The venerable Studs Terkel, lucid and feisty as ever at 93, spoke to a jam-packed room full of admirers at The Book Cellar in Lincoln Square on Thursday night, pontificating on the difference between Cubs and Sox fans, among other things.
In the old days, he said, Sox fans were real South Siders — men who worked in the Stock Yards. Today, everyone just simply goes along with the winners. Except in the case of the Cubs, he said. Win or lose, Wrigley Field is always packed but no one there can tell you anything about the game because they don’t go there to watch baseball.
“It’s just a thing to do,” he said, “a place to go. Like…the Air Show.” The place erupted in laughter, and Terkel shrugged. Then he sat down to sign copies of his books.
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