{"id":30837,"date":"2018-06-18T13:29:36","date_gmt":"2018-06-18T18:29:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/?p=30837"},"modified":"2018-06-18T13:40:12","modified_gmt":"2018-06-18T18:40:12","slug":"weird-chicago-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/weird-chicago-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 5 Weirdest Stories from Chicago’s History"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chicago\u2019s got some pretty strange history, and it can get a little muddy figuring out what’s fact and fiction. So we\u2019ll move from the tamest to the most outrageous\u00a0narratives to help you keep your head on straight. <\/span><\/p>\n

These are the weirdest stories that have surfaced from Chicago\u2019s massive history. <\/span><\/p>\n

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The White Stockings<\/span><\/a><\/h2>\n
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Photo Credit: Wikimedia Commons<\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Ah, look at this\u00a0sexy bunch of OG hipsters. I can smell the testosterone and overcompensation from here.<\/span><\/p>\n

Founded in 1870 as Chicago\u2019s first professional baseball team, the White Stockings were the start of it all. They were the first to enter the National League and even bore similar white and black uniforms to the ones the White Sox wear today (but with bowties, apparently). However, in the early 1900s, they somehow adopted the nickname \u201cthe Cubs\u201d, which was clearly more attractive than their poor first excuse for a team name (#sorrynotsorry). <\/span><\/p>\n

However, in 1903, another team craved to enter the world of professional baseball. Working under the condition that they could not bear \u201cChicago\u201d in their team name, the nickname \u201cWhite Stockings\u201d resurfaced for the second baseball team in Chicago history. After a few years, it\u2019s said that newspaper headlines simply shortened the name to the White Sox, and the rest is history.<\/span><\/p>\n

Yes, I just delved into a semi-long story only to tell you that both the Cubs and the White Sox did indeed originally bear the name, <\/span>White Stockings<\/span><\/a>. Kinda weird, kinda cool. Either way, we now have two rival teams in our great city and it seems like everyone is okay with this, which, in my humble opinion, is the weirdest bit of all.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Cha-Cha Slide<\/span><\/a><\/h2>\n