red sox.

Actually, I did like some of the "cubs fan vs. sox fan" writing, but none of it is new to a chicagoan.

Posted: Wed - July 26, 2006 at 08:26 AM      

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