As a White Sox fan, I know my team is struggling. They were predicted to finish second in the AL Central division, perhaps even contend for first place, and were a dark horse candidate for the World Series.

So you can imagine my disappointment.

I’m a die-hard fan though, which means I stick with my team through thick and thin. I die hard. As long as they have a chance, I’m not calling the season over.

I have always thought of Cubs fans as die-hards as well. The way they hang their “W” flags and sing their ridiculous song makes me sick to my stomach, but hey, they were die-hard fans.

However, this year its different.

Cub fans have lost faith. Supposed die-hard fans that I’ve known for years said the season was over in June. Wrigley Field suddenly has copious amounts of empty seats after Cub fans rooted feverishly for about two and a half months and then gave up.

Cubs fans, is the skunky Old-Style beer at Wrigley Field finally affecting your brain?

You have the rest of July and then two more months to get it together. You play in the NL Central Division, one of the weakest divisions in baseball. You have a world-class closer in Carlos Marmol. The infield corner duo of Carlos Pena and Aramis Ramirez are starting to heat up. Starlin Castro is a phenomenon at 21 years old.

If you can’t get behind your team at this critical juncture, then you’re not a die-hard. You’re a typical fan who goes to Wrigley for the party, the booze and the girls. If you happen to win, hey, that’s cool; you happen to lose, whatever, the season is over anyway.

Man up, Cubs fan. The only thing worse than a happy Cubs fan is a gloomy, death-to-the-world-I-hate-my-life-and-my-team Cubs fan. Until you change your attitude, you are not a die-hard fan in my book.