Barack Obama said it with a smile and a chuckle, but you know at least some Cubs fans didn't think it was funny.
In an interview with Stuart Scott of ESPN, Sox fan Obama was talking baseball in Chicago, and he said:
"You go to Wrigley Field, you have a beer, beautiful people up there. People aren't watching the game. It's not serious. White Sox, that's baseball."
Of course, this is the oldest living cliche about South Side vs. North Side -- that half of the Fans Gone Wild at Wrigley Field couldn't tell you details like the score, who's pitching or the day of the week.
Maybe that's true of a few pockets of fans -- but based on the few trips I've made to …
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