Extra, Extra read all about it. The Sox and Cubs are still in first place.

It's true people are excited about Chicago baseball. To start I must tell you I am a die hard White Sox fan. Hey Cubs fans don't leave. I am also a die hard baseball fan so I can be fair. The Sox and the Cubs have their most important series of the season, starting today.

The Sox are 2 1/2 games ahead of the Twins in the A.L. Central and the Cubs are 1 game ahead of the Brewers in the N.L. Central. Starting today the Cubs will take on the second place Brewers and the Sox will take on the second place Twins. Both teams will play a four game series. Will the Sox or Cubs sweep the other team? Who will be in first place by Thursday night? I don't know but it is getting interesting. Ok so you may be a Cubs fan or a Sox fan yelling and screaming why your team is better this year. Lets just compare some stats.

                         Cubs                                 Sox

record             61-44                              59-44

Home              39-14                              35-16

road                22-30                              24-28

avg.                 .278                                .265

HR                   120                                  143

rbi                   520                                  507

ERA                 3.86                                 3.73

Alot of these stats are close. Some are a little differnt than others but on paper it looks like a great matchup.If you remember interleauge play this year the Cubs swept the Sox . Then the Sox swept the Cubs. As you can see I have been very fair. I wanted to bring this to more people attention.

Can this be the year of an all Chicago, World Series?  Will the Crosstown rivelry come to an end? I guess we will have to wait for October.