Each week in this space, I ask you nine questions about the Cubs and the White Sox. This week, I have only one question: Do you remember baseball 20 years ago today, on Sept. 11, 2001?
Sept. 11, 2001, was an ordinary Tuesday in mid-September. The Cubs had clobbered the Reds 8-2 the night before, and the Sox had topped the Indians 7-1. The Cubs were in third place, six games back, and the Sox were in third place, eight games back. As I said, it was a pretty ordinary Tuesday in mid-September. Until it wasn’t.
In 2001, Don Baylor was managing the Cubs and Jerry Manuel the Sox.