Revenge Sweep!

The White Sox defended their home turf on the Southside with a 5-1 win tonight at US Cellular and a sweep of the weekend series against the cross town rivals Cubs. Good hitting and excellent pitching were the key for Ozzie Guillen's White Sox. After a grueling week Cubs manager Lou Piniella finally lost his cool tonight and got booted in the second inning for arguing balls and strikes.

No question, the Cubbies are a good team with the best record in baseball despite temporarily losing their ace starter Carlos Zambrano. His rehab seems almost complete and Zambrano is slated to be back in the line up later this week.

This weekend, however, belonged to the Southsiders, with big hits tonight by Carlos Quentin, Brian Anderson and Jim Thome who all homered in the effort. Starting pitcher Mark Buehrle scattered four hits for the win while Scott Linebrink and closer Bobby Jenks mopped up.

Cub fans seem hopeful as always that this is (finally) their year. The season is young, and we all know how badly this will end for the Northside fans. I know the White Sox are in a tough division and the Tigers are firing up their artillery after a sluggish start, so a successful outcome is hardly wrapped up for the Sox. But I have no illusion as to the Cubs' fate and have no doubt about their eventual fold. It's downright criminal what the management of the Cubs does to their fans. Get their hopes up, then dash them into the rocks.

So, Cub fans take this sweep for what it is: The preview to your choke that is all but assured to happen come September at the latest.

Wait til next year!