From a reader:

HEY, the white sox are on the verge of a sweep and their first championship since 1917 and after toughing out a win in the longest WS game ever, and no mention of it in the Corner. You know you do have fans in Chicago. Are all you guys so bitter that the red sox didn’t repeat and the yankees couldn’t buy it this year to give a nod to Chicago?

Me: As I’m not deeply invested one way or the other, I will stick to my standard policy of opposing all curse-breakings. I like the idea of curses and I think society is cheaper for it when they are lifted — sans some major exorcism or other mysticism-affirming event. This was my position on the Red Sox and I see no reason to change it for the White Sox, however much more admirable I think they may be (I am a New Yorker at heart after all).