OK, folks, look... you have no idea how exciting this is to Chicago baseball fans... New York - you've had your subway series. Big friggin' deal. It's not like the Yankees or Mets have been out of contention for decades, so screw you right now...

The last time the White Sox and the Cubs have both been in First Place in September was...

1906

That's when the Sox beat the Cubs in the World Series. The third World Series.

The last time the Cubs won the World series was 1908. Since then, both clubs have finished behind the league winners by under 10 games together only twice.

Since 1940, both teams had winning records at the end of the season only five times.

This is a big deal!

So, here it is September 10.
White Sox Magic Number: 17
Cubs Magic Number: 19 (or, as the t-shirts say around "The Cell" - 911)