Sox Populi Podcast 165 — The Soxivus celebration begins ... Why are you still a White Sox fan? — 2023-12-04 - a podcast by SB Nation

Welcome to Year 3 of the South Side Sox Soxivus Celebration!
We kick off the festivities by looking within, to discover what it is about this team that holds our fandom. (Our companion piece to this podcast is available to read, featuring some writers not appearing on this podcast.)Brian kicks things off, with a Joycean paean about the tragic sensibility of fandom, inextricable from romantic optimism. If you haven’t read The Dubliners, that means in part that he’s surprised the White Sox still matter to him — but they do

Chrystal is sunk too deep into baseball, writing 135 game stories a year, and is left with little choiceDante and Tommy both speak of the hope of personal history

Malachi still feels that no one entity, even the owner of the team, can take his Sox fandom from himBrett, honestly, has lost the passion for the team, but not for South Side Sox

Father Soxivus previews our coming events, which include a live program on December 10, the Airing of Grievances; December 17 (Feats of Strength); and December 22, Soxivus MiraclesA quick speed round toward the end asks whether there is anything that could ever happen to cause any of us to completely lose our Sox fandom

Chrystal’s crack research indicates that, yes, we are all members of the White Sox cult, and also coins a solid pocket schedule theme for 2024 ... White Sox: Please Be MediocreAnd sorry, Papa Jones, Dante still ain’t crossing over to the north side


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