{"id":57049,"date":"2017-04-13T13:07:36","date_gmt":"2017-04-13T18:07:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=57049"},"modified":"2017-04-13T13:07:36","modified_gmt":"2017-04-13T18:07:36","slug":"white-sox-fans-have-low-expectations-for-2017-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/white-sox-fans-have-low-expectations-for-2017-season\/","title":{"rendered":"White Sox Fans Have Low Expectations for 2017 Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Jennifer Lee<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"dropcap\">As the city of Chicago still seems to be celebrating the Cubs\u2019 World Series title, their cross-town rivals are being over-shadowed yet again. White Sox fans have suffered through some rough seasons after a successful bid for the championship in 2005, and this year doesn&#8217;t look like it&#8217;s going to be much different.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"White Sox Opening Day\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/212780675?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"featurecaption\">Photo at top: Personalized commemorative bricks outside Guaranteed Rate Field. (Jennifer Lee\/MEDILL)<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Jennifer Lee As the city of Chicago still seems to be celebrating the Cubs\u2019 World Series title, their cross-town rivals are being over-shadowed yet again. 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