Red Line Series? Maybe

Will the White Sox pull it out tonight?
(UPDATE 8:58PM Tuesday - Um... Yes, White Sox pull it out. "Dogs and Cats ... Living Together... MASS HYSTERIA!" - Peter Venkman)

I want to stay positive about this baseball season for all Chicago teams and hope the Sox make it through the playoffs
as I would love to see a Crosstown Series this year,
but as a Cub fan, it's hard for me to not make a snide comment about this:

The Sox are asking all of their fans to wear black to the ballpark.
Hmm.... are they plannning a funeral? (rim shot!)

Sorry... it was like shooting fish in a barrel. :-)

"We have to fight like a cat, paws up. If we are going to fail, fail like a man, with your belt tight." - Ozzie Guillen

"Wooooohoo o ohooooo oooohhhh !!!!" - Ron Santo

Kosuke Fukudome

The Cubs are reportedly pursuing Japanese outfielder Kosuke Fukudome. He does look like a great fit on paper; to find a left-handed hitting corner outfielder who walked 69 times in 81 games is a dream for this team, which is so short on left handed hitting and patient hitters. At $30 million over 3 years, it is well worth it if Fukudome can hit for power and walk 100 times with a .300 average on top of those.

There's only one problem I can see; it's those 81 games! Why only 81? In late July, according to Japanesebaseball.com, he had "right elbow pain." He is a left handed hitter but that is his throwing arm. If it is not healhty, that could also affect his hitting too. I'm not trying to be a naysayer; I'm also not trying to be negative just to be negative (Jay Mariotti needs to feed his family. I will find my own niche.) but this is the sort of thing that has potential to go very very wrong. If he can't throw we can't use him at first. Nothing would be a good reason for benching Derrek Lee.