This is getting Blackhawkward.
Think about it from my perspective:
In 1985, I was in my senior year of college. I was born in 1964. I had never seen a Chicago team win a title in my lifetime (Bears 1963, Hawks 1960, Sox 1917, Bulls never). I tend to appreciate my sports teams winning titles because of that void. And now I've seen a Super Bowl, a World Series for my baseball team, two Stanley Cups, and six (should have been eight if not for Hue Hollins) NBA Championships. If the Fire win the MLS Cup, I'll be truly happy.
That Super Bowl was delicious, except for one thing: your stinking Bahstun team was there instead of the Dolphins. We wanted revenge for the Bears' only loss that year. You denied us that. We still remember. I remember the 2005 ALDS, and all of the "experts" picking the Fake Sox to beat the Real Sox; Albert Chen of SI, who somehow still has a job there, predicted a Fake Sox sweep. My team swept your team's ass. We remember.
(By the way, we Real Sox fans also have a mad-on for the Astros. They denied us a proper World Series against the Cardinals. We Sox fans wanted that more than anything. You know why? Because a Sox-Cardinals World Series would have caused mass suicide among Cubs fans.)
We detest the national media using the abbreviation "Sox" for the Fake Sox. We remember. We remember the national media falling all over themselves with "end of curse" stories in 2004 and ignoring the "end of curse" stories in 2005, a curse that lasted two years longer.
We remember the issue of SI after the 2005 World Series. We remember the Real Sox getting a corner blurb and the cover going to some faggot from Michigan who allegedly plays quarterback in the Northeast.
So, yeah, we Chicago sports fans have lots of reasons to hate Bahstun.
Chicago Stronger.