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Sox 6, Cubs 14: Friendly, Confined

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So the two storied franchises finally meet, and Greg Maddux got the win. Figures. The Sox seem to have trouble with two kinds of pitchers - flameballing rookie lefties, and extreme command pitchers. But giving up a homer to Maddux was somewhat galling. Who let these pitchers hit anyway? Heh.

The atmosphere in Wrigley looked great (I suppose if you paid $500 for seats, you’d better have a good time), and it was nice to see clips of Nomar welcoming his old teammates to Chi-town. My friend went to the University of Chicago, and argues that Wrigley has the best-looking women in the stands.

Speaking of interleague, Bud Selig’s thinking of making it so that you play by the visiting league’s rules. Now that’s really strange.