As someone who lived in Boston for several years and now lives on the Cubs/Cards Mason-Dixon line in downstate Illinois, I feel I’m in a unique position to help Theo Epstein transition to his new job as GM of the Chicago Cubs. With that in mind, I made this handy chart of people, places, and things Mr. Epstein encountered every day in Boston and their equivalents in Chicago—or, as the natives call it, Rum City.*
Boston vs. Chicago: A Field Guide For Theo Epstein
Provided by Cubs fans as a service to Theo Epstein, so he can focus on the important stuff.
* I heard that once.
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Boston |
Chicago |
Fenway Park | Wrigley Field |
Yawkey Way | Clark & Addison |
Curse of the Bambino | Curse of the... wait, what? Because |
Inferiority complex | Inferiority complex |
Yankees | Cardinals |
The Atlantic Ocean | Lake Michigan |
Don Orsillo | Len Kasper |
Our Founding Fathers | The '85 Bears |
Paul Revere | Jim Belushi |
Clam chowder | Deep-dish clam chowder |
Quarter Pounder with Cheese | Royale with Cheese |
Chicago White Sox | |
Deer Island Prison | U.S. Cellular Field |
Grunge | Zydeco |
Whitey Bulger | Rod Blagojevich |
Corn | "Maize" |
M.I.T. | DuPage County |
J.F.K. | Mike Ditka |
Cardinal O'Malley | Oprah |
Constant threat | Marauding bands of |
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