Maybe White Sox fans simply smelled blood in the water.
Or maybe the 2005 Sox were just that good.
Either way, “Polling Place” has spoken and — who can argue with the science of a Twitter poll? — declared them better than the 2016 Cubs.
An upset? Those World Series-winning Cubs had a regular-season run differential of plus-252, to the World Series-winning Sox’ plus-96.
Those Cubs had a best-in-baseball ERA of 3.15, miles ahead of the second-place Nationals’ 3.51, and one of the best defensive seasons on record.
The Cubs had Jon Lester and Kyle Hendricks, who finished second and third, respectively, in National League Cy Young voting, and Kris Bryant and Anthony Rizzo, who finished first and fourth, respectively, in NL MVP voting.