Please, White Sox, throw us a bone, an unbroken one, and start playing better One month into the season, the team isn’t playing at all like a World Series contender. Chicago Sun-Times · May 6, 2022
Cubs need longer workdays from their pitchers The bullpen continues to be tested. Chicago Sun-Times · May 6, 2022
How Concerned Should We Be About These Sluggish Starts? Joey Votto, Max Muncy and the Braves’ outfielders are among the players we’re evaluating with the SI MLB Panic Meter. Sports Illustrated · May 6, 2022
Friday rainout forces Cubs-Dodgers doubleheader on Saturday Saturday’s games are scheduled for 12:05 p.m and 6:40 p.m. Chicago Sun-Times · May 6, 2022
For Cubs, April showers still falling in May as slide continues The Cubs have lost 11 of their last 14 games. Chicago Sun-Times · May 5, 2022
Paul Sullivan: Things we saw and heard at the City Series, including ‘Angry Lucas’ Giolito and a Pink Floyd reference Things we saw and heard Wednesday at Game 2 of the City Series, which the Chicago White Sox won 4-3 to sweep the mini-series. Chicago Tribune · May 5, 2022
Cubs’ Nick Madrigal: White Sox’ Tim Anderson ‘tried getting the most out of me’ Playing his former team, Nick Madrigal went 2-for-3 in the Cubs’ 4-3 loss to the White Sox on Wednesday. Chicago Sun-Times · May 5, 2022
AJ Pollock’s bloop single gives the White Sox a 4-3 win over the Cubs to sweep the City Series at Wrigley Field CHICAGO — A flared blooper falling just beyond the outstretched glove of diving Chicago Cubs second baseman Nick Madrigal was the break White Sox outfielder AJ Pollock needed. Chicago Tribune · May 5, 2022
Crosstown Classic: White Sox sweep Cubs in two-game series The White Sox beat the Cubs 4-3 on Wednesday Chicago Sun-Times · May 5, 2022
Giolito strikes out 10 Cubs, Abreu and Garcia homer in White Sox’ 4-3 victory The White Sox improved to 11-13 with the two-game series sweep at Wrigley. Chicago Sun-Times · May 5, 2022
The ‘Sodfather’ confirms the obvious: This Chicago spring — with its ‘brutal’ weather pattern— has been the worst CHICAGO — The Sodfather confirmed Wednesday what most of us in Chicago already assumed. Chicago Tribune · May 5, 2022
Cubs’ David Ross: Ian Happ is the ‘MVP of our group’ to start the season Outfielder Ian Happ entered play Wednesday leading qualified Cubs hitters in batting average and on-base percentage. Chicago Sun-Times · May 4, 2022
Mr. 2,000: Baker becomes 12th manager to reach 2,000 wins Houston Astros manager Dusty Baker has won his 2,000th game, becoming the 12th skipper in major league history to reach the milestone and the first Black man to do it The Independent UK · May 4, 2022
How Cubs reliever Scott Effross claimed off-the-field leadership role Effross made his first major-league start in the Cubs’ 3-1 loss Tuesday to the White Sox at Wrigley Field. Chicago Sun-Times · May 4, 2022
Chicago Tribune · May 4, 2022 White Sox pitchers shut down Cubs, 3-1, in frigid conditions in City Series opener CHICAGO — Few things came easy Tuesday night at Wrigley Field for the crosstown foes.
Chicago Sun-Times · May 4, 2022 White Sox win contentious Crosstown series opener vs. Cubs 3-1 White Sox leadoff hitter Tim Anderson hit a solo home run in a rainy wind-swept win.
Chicago Sun-Times · May 4, 2022 White Sox righty Michael Kopech’s workload will be watched; his work has been stellar Kopech lowered his ERA to 1.17 with four-plus scoreless innings against the Cubs.
Chicago Sun-Times · May 4, 2022 Mope springs eternal on a rain-check-worthy White Sox-Cubs night at Wrigley Field There’s no such thing as stealing Mother Nature’s thunder.
Chicago Sun-Times · May 3, 2022 Cubs lefty Drew Smyly scratched; Scott Effross starts vs. White Sox The Cubs put Smyly on the bereavement list Tuesday.
Chicago Tribune · May 3, 2022 Paul Sullivan: It’s hard to get too excited for the return of the City Series during a gloomy Chicago spring CHICAGO — The City Series that begins Tuesday night at Wrigley Field matches the gloomy Chicago spring we’ve endured, with anticipation low on both sides of town.
Chicago Sun-Times · May 3, 2022 The day Darrin Jackson and A.J. Pierzynski nearly got into it in the White Sox clubhouse “What a memory,” Jackson says. “What a conversation piece for my involvement” in the Sox-Cubs rivalry.
Chicago Sun-Times · May 3, 2022 Pat Hughes’ favorite Cubs-White Sox game The most memorable part: his boothmates.
Chicago Sun-Times · May 3, 2022 Five things you didn’t know about Ozzie Guillen and the White Sox-Cubs rivalry Guillen wasted no time embarrassing himself. Just ask “Jim Sundberg.”
Chicago Sun-Times · May 3, 2022 ‘FOMO’? Oh, no! The night Len Kasper couldn’t help but root against a Cubs no-hitter Kasper, then the Cubs’ TV play-by-play man, was watching from home as Ted Lilly took a no-no into the ninth in 2010.
Chicago Sun-Times · May 3, 2022 Cubs-White Sox is back. Which side are you on? It’s North vs. South, Addison Street vs. 35th Street, blue vs. black, good vs. bad, bad vs. good. This week, the rivalry renews at Wrigley Field.