Polling Place: Who’d win a head-to-head best-of-seven series, the Cubs or the White Sox?

White Sox catcher Yasmani Grandal tags out the Cubs’ Patrick Wisdom during a 2022 game at Guaranteed Rate Field. (Photo by Quinn Harris/Getty Images)

The Cubs were in a 7-17 death spiral heading into a weekend series in Philadelphia.

The White Sox have kind of, sort of — but not really — hung in there since burying themselves early with an unspeakably hideous 7-21 start.