To my fellow Americans attending SoxFest this weekend: Change has come to Chicago.
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The White Sox are now the president of the United States’ First Team in baseball. Therefore, it is natural to make a statement of fact: We are now the game’s First Fans.
With great power comes great responsibility. The world is now watching our every move (and trade).
So think of SoxFest 2009 as our congressional summit. Dress the part. Represent the passion and pride of a team that said “Yes We Can” in 2005 and almost did it again in 2008.
Have faith that Kenny Williams brought change we need in the off-season to build for a better future.
Follow these simple guidelines at SoxFest in serving as a member of the Sox senate and redefine fanaticism for the nation:
– Wear your presidential colors. Do you think it was an accident that the president and first lady dressed in black and white at the inaugural ball?
– In: Obama White Sox jerseys and Soxman 2017 T-shirts. Out: Anything Javy Vasquez or Orlando Cabrera.
– Vote to end the trade embargo with Cuba as long as we get more imports like Alexei Ramirez.
– In: The Presidential Dance. Out: The Swisher Worm.
– Lobby for an amendment to replace the presidential seal with the White Sox logo.
– Vote to change the address of the White House from 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. to 35th Street and Shields Avenue.
– Resist the urge to sing “Na Na Na Na Hey Hey Hey Goodbye” if the Cubs’ top fan is impeached this week.
– Finally, in the spirit of bipartisanship and diplomacy, reach across party lines to wish Cubs fans good luck in the 2009 campaign and vote in favor of their bailout, again.
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Honoring the Go Go Sox
Every time you sing “Let’s Go Go Go White Sox” while catching a ballgame on the South Side, you honor the 1959 AL Champion Go Go Sox. Capturing the team’s first league championship since the 1919 Black Sox, the team symbolized redemption for a franchise whose style of play emulated the blue-collar work ethic of their fans. Winning by playing Ozzie Ball before the current Sox skipper was even born, Luis Aparicio’s speed, Nellie Fox’s glove and the arms of Billy Pierce and Early Wynn proved you could win without power. SoxFest honors the 50th anniversary of their title this weekend.