Gamethread: White Sox at That Other Team in Town

Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images It’s the Hoss vs. the “perfesser” in Game 1.Before getting to the game, a few crosstown evaluations:

While we White Sox fans may excoriate Jerry Reinsdorf for penuriousness, arrogant decisions (TLR, anyone?), and the inexcusable extortion that has the taxpayers of Illinois supporting his billionaire life, compared to the owners of the Cubs — from the absolutely vile patriarch to his not-far-from-the-tree sons (and this was before their ploy this week to turn Wrigley Field into a mere backdrop for a garish sports betting edifice) — Jerry is an absolute saint.

And while we may disdain Ken Williams and Rick Hahn for some of their softheaded decisions on the way to…