Chicago Trifecta

It isn’t often three Chicago professional sports team all win on the same day, less so when one of the games is a no-hitter and another a three-touchdown fourth-quarter comeback engineered by Mitch Trubisky. If I were a betting man, I wouldn’t have been betting on this. I do admit to being a fair-weather Bears’ fan. Tivoing back and forth with the White Sox, I was pretty much ready to write off Trubisky and the Bears’ season after three quarters of ineptitude. At one point, the Bears’ offense was 0 for7 converting third downs. So, good for Trubisky. If only the Bears could play Detroit every Sunday. And the White Sox the Tigers every series. Yesterday’s 5-2 win gave the Sox the season series, nine games to one, the same margin they enjoyed against the Royals. But at some point they’re going to have to start beating the good teams, too. Speaking of good, the Twins roll into town for four games, starting tonight. It was certainly fun to watch Jonathan Stiever, the pride of Cedarburg, Wisconsin, recover from a bad case of first-inning jitters and come back to hold Detroit to one run over 3.2 innings. Sox scouts actually were able to find their way to IU to get a look at the right hander. Maybe one day Northwestern. And, yes, hats off to the Cubs’ Alec Mills, a 22nd round pick of the Royals back in 2012. This is a guy who had to walk on in college, and we’re not talking Indiana or NU but Tennessee-Martin. The 28-year old had Tommy John surgery and was DFA’d by the Royals, so I can’t—and won’t—say he’s undeserving. He’s definitely tenacious. How about a Giolito-Mills matchup the last weekend of September?