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| JOHN SLEEZER THE KANSAS CITY STAR |
To say Chicago has been the laughing stock of the baseball world the past two years would be a generous statement -- you have to be noticed to be mocked. It didn't matter if the games were played on the North side or South, both the Cubs and White Sox were hardly a blip in the baseball world. A putrid combined record of 275-373 the last two seasons will do that for you. But now, when the Winter Meetings were at a fever pitch in San Diego this month, Chicago swept through the baseball world and put other teams on notice: Baseball in Chicago is back.
