Listen to the MP3 from the show (from the podcast) – about 1:00 in

For the 1st time since 1906, both Chicago teams are in the post season (in ‘06, there were no divisions – they just played in the World Series).  If both teams do make it to the World Series, this city will shut down.  Cubs fans hate the Sox and vice versa.  The Cubs have not won a world series in 100 years, while the White Sox won in 2005.  It is great for the city that both teams are in it, and I would like nothing more than to see both teams go all the way to the World Series.

Being from Ohio, I can kind of look at both teams objectively, so I am going to put my predictions out there.

Cubs : Although they are the best team in the National League, there is something missing, and I can’t quite put my finger on it.  They added a lot of talent in the off-season so they really only have been playing together as a team for 1 year. They rolled through the division, but I am not sure that they have gelled enough to make it through the post-season in one piece.  This may be the set-up year for the big steamrolling season in ‘09.  I don’t think that this is the year.

White Sox : They barely made the playoffs but managed to win some emotional games.  The nucleus of the team has been around since the 2005 team and they could make it to the Series.  If they can beat Tampa (best team in the AL) in the 1st round, they’ll make it to the Series.