Baseball author and sports historian Charles Billington examines the expectations, fortunes, and future of our beloved Chicago baseball teams here at the middle of the 2026 season. He is hoping to answer the questions such as where are the White Sox with their promising young players? Is there any movement with new stadium plans? And, will Jerry Reinsdorf ever have a winning team again? He dissects the current status of the Sox. Then he looks at the Cubs off-season player moves and addresses the issue of whether the Cubs' "pitching development" program is still highly touted.