Chicago, Boston aboard the dashed hopes express

Don’t you hate it when you can see a train wreck coming and you’re powerless to do anything to prevent it? Imagine that feeling, and now imagine what it would be like if there were three train wrecks you couldn’t stop, and that’ll give you an idea of how baseball’s pennant races are shaping up this year.

You may have heard that the city of Chicago was making news because both the Cubs and the White Sox were in first place in their respective divisions. You may have heard this as recently as two days ago, in fact, because such was the case on Wednesday. Continue reading »