Friday night at Wrigley Field was the first time since June 2008 that the Cubs and White Sox each brought a winning record into a regular-season game against the other.
That’s a little more than 12 years where we come from. Too long. Silly long.
Oh, what this crosstown series could be if winner vs. winner were more than an infrequent peculiarity. In 2008, both teams were en route to division titles. But that season was the last time the Sox made the playoffs. It was the last season of relevance for that iteration of the Cubs, too.