Cubs vs. White Sox: The rivalry poll results are in
North or South? Wrigley or Rate?
Where have Cubs-White Sox “Crosstown” games been more fun to attend through the years?
That was topic No. 1 in this week’s “Polling Place,” your home for Sun-Times sports polls on the social platform X.
“Wrigley is fun — unlike the team, usually,” @00723maui commented.
“The Rate if there’s a good fight in the bleachers,” @JBIRD1268 offered.
With a Cubs-Sox series unfolding this weekend, we asked if fans like it best when the Cubs are good and the Sox are bad, or vice versa? Or is it those all-too-rare years when both teams are good?
“I attend both, have had season tickets to both,” @chicagochris50 wrote. “I love baseball, Chicago and having two teams, two different experiences.”
Almost agreeing was @DanGarner24, who wrote, “If the Sox ever start trying again, then I would vote for ‘both good.’ ”
Last, we asked about your Cubs and/or Sox gear. Got a lot of it hanging in your closet or nah?
On to the polls:
Poll No. 1: Over the years, where have Cubs vs. White Sox games been more fun to attend?
It’s time for this week’s “Polling Place.” Let us hear from you! Selected comments will appear in Sunday's paper.
— Chicago Sun-Times (@Suntimes) July 25, 2025
Poll No. 1: Over the years, where have Cubs vs. White Sox games been more fun to attend?
Upshot: Wait a minute, a good fight in the Rate bleachers? How is that any better or worse than a “good” fight in the Wrigley bleachers? More to the point: If you really can’t go to a game without taking a swing at a stranger, please be a responsible imbecile and just stay home.
Poll No. 2: What’s your preferred Chicago baseball setting?
Poll No. 2: What’s your preferred Chicago baseball setting?
— Chicago Sun-Times (@Suntimes) July 25, 2025
Upshot: An impressive showing for “C,” wouldn’t you say? But also, further proof this so-called rivalry has lost its luster.
Poll No. 3: How many articles of Cubs and/or Sox clothing, hats included, do you own?
Poll No. 3: How many articles of Cubs and/or Sox clothing, hats included, do you own?
— Chicago Sun-Times (@Suntimes) July 25, 2025
Upshot: Hang on a sec here, do our Bill Nahorodny wristbands and Mick Kelleher socks count as two items or four?