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Article: First things first: Cubs, White Sox both on top
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- June 20, 2008
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In the Second City, the buzz is all about first place.
The Cubs are on top. So are the White Sox. And starting Friday, they play each other six times in 10 days.
Somehow, maybe, this could be a preview of a Windy City World Series. Just imagine fans of the teams who don't exactly love one another jamming the Red Line train that runs the eight miles between Wrigley Field and U.S. Cellular Field.
The last all-Chicago World Series saw the White Sox, known as the "Hitless Wonders," beat the favored Cubs four games to two, after the Cubs went 116-36 during the regular season of 1906.
Two years later, the Cubs won the World Series and haven't captured one since, a ...