In a New York state of mind. In what could possibly be described as the Haley’s comet of baseball. Chicago was bombarded with tons NewYorkers this week as both the Mets & Yankees were in town to play this week. In fact the last time this occurred was 1983. The Cubs swept their brief two game set with the Mets, outscoring them 15-2 with the first game being televised by ESPN which was pretty cool that a national audience got to see the Cubs flex their muscles a bit. Carlos Zambrano & Ted Lilly respectively dominated the struggling Metropolitans each giving up a run in a combined 13 innings. Tuesday’s game was broken open late with a Ronny Cedeno grand slam that had the Wrigley faithful all in a frenzy.

Things have not gone as well for the south siders as the Yankees have taken the first 2 games of that series. The White Sox are in first place in their division, but they haven’t played like it & they haven’t been able to avoid the big inning allowing the Yankees to put up crooked numbers & score in bunches and once the Bronx bombers get to the 8th inning the game is virtually over with Joba Chamberlain & Mariano Rivera nailing it down. The White Sox best shot comes today when Gavin Floyd takes the mound as he has been the Sox most reliable pitcher early on. The Yankees will counter with the young and unpredictable Phil Hughes.