Sporting your Cubs wear during the offseason

Sure, there are Cubs fans like you (and others here) who live south of Madison St. But I think you’d have seen a lot more Cubs gear on the north side or in the north suburbs.

I live on the South side near Midway and I wear my Cubs gear all the time, and I see plenty of others wearing cubs gear. Obviously it is 50/50 but there are plenty of Cubs fans living in this area.

wear my Cubs gear year round, proudly.

And I wear my Cubs gear proudly year round as well! Catch some grief from all the new Rockies baseball fans, but will never let them wear me down!!

Whenever I am in a store, someone invariably comes up to me and wants to talk Cubs baseball. Most of the time they are transplanted Chicagoans, like me.

Lots of people give me the thumbs up or say “go Cubs” while passing by. Great conversation starter. My favorite is my uber cool suede jacket. I have non Cub fans stop me for that. I did once go to pet a dog and the guy kiddingly said.
“He is a White Sox fan”. I told him that I would not hold the dog’s unfortunate indoctrination against him.

but speaking of NOOBS here is my niece yesterday

…if not for the weather. Most of my gear is tshirts or jerseys and that just doesn’t fly in a Chicago winter. And I don’t really wear my Cubs hats very often because I prefer to wear a stocking hat.

I will say that a couple years ago I bought a Cubs bullpen coat on clearance from the wrigleyville sports website. It was $50 (including shipping), so I figured whynot. This coat is no joke. It goes down to my knees and makes me look like I’m 200 pounds over weight. So I don’t wear it very often because it’s a little ridiculous. The only time I wear it is when it’s really cold out (i.e. opening day 2009 haha).

As the owner of a hip,hot dog joint in downtown Portland (all Vienna Beef) we witness a parade of customers wearing Cub logo gear all day long. The place is plastered will Cub memoribilia and we’ve been named “best place to watch a Cub game west of Wrigley” by a major newspaper. During the season Cub fans gather to watch Cub games ( we have the package) and even during the winter Cub fans gather here to vent about all things Cubs. In Aug over 1000 Fans showed up to drink Old Style and watch a game and participate in drawings to win tickets to an Iowa Cubs-Portland Beavers game. All of us relocated Chicagoians are keeping our Cub spirit alive on the west coast BIG time!

It’s more sweatshirts during the midwest winter, obviously.

in the western suburbs of Chicago, and the VAST majority of people are wearing Cubs apparel….and this has been all year long

the fact that White Sox fans simply cannot afford enough clothing to retire thier Sox garb each fall. While on the North Side, the Cubs clothes to regular clothes ratio is much smaller. Simple math.

I see bsaeball apparel year round. It is close, but I would guess 55% Cubs and 45% Cards gear. There aren’t many White Sox fans around here. I wear Cubs stuff all year and I agree with bourbon above, there are no other sports.
Not to mention wearing something baseball related in the winter reminds me that it will get warm again :-)

I think I’m one of the only Cubs fans in my neighborhood, around 59th and California.
I wear my Cubs apparel regularly, but it’s obviously more visible in the summer, as I have tshirts and hats. Actually, in the summer, I don’t usually go out without a hat, and that hat is usually a Cubbie one. :D

But I am noticeable around my neighborhood, as most people have Sox gear and such, while I stand out with Cubbie blue.

then again Texas Longhorns is our home team here

though much more in the spring and fall with summer being tops obviously.

Lot’s of Sox fans at work and considering it’s NW suburbia, it does seem a little strange. Not as many of them live S. of Madison St. as I expected.

There’s 2 guys in particular who just freak out at the presence of anything Cubbie; the inferiority complex is through the roof. Don’t seem them that much but when I know I’m going to be in a meeting with them, I am SURE to wear lots of CUBS stuff.

We have common contacts on the customer and supplier side and whenever any of them are in town for business and we are all in the same place, the sports conversation begins and ends with CUBS. It’s great!

flying at a residence in Racine today. a sign that baseball is just around the corner.

 i wear my gear year round, but nothing gets more wear than my stocking cap in the winter. never leave home without it. oh and my car wears a Cubs pennant in the back window.

my swag, regardless of season. I have plenty of Bears gear and a Blackhawks jersey.
In SoCal, there are so many fans of so many different teams, it really doesn’t make one stand out. The only hassle I ever get is at Qualcomm/Petco. Never an issue in LA, or SF.

Should be worn year round and for all occasions. I have a Cubs skull cap for the winter, Cubs swim trunks for the pool, a Cubs blanket to stay warm, etc.

PS: All of this is done in Dallas, TX. I sure do miss home…but it was 64 here today.

Which is funny cos you never see Cubs gear but you see plenty of Sox gear. White Sox, Red Sox, Yankees and Dodgers gear is available from a lot of mainstream stores in Australia but apart from the odd cap (which are too small for my 7 7/8 noggin) I have to get all my gear from the net.

I’ve ran into a couple of expat Chicagoans who are always friendly no matter who they support.

And trust me, you wouldn’t want that. (shudder)

I rotate my Cubs, Tigers and Spartans wear all winter. I get some looks on occasion, but also a lot of “CUBBIES!” comments as people walk by…

And Mrs. Zeke has been wearing the Cubs bathrobe I got her for Christmas every morning since Dec. 25.

But I will say this .. when I was in Chicago at Christmastime and, unfortunately, about three weeks later due to my mom’s near death, and when I was elevated above the moment to realize it, I did see more than my fair share of Cubs wear on apparently Cubs fans in the South burbs .. mainly Cub parkas and stocking hats. And I saw plenty of Cubs bumper stickers, Jeep tire covers and window art.

I catch the I-65/Rt 30 onramp southband to Indianapolis as my first leg back to Tennessee (and for years, I’d look to that sad looking mongrel logo on the now defunct Celebration Station pizza parlor facing the ramp as a perfect mirror for how I felt). I did it twice on both of these occasions and each time, I was wearing my 80’s bright electric blue Cubs jacket. And I was able to successfully drive past and honk at a Cubs fan driving past me – and we were able to share a wave.

The Cubs Nation is very much alive in the South Suburbs, thank you! The Sox only wish they have as awesome a fanbase as ours.

I envy you. Since vacationing in the Sevierville/Gatlinburg area this summer, I seriously want to move there, or at the very least, right outside of Knoxville. Not an option for me at this time. I would be proud to represent the Cubs in that area and also root for the Smokies baseball team!

I usually wear my jerseys alot more year round, but this year has been consistently cold in atlanta, like everywhere. But i do have 2 cubs sweat jackets and a wrigley one too, and do wear my cubs hats constantly. Lots of cubs fans here, and with the exception of a few hats here and there, dont see alot of braves stuff. could be that the fans here dont buy alot of cold weather braves stuff cause its usually not this cold all winter.

Everyone at work knows I am the biggest Cub fan around. I usually wear a Cubs shirt 3 days out of the week. Plus I have a couple of Cubs watches and a Cubs lanyard. Around the house it is always Cubs gear. To not wear Cubs gear would be sacrilegious.

I wear my Cub hat regularly. Only got one negative comment…some woman said ‘Cubs suck’ or some such.

I pride myself on not telling the woman she should push away from the buffet table once in a while.

I wear my Cub stuff year around (except, yr. before last when we got swept by Manny steroid), I often get comments about them, the most is my Ernie Banks throwback jersey.

My Wife who hates sports, but puts up with my love for the Cubbies. Sent me a bunch of Cubbies gear while I was in Iraq and I brought it with me to Afghanistan. Never quit wearing the gear, when I am home I wear my Cubs hat everywhere. I have had the same one since I got home from the first part of these Wars in 2003. Maybe its time for a new hat?

..two years ago in August and was walking through Ceasar’s with my Cubs gear on and was inundated with “Go Cubs” from about 10 different blackjack/craps tables as I walked by. Kind of cool.

but in the fall and winter, I also wear my Bears gear a lot. After football season, though, it’s all Cubs gear. I see a lot of both Cubs and Sox hats in the city, and during the season, which one you see more of depends on which team is playing at home. The out-of-towners who are here for baseball always wear their gear, and of course, that includes the opposing fans too.

During the season, I would say you see far more Cubs gear. In the offseason, I would say maybe slightly more Sox gear. Of course, the sarcastic in me would probably say that since Cubs fans have jobs, they probably are wearing professional attire during the day, as opposed to Sox fans. But hey, since I’m not a sarcastic I would never actually say that. Oh wait, I guess I just did.

My Kerry Wood jersey sits comfortably in my closet, patiently, til Thursday.

I do have a Cubs hoodie that I got at the convention that I wear a bunch.

If the Hawks and somewhat the Bulls weren’t doing so well, I think you’d see more baseball stuff