The Cubs and White Sox were on fairly similar trajectories when they last met back in early June, but things have changed a little bit since then. Even with the Cubs’ struggles, the Sox have set the bar so low for Chicago baseball that even losing their next 45 in a row to be 57-105 would put the North Siders ahead of their counterparts. Well, that’s assuming the Sox don’t go better than 30-15 down the stretch.
But just being better than the abject failure of an organization Jerry Reinsdorf has run into the ground isn’t good enough.