The Baddest Part of Town

Odd alliances will form (just ask the Sunnis and Shiites in Iraq): Peter Sagal, host of the most annoying show on all of National Public Radio, won me over with his piece on Chicago baseball--from the perspective of a Red Sox fan living in the Windy City. (On the calendar, click on April 19, then choose "Peter Sagal Talks Baseball"; you'll need RealPlayer). Sagal makes note of the White Sox being as popular in Illinois as the St. Louis Cardinals (as printed in the Sports Illustrated baseball preview), but fails to mention that in the same survey White Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf ranks as one of the most hated sports figures in the Land of Lincoln. In any case, it's a good piece and you owe it to yourself to give it a listen, if for no reason other than you won't have to hear Thom Brennaman talk about Kerry Wood's nail-biting trixie of a wife.