Crosstown Classic rumors, news

Crosstown Classic news, rumors

  • BCB After Dark: Where will you watch the 2027 All Star Game at Wrigley Field?
    • BCB After Dark: Where will you watch the 2027 All Star Game at Wrigley Field?
    Pete Crow Armstrong salutes the crowd during the Crosstown Classic | Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images Reports suggest the Cubs will finally host the Midsummer Classic again! Welcome to your late night indie coffee shop and bar where we’re packaging the hottest tunes and the fanciest cocktails along with all of your favorite caffeinated beverages. We’re still serving up hot c...2025
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  • Game Thread: White Sox at Cubs
    • Game Thread: White Sox at Cubs
    Jonathan Cannon takes the mound after a stellar last start in Cincinnati. | Peter Aiken-Imagn Images Can we at least get one win before we leave Wrigley? Happy Sunday, Sox fans. The Chicago White Sox will play against the Chicago Cubs in the final game of this three-game set, as the Sox look to avoid the sweep on the North Side. There's good and bad news. The bad news is that the Crosstown...2025
  • Cub Tracks’ Boyd by his success
    • Cub Tracks’ Boyd by his success
    Kamil Krzaczynski-Imagn Images The #1 source for #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news and notes. Matthew Boyd has been a good pickup for the Cubs, to say the least. WELCOME to today’s edition of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers and bloggers, ground from #Cubs, #MiLB, and #MLB baseball, overheated, steeped in writers’ tears, and then cold-brewed ov...2025
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  • Cubs 7, White Sox 3: At last, all even
    • Cubs 7, White Sox 3: At last, all even
    Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images The Crosstown Classic all-time series is now tied. The Cubs’ 7-3 win over the White Sox Saturday afternoon at Wrigley Field was their seventh straight over the South Siders (and the Cubs have won nine of 10 since the beginning of the 2023 season). It also evened up the all-time series between the two clubs at 74 wins each. The Cubs are 37-38 ...2025
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  • • Boyd stays stingy, consistent as Cubs claim Crosstown Classic
    Veteran lefty has not issued a walk in his last 70 batters faced...2025
  • Game Thread: White Sox at Cubs
    • Game Thread: White Sox at Cubs
    Sean Burke is back on the bump, hoping to tame the Cubs onslaught. | Tanner Gatlin/MLB Photos via Getty Images Now is the perfect time to forget about yesterday’s game The first game of the 2025 Crosstown Classic, part of “Rivalry Weekend” as MLB is trying to brand it despite appearing to be unaware of actual rival teams, didn’t end well for the South Siders. But today is a new day, and th...2025
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Crosstown Classic injury and suspension

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  • White Sox humbled by 13-3 loss in Crosstown Classic opener
    • White Sox humbled by 13-3 loss in Crosstown Classic opener
    Miguel Vargas mashed two homers and a double in his four-hit outing, driving in all of the White Sox runs. | David Banks-Imagn Images Miguel Vargas was the only player to show up for the South Siders Things started out fun for the White Sox, but then gradually starting going downhill until the game snowballed into a complete disaster, falling to the Cubs in the first game of the Crosstown ...2025
  • On The Horizon: Cubs vs. White Sox series preview
    • On The Horizon: Cubs vs. White Sox series preview
    Photo by Matt Dirksen/Getty Images The first series of this year’s Crosstown Classic is this weekend. In its infinite wisdom, Major League Baseball has decreed that beginning this year, the “rivalry” series between in-city or in-state (or manufactured) rivals shall be six games, two three-game series, instead of the previous pair of two-game series. Even four is too many for me; I’d be fin...2025
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  • White Sox Minor League Update: May 9, 2025
    • White Sox Minor League Update: May 9, 2025
    No, Tim Elko did not play for Charlotte tonight — he’s headed to the bigs; could be our last chance to feature him in the Minor League Update. | Norm Hall/MLB Photos via Getty Images Kanny’s walk-off error and ACL’s win staves off the affiliates getting swept Memphis Redbirds 13, Charlotte Knights 10 (Statcast box)The bats were swinging on both sides, but Charlotte was outmatched. The Knig...2025
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  • Today in White Sox History: April 7
    • Today in White Sox History: April 7
    On this day, 48 years ago, it was time to PLAY BALL! in Toronto. It’s time to play ball — dodging flurries 1970 The worst White Sox team in history began their forgettable season by getting pounded, 12-0, at home by the Twins before just 11,473 fans. Starting pitcher Tommy John only lasted into the fifth inning by giving up six runs (five earned). The Sox would go on to lose a franchise-re...2025
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  • Cub Tracks escapes like Eli Wallach
    • Cub Tracks escapes like Eli Wallach
    Photo by Griffin Quinn/Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news, notes, and commentary, four days a week, rain or shine. The Cubs cheated the hangman and emerged victorious in the first of two on da South Side. WELCOME to today’s episode of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers and bloggers, ground from #Cubs, #MiLB, and #MLB baseball, overhea...2024
  • Cub Tracks’ miles to go before I sleep
    • Cub Tracks’ miles to go before I sleep
    Photo by Jamie Sabau/Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news, notes, and commentary, four days a week, rain or shine. The Cubs dropped another game from the schedule. The Cubs’ caravan’s awry. WELCOME to today’s episode of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers and bloggers, ground from #Cubs, #MiLB, and #MLB baseball, overheated, steeped in w...2024
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  • MLB Roundup: Week 10
    • MLB Roundup: Week 10
    Old White Sox friend alert! Carlos Rodón shows off in his sixth straight start, bolstering a 2.48 ERA in the last month. | Vincent Carchietta-USA TODAY Sports Yankees surge into first, White Sox lose 13 straight, players gambling on baseball, and so much more! We are back with the 10th edition of the MLB Roundup, and teams are bringing the heat right into June! Top Stories and Trends The...2024
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  • Cub Tracks can’t Tauch this
    • Cub Tracks can’t Tauch this
    Photo by Larry Radloff/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news, notes, and commentary, four days a week, rain or shine. The Palatine Pounder brings his team back to .500 before they hit the road. Christopher Morel has a toe-ache. WELCOME to today’s episode of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers and bloggers, ground from ...2024
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  • South Side Sox Summary: Week 21
    • South Side Sox Summary: Week 21
    The Sox lose the Crosstown Cup this week | Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images This team really is one of the worst ever Welcome to the SSS Summary — a little review of what happened this past week in Chicago White Sox baseball, including on-the-field play, the front office jibber-jabber, and everything in-between. Even if you don’t want to remember what happened, sorry, we will tell you anyway. ...2023

Crosstown Classic lifestyle

  • Imagine being proud of beating the 2024 White Sox
    • Imagine being proud of beating the 2024 White Sox
    Beautiful bastard Grady Sizemore is the new face of a (hopefully) new White Sox team. In a not-so-classic Crosstown, the South Siders still maintain a superior record overall against the Cubs Welcome to the second Crosstown Classic of the 2024 season, Chicago. You’ll find your respective sections of postgame coverage below, divided into sections for South Sider or North Sider. White Sox F...2024
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Timeline

  • 2025
    "Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images The Crosstown Classic all-time series is now tied."

  • 2024
    "In a not-so-classic Crosstown, the South Siders still maintain a superior record overall against the Cubs Welcome to the second Crosstown Classic of the 2024 season, Chicago."

  • 2023
    "A joyous celebration at home plate as Morel walksoff the Crosstown Classic | Kamil Krzaczynski-USA TODAY Sports None of these things should have happened but all of them did, thanks to those three players."

  • 2022
    "Two days before his 26th birthday he plated seven runs in the Crosstown Classic on the back of two doubles and two home runs, including a grand slam [VIDEO]."

  • 2021
    "The Chicago White Sox and the Chicago Cubs face off for the Crosstown Classic finale on ABC."

  • 2020
    "The South Siders struck first in the Crosstown Classic"

  • 2018
    " White Sox vs. Cubs odds: Advanced model releases 2018 Crosstown Classic, MLB picks for May 12 "

  • 2017
    "The Cubs and White Sox renew the Crosstown Classic in Cactus League style fashion today as one of 12 games across the Grapefruit and Cactus Leagues on MLB."

  • 2016
    "Scott Miller's Starting 9: Dodgers a Year Too Late to Make Moves They Need Now"

  • 2015
    "In the finale of the Crosstown Classic against the Chicago Cubs, the White Sox will take aim at the very hittable Dan Haren."

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Crosstown Classic trade rumors, contract, salary rumors

  • Game Thread: White Sox at Cubs
    • Game Thread: White Sox at Cubs
    Shane Smith and his 2.08 season ERA looks to shut down the North Siders Friday afternoon. | Abigail Dean/Getty Images Chicago kicks off the Crosstown Classic with Shane Smith on the mound looking to snap the South Side losing streak MLB has launched its very first “Rivalry Weekend,” where typical City rivals will face off all on the same weekend, and when you’re done rolling your eyes what...2025
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  • • White Sox Minor League Update: May 9, 2025
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  • • Today in White Sox History: April 7
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  • BCB After Dark: Why did the Cubs sign Nicky Lopez?
    • BCB After Dark: Why did the Cubs sign Nicky Lopez?
    Nicky Lopez takes an at bat at Wrigley Field during the Crosstown Classic | Photo by Jamie Sabau/Getty Images Welcome to your end of the weekend, heading into the work week coffee shop where we’ve got whatever you’re looking for tonight we’ve got you covered. If you’d like a warm chai tea to get your evening going, we can do that. If you’re looking for a shot of something a little stronger...2025
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  • • Cub Tracks’ miles to go before I sleep
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  • • Cub Tracks can’t Tauch this
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  • Cub Tracks’ a grounder gathers no moss
    • Cub Tracks’ a grounder gathers no moss
    Photo by John E. Moore III/Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news, notes, and commentary, four days a week, rain or shine. No game Monday. Looks ahead, looks back, looks both ways before crossing. WELCOME to today’s episode of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers and bloggers, ground from #Cubs, #MiLB, and #MLB baseball, overheated, steeped...2024
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  • Visiting Dugout Podcast 52 — Chicago Cubs
    • Visiting Dugout Podcast 52 — Chicago Cubs
    Chrystal and Jay chat about the upcoming series It’s time for part one of the Crosstown Classic! Jay Holloway joins the show to talk all things baseball, emphasizing our neighbors to the North, the Cubs. While it seems like all of the Chicago sports teams are awful, we focused on just how bad baseball is for both fanbases while predicting what this two-game series might look like: What’s new on ...2024
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  • A magical night at Wrigley in three acts: Michael Fulmer, Nick Madrigal and Christopher Morel
    • A magical night at Wrigley in three acts: Michael Fulmer, Nick Madrigal and Christopher Morel
    A joyous celebration at home plate as Morel walksoff the Crosstown Classic | Kamil Krzaczynski-USA TODAY Sports None of these things should have happened but all of them did, thanks to those three players. The vast majority of the time, baseball is wildly predictable. Some detractors of the sport might even say it’s boring, but every so often it gets adventurous. After being conditioned to...2023
  • Cub Tracks’ OMG the feels
    • Cub Tracks’ OMG the feels
    Photo by Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news you can use, four days a week. Crosstown Classic time. Go Cubs go. Can you believe it? Welcome to today’s episode of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers and bloggers, ground from #Cubs, #MiLB, and #MLB baseball, overheated, steeped in writers’ tears, and then cold-brewed overni...2023
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Crosstown Classic stats and results

  • • White Sox humbled by 13-3 loss in Crosstown Classic opener
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  • A look at the Cubs’ rapidly fading playoff chances
    • A look at the Cubs’ rapidly fading playoff chances
    Ian Happ tries to make his case to home plate umpire Austin Jones | David Richard-USA TODAY Sports Getting swept by the Guardians didn’t help. There might have been a moment of optimism as the Cubs swept the White Sox during part two of the 2024 Crosstown Classic, but reality intruded pretty quickly as the Cubs faced off against the first place Guardians in Cleveland this week and were on ...2024
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  • • Imagine being proud of beating the 2024 White Sox
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  • A crosstown conversation before the Crosstown Classic concludes
    • A crosstown conversation before the Crosstown Classic concludes
    Crosstown Classic Trophy Check out Visiting Dugout before the game The Cubs will head to the South Side of Chicago for the last two games of this year’s Crosstown Classic this weekend on Friday and Saturday. It will result in a rare Sunday off day for the North Siders. As I’ve done for a few seasons now, I sat down with our friends from the Sox Populi podcast for an edition of their series...2024
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  • • Cub Tracks’ miles to go before I sleep
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  • • MLB Roundup: Week 10
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  • Bird App Recap: Crosstown Crapfest
    • Bird App Recap: Crosstown Crapfest
    Bad teams always find a way ... Hello White Sox faithful! Welcome to a special Crosstown edition of the Bird App Recap, featuring the best and brightest reaction tweets on the night. And by best and brightest, I do mean the absolute worst! ... Kidding! Maybe. It is that time of year again, when the South Siders trek eight miles north up the Red Line to pay their yearly visit to the ivy-covered pi...2024
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  • • A magical night at Wrigley in three acts: Michael Fulmer, Nick Madrigal and Christopher Morel
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  • The team that can’t hold a lead: Brewers 3, White Sox 2
    • The team that can’t hold a lead: Brewers 3, White Sox 2
    Gavin Sheets had himself a night, during a spot-start in right field. | Kamil Krzaczynski-USA TODAY Sports Mismanagement of starting pitching leads to yet another loss Jesse Scholtens had himself a night, until he didn’t. As a result, the White Sox dropped their second straight to Milwaukee, after a solid outing from the pitching staff and a spark of offense from too few players. Scholt...2023

Crosstown Classic parents, kids, wife / husband, girlfriend / boyfriend

  • • BCB After Dark: Where will you watch the 2027 All Star Game at Wrigley Field?
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  • • Cub Tracks’ Boyd by his success
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  • Cub Tracks clears the runway
    • Cub Tracks clears the runway
    Photo by Geoff Stellfox/Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news and notes. Cubs put a hurt on their crosstown rivals as PCA had a giant day and Cade Horton earns another win. WELCOME to today’s edition of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers and bloggers, ground from #Cubs, #MiLB, and #MLB baseball, overheated, steeped in writers’ tears, and...2025
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  • • White Sox Minor League Update: May 9, 2025
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  • • Today in White Sox History: April 7
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  • • BCB After Dark: Why did the Cubs sign Nicky Lopez?
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  • • A look at the Cubs’ rapidly fading playoff chances
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  • • Imagine being proud of beating the 2024 White Sox
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  • • MLB Roundup: Week 10
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  • In a miserable season, a little Crosstown Classic brings the fun in a house-divided
    • In a miserable season, a little Crosstown Classic brings the fun in a house-divided
    Don’t let the smiles fool you. We take this thing seriously. | Melissa Sage-Bollenbach A Sox vs. Cubs inter-family rivalry makes for a high-intensity household experience Yes, I married a North Sider, but in his defense, he’s a Central Illinois Cubs fan, which is truly different from a Chicagoland fan. You see, they despise the St. Louis Cardinals and don’t even bother with the White Sox...2024

Top Crosstown Classic news

  • • A magical night at Wrigley in three acts: Michael Fulmer, Nick Madrigal and Christopher Morel
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  • • Sara’s Snapshots: Seiya Suzuki robs a grand slam in the Crosstown Classic
    Marquee Sports Network And he reacted like a man who knows there is still work to do Anyone who’s read Bleed Cubbie Blue for the last few years knows I love player celebrations. I love bat flips. I like pitchers strutting around the mound. I love player personality and antics. But I have a confession to make, because I am very much not that girl in my own life. I coached nationally comp...2023
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  • • Twins 5, White Sox 4 (11 innings): How sweep it isn’t
    Eloy Jiménez, injured legs and all, homered in the second inning of today’s game. | Matt Blewett-USA TODAY Sports South Siders disintegrate late, taking a dagger in Minnesota The Chicago White Sox ended a long road trip by getting swept by the division-leading Minnesota Twins to put them 12 games back of first place and 19 games under .500. It’s just awful stuff and at this point, there c...2023
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  • • From bat flips to back picks, Willson Contreras exceeded everyone’s expectations
    Willson Contreras rounds the bases after a home run against the San Diego Padres in June. | Photo by Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images The best hitting catcher in baseball has hit free agency. Long time readers of this blog know that I keep score at almost every game I attend, but I don’t know how much I’ve written about how often I go through my old scorecards searching for memories. On July 25...2022
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  • • On The Horizon: Cubs vs. White Sox series preview
    Photo by John Adams/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The first two games of this year’s Crosstown Classic are Tuesday and Wednesday. Hey, both these teams were supposed to contend this year, the White Sox more so than the Cubs, or so it was said when this season began. It hasn’t worked out that way for the Sox, no siree, not at all, and the Cubs lurk around the edges of contention. For mor...2023
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  • • Scott Miller's Starting 9: Dodgers a Year Too Late to Make Moves They Need Now
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  • • Cubs 7, White Sox 3: At last, all even
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Crosstown Classic fantasy rankings and news

  • • Daily Fantasy Baseball 2015: MLB DraftKings Bargain Buys, Sleepers for August 16
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Crosstown Classic schedule, game

  • • BCB After Dark: Where will you watch the 2027 All Star Game at Wrigley Field?
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  • • Game Thread: White Sox at Cubs
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  • • Cub Tracks’ Boyd by his success
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  • • Cubs 7, White Sox 3: At last, all even
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  • • Game Thread: White Sox at Cubs
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  • • Cub Tracks clears the runway
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  • • White Sox humbled by 13-3 loss in Crosstown Classic opener
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  • • Game Thread: White Sox at Cubs
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  • Chicago Cubs vs. Chicago White Sox preview, Friday 5/16, 1:20 CT
    • Chicago Cubs vs. Chicago White Sox preview, Friday 5/16, 1:20 CT
    Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images The 2025 Crosstown Classic begins. Friday notes... YOUNG CUBS AND HOME RUNS: Pete Crow-Armstrong is tied with Seiya Suzuki for the Cubs’ most home runs, 11. PCA is just the 22nd Cub to hit at least 10 homers in his age-23 season. Kris Bryant smacked 26, in 2015. That was one more than the previous record of 25, set by Billy Williams in 1961 and tied b...2025
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  • White Sox add roster depth heading into Crosstown Classic series
    • White Sox add roster depth heading into Crosstown Classic series
    Vinny Capra bats against the Houston Astros at American Family Field on May 7, 2025 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. | John Fisher/Getty Images Chicago pads their bullpen and lineup depth with two acquisitions Heading into their first of two Crosstown Classic series, the Chicago White Sox added utilityman Vinny Capra and reliever Miguel Castro to their roster. Claiming Capra off of waivers from Mi...2025
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Crosstown Classic rumors, scandals

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  • Today in White Sox History: April 29
    • Today in White Sox History: April 29
    After 21 losses, Frank Robinson and the Baltimore Orioles finally got a 1988 win — at the expense of the White Sox. Baltimore breaks a shameful streak, in Chicago 1901 Shortstop Frank Shugart hit the first home run in White Sox history. It came in the eighth inning of a 3-2 loss to Detroit, off of future South Side starter Frank Owen. Ironically, the 1901 season was the only one Shugart w...2025
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  • Some Dodgers fans decided to try and take over Wrigleyville
    • Some Dodgers fans decided to try and take over Wrigleyville
    W flags flying in the bleachers during the Rangers series | Photo by Kylie Bridenhagen/MLB Photos via Getty Images I hope they enjoyed being swept. The Cubs play at one of the destination ballparks in America, which is truly an amazing experience most of the time for Cubs fans. We not only get to watch our favorite team in a beautiful setting, we also get to interact with thousands of fans...2025
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  • • BCB After Dark: Why did the Cubs sign Nicky Lopez?
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  • • Bird App Recap: Crosstown Crapfest
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  • • So, you’ve decided not to put an injured player on the injured list?
    Yoán Moncada is a great example of using the injured list poorly. | Kamil Krzaczynski-USA TODAY Sports The White Sox seem unable to properly sideline their hurt players, so let’s talk about it Last Tuesday, third baseman Yoán Moncada returned to the South Side, as the White Sox prepared to face the Chicago Cubs in the first of the two Crosstown Classic games taking place at Guranteed Rate...2023
  • • On The Horizon: Cubs vs. White Sox series preview
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  • • Know Your Enemy: Chicago Cubs
    Tom Ricketts somehow ruined something already terrible. | Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images Our friendly rivalry to the north The Crosstown Classic. The Red Line Rivalry. The Fight For That Weird Trophy That One Team Gets When They Beat the Other Team, I Don’t Remember What It’s Called. Sox vs. Cubs. This is not one of those years where the city is bubbling with excitement over the Cubs headin...2023
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  • • South Side Sox Summary: Week 17
    The bad just got worse, way worse Welcome to the SSS Summary — a little review of what happened this past week in Chicago White Sox baseball, including on-the-field play, the front office jibber-jabber, and everything in-between. Even if you don’t want to remember what happened, sorry, we will tell you anyway. If there was any remaining hope about whether or not this team could salvage the season...2023

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