The White Sox visit Wrigley Field this weekend for their first of two series this season. The Sox have the best record in baseball and the Cubs have, um, Derrek Lee.
As I've said before, I'm more of a Cub fan, but I like the Sox too, so I don't get as much joy or angst out of this series than most baseball fans around here. These games have always been more important to both the Sox and their fans, and when you combine that with the fact that the Sox are a lot better right now, you can expect the Sox to take at least two of three.
The only hope for the Cubs is that the pitching rotation has worked in their favor. They have their three best, healthy-ish starters going in Maddux, Zambrano and Prior, while the Sox two best starters so far, Jon Garland and Mark Buehrle, will miss the series. Garland and Buehrle have combined for 15 wins, which is just three fewer than the Cubs' total of 18.
If the Cubs are to have any success at all, the starters have to pitch well and deep into the games and someone will have to help out Lee, who is putting up MVP numbers early.
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