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As the Cubs and White Sox opened another Crosstown Classic series at Wrigley Field, fans from both sides of the city arrived confident in their teams and energized by a rivalry they say has taken on new life this season.
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As the Cubs and White Sox opened another Crosstown Classic series at Wrigley Field, fans from both sides of the city arrived confident in their teams and energized by a rivalry they say has taken on new life this season.
Read this reportThe White Sox’ pitching staff is in dire need of a day off. But with a makeup game Thursday against the Braves replacing a day off, the Sox won’t get a breather until Aug. 27. After taxing their bulk and high-leverage relievers during a three-game sweep of the Tigers, the Sox will piece together a pitching plan for the rest of the Cubs series. “It’ll be day by day here,” manager Will Venable said before the series opener Monday at Wrigley Field. “We’re going to figure out where we’re at after today. We have some availability limitations in our bullpen that can impact some things.” Those lim...
Read this reportThousands of baseball fans swarmed Wrigley Field Monday for one of the most highly anticipated games of the year — the Cubs vs. the White Sox in the Crosstown Classic. Fans wore Cubs or Sox gear, repping their preferred Chicago team. But a few couldn’t decide which one to choose. “I am a Chicago fan, but when they play each other I can’t decide who to root for,” said Kenneth McGhee, wearing a jersey split in half with one side for the Cubs and the other for the Sox. Fans came from all over Chicago and beyond to experience the rivalry. Mark Yolkowski and his son, Hudson Yolkowski, had a layo...
Read this reportCrosstown in the thick of a playoff race is interesting enough. Could you imagine Crosstown in October? “Sign me up,” Cubs skipper Craig Counsell said before the first of three games with the White Sox on Monday at Wrigley Field. Yeah, you can sign everybody in this baseball-mad town up for that one, an event that might be big enough to earn the Chicago flag a fifth star. “Iconic,” said Sox fan Mary Beth Szorc of Chicago. A lot would have to go right for that to happen this fall, and the Cubs will consider this August matchup less of a playoff preview and more of the latest turn of their sc...
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AIPROPX has consolidated 4 reports from 2 outlets into a single canonical entry on “Cubs defeat White Sox in Monday's Crosstown Classic game; could teams make it to World Series?.” The covered outlets are based across 2 regions — Other and US.
The earliest report in this entry came from Chicago Sun-Times (Aug 18, 2026, 00:41 UTC); the most recent came from Yahoo Sports (Aug 18, 2026, 03:37 UTC).
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