Cubs, White Sox clinch playoff berths on same day for the first time ever!
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Why is the simultaneous playoff clinch by the Cubs and White Sox historic?
Gabe Ramirez and Russell Dorsey filling in for Rahimi and Grody today on 104-3 to score. What a beautiful introduction by Tyler Butterball. Got me all in my fields, letting me know that it just it's weird. You get to this point of the season and you're like, I'm so excited because there's gonna be a couple more games at the very least, right?
Russell? Yeah, for for both fan bases, right? So it's been a long time in this city where in a full season, I don't know, whatever you feel about 2020, right? Long time ago. Sure, long time. And what that was, that we had two teams in this town going to the postseason. Now, how long will those teams be in the postseason? Doesn't matter that we're not there yet. We're not there yet. Doesn't matter that we don't even know who they're gonna play. Who cares? But both teams are in the playoffs, and that's a really beautiful thing. And in the same way. Side from cups.
I mean, when you think about baseball in Chicago, there's a few things that unite the city the way this does, right? And Bears obviously there, but both teams come like there was no trash talking on either side. It was almost like, oh you Hey you do not know. Y'all playing over there. We see y'all. Okay. Yeah. Hey guys, hey good job. Hey y'all in what's y'all in the homers over there? Okay.
Yeah, it it's it was their a mutual respect for sure. I I remember from those crosstown series like Jed Horrier talking about the White Sox growth the season and what they had been able to do, what they had been doing in their player development, what had they'd been doing just in baseball. Like I'd talked to some players around major league baseball that were just like, Hey, that that mucami guy, pretty good player. Pretty solid. Pretty good player. You get to see him all the time. Well I do live here. Yes, yes, I do. And so I think for especially the Sox coming off the seasons that they had had the last couple, like it was it was pretty empty on the Southside and rightfully so. Right. I don't know if people want to see a hundred twenty one lost team like they saw a couple of seasons ago.
It was so sickening because there'll be no as a Sox fan, you I I'd catch myself watching these games and you know, it'd get like the fifth inning, Sox might be up three one, and you knew like the wheels were gonna fall off the bus at some point, but I'd still catch myself watching like, why am I watching this? Yeah. What is going on? So, you know, the beauty first team in Major League Baseball history to lose multi um multiple seasons of a hundred games and then to make the playoffs. I I just, you know, damn, like for the fan base, for the White Sox fans that are out there that have had to deal with people talking trash, coming down on your team. Questioning the decisions that the front office is making, bringing in Chris Getz, signing a guy like Sir Anthony Dominguez, Luis Castillo, everything that you could point to does not matter because you made it to the playoffs.
And it felt good that despite you know losing the game to Cleveland to give up the lead, yeah, you still go to Detroit, handle business, you go to Kansas City, you handle business, and you win a game handily, nine-one. And it didn't matter that you were not in first place in the central. It was more like, damn, damn, guys.
How did the White Sox turn a 120‑loss season into a playoff run?
Yeah. We did it. It's one of the things about having a team that is good, a team that you expect something out of. You you probably didn't expect anything in April and May. Sure. And as the season progresses, like, no, they could really be a playoff team. This is what you want as a fan. I'm not a fan anymore, but I like seeing guys like my dad who are just like, you know what? My team going to the playoffs. Like he hyped this morning that his White Sox are going. Back to the postseason. And yes, they have things that they should be concerned about in the pitching. And can their offense hold up? And can you score six runs a game and not give up seven runs a game? All those things are valid concerns. But I think the point for a lot of people is you weren't supposed to be here.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
Why is the simultaneous playoff clinch by the Cubs and White Sox historic?
0:00–2:54
2
How did the White Sox turn a 120‑loss season into a playoff run?
2:54–5:14
3
What key moments secured the Cubs’ postseason berth?
5:14–7:01
4
Which player achievements highlighted the White Sox’s success?
7:01–9:35
5
How are Chicago fans planning to celebrate the dual clinches?
9:35–11:44
6
What concerns remain for the White Sox heading into the playoffs?
11:44–15:08
7
Which other MLB teams could pose a threat in the upcoming playoffs?
15:08–15:25
8
What’s the macro outlook for the 2024 MLB postseason?
15:25–15:25
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