CHICAGO -- There was nothing settled this week on the South Side of Chicago. No message was sent in advance of a possible ALCS preview. No pecking order was established in the junior circuit.
Yet there is one snapshot that can be taken now that the three-game series between the Chicago White Sox and Tampa Bay Rays is over. The Rays entered the series with baseball's best winning percentage. After Wednesday's rollercoaster ride of a contest, that team is now the White Sox.
Half-game advantages in the middle of June don't mean a whole lot in the grand scheme of things.