Making conclusions from a three-game series at the halfway mark of the season is always tricky, but there’s little doubt the White Sox now have the complete attention of Chicago baseball fans after the weekend’s City Series at Wrigley Field.
Taking two of three from the Cubs and smoking 12 home runs — six by Jose Abreu alone — showed the gap between our city’s teams is rapidly shrinking, or perhaps nonexistent, after almost six years of North Side dominance.
“The team has been building and there’s been a lot of hype,” Cubs first baseman Anthony Rizzo said Saturday.