The White Sox were victorious again last night against the Cubs. more ›

Before Major League Baseball began interleague play in 1997, the Crosstown Classic was more like a friendly, in soccer terms. more ›

With NATO in town, perhaps this would've been a good weekend for Major League Baseball to have scheduled road games for both the Cubs and White Sox. Instead, this weekend is the first installment of the annual meeting between our fair city's two ballclubs. more ›

The Cubs won their 17th consecutive interleague series last night. more ›

White Sox 3, Cubs 2 more ›

Starlin Castro was magnificent last night as the Cubs took game one of the Crosstown Classic. more ›

The first round of this year's Crosstown Classic series wrapped up in dramatic fashion last night at Wrigley Field as the Cubs edged the Sox 1-0 [Cubs recap, Sox recap] in a game that began with a tribute to the Stanley Cup Champion Blackhawks and saw both teams' starters take no-hitters into the seventh inning. The Cubs broke through first in the bottom of the seventh as Alfonso Soriano hit a two-out double of the Sox' Gavin Floyd which was followed by a Chad Tracy single, scoring Soriano. As for the Sox, Ted Lilly kept them hitless into the ninth when pinch-hitter Juan Pierre singled to break up Lilly's no-no. Then things got interesting as Lilly was pulled in favor of Carlos Marmol. Marmol walked Jones and then balked, sending Pierre to third and Jones to second with no outs. But the Sox failed to take advantage: after striking out Alexi Ramirez, Marmol intentionally walked Alex Rios which paid off in the form of a force out at home on a Paul Konerko grounder. With the bases still loaded, Carlos Quentin flew out to center field. more ›

With the Blackhawks parade winding down and the glow of victory still shimmering across the city, it's no surprise that the excitement for the first Crosstown rivalry game yesterday was low, especially given how both the Sox and Cubs have played this season. But now they'll be the focus for the rest of the weekend and the Sox have a leg up on the Cubs after clubbing the North Siders 10-5 in yesterday's series opener [Cubs recap, Sox recap]. The Sox got a pair of runs from Andruw Jones and A.J. Pierzynski in the top of the first to take an early lead, but in the bottom of the second, Alfonso Soriano evened the score with his 300th career home run. The 2-2 score held until the top of the fifth when the Sox got a two-RBI double from Paul Konerko and then Pierzynski added another RBI with a double of his own, putting the Sox up 5-2. Pierzynksi did it again in the seventh, belting a solo homer. Carlos Quentin (solo) and Alex Rios (two-run) did the same in the eighth as the Sox scored four times in that frame to go up 10-2. Soriano gave the Cubs a little life in the bottom of the eighth as a shot down the third base line was misplayed by Sox third baseman Jayson Nix, scoring two runs. But the rally would still fall well short for the Cubs. more ›

Sox Shut Down Tigers more ›

The Cubs and Sox throw a trophy into the Crosstown Classic mix. No word if fan fights and bathroom sexcapades will help towards scoring. more ›

After a pair of back-and-forth offensive battles, the second round of the Crosstown Classic closed with a killer pitching performance from White Sox starter John Danks dominated the Cubs lineup en route to a 6-0 shutout to take the game and the series. Danks gave up four hits and struck out five over the first seven innings, completely shutting down the Cubs offense; reliever Scott Linebrink pitched two hitless innings to close the game out. Overall, Danks is 2-0 versus the Cubs this year, striking out 14 and allowing only one run over 14 innings pitched. Said Danks after the game, "I didn't throw as many strikes this time around, but I feel like I was still able to make the big pitch when I had to and guys were making plays all over the field for me." more ›

Another day, another thriller. For the third time in their four games this season, the winning team came from behind late for victory as this time the White Sox earned a walk-off win over the Cubs 8-7. The Sox opened the scoring by piecing together runs in each of the first two innings to take a 2-0 lead. The Cubs responded in the top of the third by knocking a few in themselves to knot the game at 2-2 and took the lead on a D-Lee sac fly in the fifth. The Pale Hose countered with a Scott Podsednik solo homer and A.J Pierzinski slapping a bases loaded single to score two, putting the Sox ahead 5-3. The see-saw battle continued in the sixth courtesy of a two-RBI double by Alfosno Soriano and an RBI single by Ryan Theriot to put the Cubs up 6-5. That lead lasted all of a few minutes as in the bottom of the inning, Podsednik singled in Wise for his third RBI of the game, tying the game at 6-6. more ›

The Sox and Dodgers played extra baseball and in the end it came down to Scott Podsednik who provided the heroics for the Pale Hose, driving in the winning run in the bottom of the 13th to give the Sox the 6-5 victory. The Sox found themselves down 4-0 going into the bottom of the fifth as the Dodgers knocked around starter Clayton Richard. But then in the fifth the Sox started the comeback, courtesy of a Konerko solo shot and an RBI triple from Wise. The Sox then went ahead in the sixth thanks to A.J. Pierzynski's three-run homer only to see the Dodgers tie the game at 5-5 in the seventh. But the Sox bullpen went into lockdown mode as Scott Linebrink, Matt Thornton, Bobby Jenks, Octavio Dotel and Aaron Poreda combined for 0 runs and 8 K's over six innings of relief. Poreda ultimately got the win when, in the bottom of the 13th, Podsednik knocked a two-out bases loaded single for the win. Afterward, Podsednik said, "Game-winning hits are always fun, but most importantly, to win the series against a club like the Dodgers, who came into town with the best record, maybe that will give us some momentum here. We haven't been playing that great at home, so maybe that will give us some momentum going into the Cubs series." more ›

We couldn't resist, given we've got the game on right now. Here are two old clips for each team. more ›

Here are a few shots of the first game of this year's Crosstown Classic. Got some you'd like to share? Hit us up in our Flickr pool! more ›

The highly anticipated first game of this year's Crosstown Classic was postponed last night due to rain. While no make-up date has officially been announced, the Trib pulled out their pocket schedules and figured out both teams have open dates on September 3 and September 10, meaning a late-season clash could be in the cards. more ›

There were no games to report last night since both the Cubs and White Sox were off, preparing for the first Crosstown Classic series which kicks off tonight at Wrigley Field (7:05 p.m.). But that doesn't mean we can't have a little fun. The comments on yesterday's preview became entertaining pretty quick - as things do between Sox and Cubs fans. And, really, what more can you say about a series that brought us this commercial? We know, we've posted it before, but we can't get enough of it. more ›

We're just two weeks away from the first pitch in this year's edition of the Crosstown Classic, the annual White Sox-Cubs clash, and the CTA has released a new fare card to commemorate this year's series, just as they have every year since 1998. This year's design is by local artist Steve Musgrave who is also the artist of the mural at the Addison Red Line stop. At first glance, it appears to be a generic baseball player but the keen eyes of the CTA Tattler's Kevin O'Neil catch that, "...the artist's work clearly shows a player outfitted in half Cubs blue and half Sox black." It gives the Obama Inauguration D.C. Metro Card a run for its money plus it doesn't involve Ozzie and Lou rapping, so it's okay with us. [via CTA Tattler] more ›

The last thing on our mind this morning was spending money, but then we started perusing what goes on sale this weekend and we’ve spent our whole damn paycheck! Meg and Jack White want us to believe many things about them - that they are brother and sister, that Jack will never be quoted accurately because he’s famous, or that they are unbelievable musicians who literally march to the beat of their own drummer. Whether... more ›

Chicagoist is not immune to the nostalgia that strikes all media entities at the end of the year, as evidenced by the orgy of posts this week that looked back at significant happenings in food, booze, theatre, art, music, movies and photography. The desire to pontificate on this year's newsworthy events in Chicago is a powerful one, but we're saving ourselves for tomorrow night. Chicagoist co-editors Rachelle Bowden and Scott Smith will be guests on... more ›