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Sox and the City: A Fan's Love Affair with the White Sox from the Heartbreak of '67 to the Wizards of Oz |  | Author: Richard Roeper
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
Category: Book
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Rating:  15 reviews
Sales Rank: 699679
Media: Paperback
Edition: Updated
Pages: 240
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Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.7
ISBN: 1556526792
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.357640977311
EAN: 9781556526794
ASIN: 1556526792
Publication Date: April 1, 2007
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Over the last 40 years, Richard Roeper has attended White Sox games, watching as his team established a losing streak that was almost unparalleled in Major League Baseball history. In this account of what it was like to grow up a White Sox fan in a Cubs nation, Roeper covers the recent history of the organization, from the heartbreak of 1967 and the South-Side Hit Men to the disco demolition and the magical 2005 season when they became world champions. Encapsulating what it means to be a baseball fan, root for the same sorry team no matter what, and find vindication, this history of the White Sox is flavored with trivia; anecdotes about players, owners, and broadcasters; plus Roeper’s own humorous and personal reminiscences.
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You don't have to be a Sox fan to enjoy this book August 27, 2010
Indian Prairie Public Library (Darien, IL)
From one White Sox fan to another, Roeper details his love of the White Sox and of baseball. His wry sense of humor takes you from his childhood in the 1960s through the championship season of 2005. It's part memoir, part Sox history, and part baseball nostalgia. You don't have to be a Sox fan to enjoy this book - and you can't help but appreciate the movie and television trivia scattered throughout.
Lots of fun for Sox and Roeper fans August 8, 2010
whmiller32
As a lifelong Chicagoan and South Side partisan I knew I'd enjoy the subject matter. Richard Roeper writes in an extremely accessible and guy-down-the-block way that made the whole book feel like a couple of friends talking Sox over beers, only a lot more clever and funny. Open a brewskie and have fun.
 05 Thome? December 30, 2008
Gary Richardson (Coloma, MI)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I really like the book but I find it hard to believe that any true full blooded White Sox fan would mention Jim Thome as being on the 05 team. On page 3 the author credits Hawk with saying that Thome is the strongest guy he's seen since Frank Howard. Hawk may have said that in 06 but no way in 05.
A DIE HARD FANS BOOK July 12, 2008
COOL JEWEL (MACEDONIA, OHIO USA)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
SOX AND THE CITY IS WRITTEN BY RICHARD ROEPER WHO IS ALSO A MOVIE CRITIC ALONG WITH ROGER EBERT IN CHICAGO AND THEY HAVE A SYNDICATED TV SHOW. I REALLY LOVED THIS BOOK. I AM NOT A SOX FAN BUT AN INDIANS FAN AND I KNOW MANY MANY SEASONS HAVE PASSED SINCE A WORLD SERIES VICTORY. ROPER BRINGS BACK MUCH NOSTALGIA FROM BASEBALL IN THE 1960'S TO PRESENT DAY. I REALLY ENJOYED THE SEGMENTS ABOUT THE 1967 TEAM AND DICK ALLEN. I ESPECIALLY RECOMMEND THIS FOR ALL SOX FANS AND EVEN IF YOU ARE NOT, THIS IS AN EXCELLENT READ FOR ALL BASEBALL FANS. HE DOES A GREAT JOB DESCRIBING IN DETAIL HOW THE 2005 SEASON WENT WITH SOME GREAT BEHIND THE SCENES STORIES. I THINK THE ONE MAIN THING I ENJOYED MOST WAS HIS EXPERIENCES FOLLOWING THE SOX AS A CHILD WHEN WE ARE YOUNG AND NAIVE AND HOPE IS ETERNAL. A MUST READ.
Hilarious and insightful May 7, 2008
B. P. Berkshire
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Roeper writes very well for a journalist (ha-ha), and this book was both funny and captured the essence of being a White Sox fan. He takes you through his personal experience of being fan from his childhood in the 1960s to attending the World Series in 2005. The book would be a fun read even if you were not a White Sox fan as Roeper includes a lot of jokes about pop culture such as movies and music, and many of the stories of being a fan are universal regardless of the team.
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