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What do Sammy Sosa, Oscar Gamble, Ron Santo, Steve Stone, Phil Cavarretta, Don Kessinger, Rich Gossage, Jeff Samardzija, Craig Kimbrel, Steve Trout, Lance Johnson and Geovany Soto have in common?
Oh, and Mike Tauchman (soon) as well? They’re one of 205 players, per Baseball Reference, to play for both the Cubs and White Sox.
Cavarretta (Lane Tech) and Samardzija (Valparaiso, Indiana) were local guys who made good and Tauchman, who prepped at Fremd High School in Palatine, is too. That was a significant reason why the 31-year-old signed with the Sox after the Cubs non-tendered him following a season which saw him bat .