White Sox fans might find the following tough to stomach: The National Hot Dog and Sausage Council has declared a tie for the best baseball stadium ballpark hot dog between Yankee Stadium and Wrigley Field. Boston's Fenway Park was next, followed by Detroit's Comerica Park and Los Angeles' Dodger Stadium. July is National Hot Dog Month. Meaning there should be a Sammy Sosa sighting any day now, right?
Random thoughts while wondering how long before the Cleveland Indians can be considered no threat to challenge the White Sox' postseason hopes:
If the idea of interleague play is to create interest, you'd think the brains behind the schedule might be able to come up with a way for the Cubs-Sox confrontations to occur slighter further apart. Consecutive weekends? Nope. Make it non-consecutive months. You want to liven up the dog days of August? That would add some bite to the Cubs-Sox series. Especially if it appeared that both would appear in the postseason. Of course, nothing would be better than to have one interleague matchup saved for the last game of the season with postseason hopes resting on the result for both parties.
Bulls general manager John Paxson warns against expecting immediate dividends from the Bulls' draft. It's so confusing: Are the Bulls in a building mode, rebuilding mode or a it-doesn't-matter-as-long-as-they-fill-the-building (as in the United Center) mode?
As good as the Cubs have been at home this season, something says they will reach double digit in defeats at Wrigley Field before they enjoy a double-digit lead over the second-place team in the National League Central.
Random thoughts while wondering whether Cubs-Sox Crosstown Showdown II will be a matchup of first-place teams:
The Cubs and White Sox playing each other six times a season when the results really matter is too many -- unless it's in the World Series.
''The Magnificent Seven'' -- the 1996 U.S. women's gold medal-winning gymnastics team -- is reuniting today. The women will be part of an Olympic-themed gymnastics exhibition at Union Station's Great Hall from 8 to 10 a.m. Amanda Borden, Amy Chow, Dominique Dawes, Shannon Miller, Dominique Moceanu, Jaycie Phelps and Kerri Strug are scheduled to appear. They also will be part of tonight's 2008 U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony presented by Allstate at the Harris Theater. The event will be televised on Aug. 3. Also being honored: Oscar De La Hoya, Karch Kiraly, David Robinson, Brian Boitano, Joan Benoit Samuelson, Amy Van Dyken, Bruce Baumgartner, Lones Wigger, Carol Heiss Jenkins, J. Michael Plumb, Paralympian John Morgan, coach Carlo Fassi and producer Frank Marshall. Quick Hits sat down with Dawes (OK, at least one of us was seated for the telephone call) to discuss a variety of topics:
