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Baseball Mon Jun 23 2008

Crosstown Lessons

So the first half of the Great Chicago Baseball Orgy is over and the Cubs have emerged not only with early bragging rights but a firmer grip on National League Central, thanks to their three-game sweep of the White Sox. The Sox, meanwhile, saw their lead in the AL Central get cut to 1 1/2 games over the always-bothersome Minnesota Twins.

So what have we learned from this, other than Ozzie Guillen and a few other guys on the White Sox should probably zip it until after the series is over? Well, we learned that:

  • The Cubs will never lose another game in Wrigley Field.
  • The Cubs can get by just fine without Alfonso Soriano and Carlos Zambrano, but the White Sox are pretty lost without a healthy Paul Konerko and an effective Jim Thome.
  • There are two Jose Contreras: Good Jose and Bad Jose. Bad Jose was in the ballpark on Saturday.
  • Carlos Marmol is not the best closer-who's-not-a-closer as some would have you believe.
  • He may be the better rapper, but Guillen might not be the better manager in town.
  • Big rats and the smell of urine are far less scarier than Aramis Ramirez' bat.
What we haven't learned: Who has the hotter fans.

Sox fans get a chance to exact some revenge against their pain-in-the-neck Cub fan cousins next weekend when the White Sox host the Cubs at U.S. Cellular (which USA Today says will take place on the "less pristine South Side"). Nothing less than a sweep will do for the White Sox in the three-game series and while the team does have a few home series sweeps under their belt this year, the Cubs' current play is on another planet. You've been forewarned, Sox fans: it might be another long weekend.

 
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jen / June 23, 2008 1:52 PM

Why is this under "basketball"?

Ken / June 23, 2008 4:41 PM

Oh, because after the game sunday night, all of the members of both teams went to the Broadway Armory for a pickup hoops game. Derek Lee led all players with 25 points.

Or it could be because I hit the wrong button for the category since basketball and baseball are right next to each other. But either way, good catch and thank you for pointing it out.

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