Edit: this post has certainly taken a life of its own. I want this to be clear, 95% of any White Sox fan that I have spoken to has shown sympathy towards Kyle, as well as Cubs fans. That does not discount those who this article is about. I do not believe that all of the 35,000 some odd fans that were at the reacted this way, but I have spoken to fans that were seated throughout the ballpark that have confirmed there was noticable cheering. Again, this isn’t an attack on White Sox fans, or an attempt to create a fan war. This is merely telling a story that was presented.
With all the snow and sun and snow and rain and snow and sun, there was a baseball game played in Chicago. The Southside opened US Cellular even with the weather, and a fire earlier in the day. While this is news any other day, the real news here is how White Sox fans dipped to a new low.
During the third inning of the Chicago White Sox home opener, the White Sox had announced that the Chicago Cubs young star had tears in his ACL and LCL, which would sideline him for the entire season. Now there is a rule in sports, never root for, or cheer an injury to anyone else’s teams, apparently the White Sox fans that showed up opening day have never heard of this.
During that announcenent, it gave the fans their only reason to cheer, outside of a fourth inning home run by Todd Frazier.
Now this could be he said she said, right. At least that is what I thought anyways (even with the multiple social media posts claiming it was true). So I sought out someone who was actually in attendance to see if they can confirm it. Since this is just a fan, and was speaking in anonymity, we will not reveal their name.
“I went to the sox game yesterday. I had never been to one before. My friend is a sox fan and they have season tickets and she asked me to go with her. I was shocked when the fans started booing their own team!”
When asked if the booing of the Schwarber news happened, she replied, “it seemed that way.” And when questioned if there was anything else it could have been, “there wasn’t much to cheer for during that game.”
Sure this could be a made up tale, and someone at the game just felt like they had to collaborate it. That is when I reached out to several others that were in attendance, and they cinfirmed this as well. So, just to see how bad this is, I go out to social media and find out it’s not just a small occurrence.
I think I speak for all #WhiteSox fans when I say get well Kyle Schwarber. pic.twitter.com/uJQn2fpUNX
— Rick Hahn (@NotRickHahn) April 8, 2016
https://twitter.com/artiehustle/status/718568150988554240
Am I too late for a Schwaber crying Jordan?
— Godzilla Shammgodzilla (@FanSince09) April 8, 2016
https://twitter.com/soilentgibby/status/718563037829959680
This is a new low. You just don’t root for or cheer injuries. These fans should certainly be ashamed of themselves. And yes, they are not kept anonymous because of their doucebaggery.
