In this week’s “Polling Place,” your home for Sun-Times sports polls on the social platform X, we asked if you’d take a Cubs wild-card berth right now or if you’re holding out for a division title. “Settle for a wild-card spot? Heck, yes, like a drowning man ‘settling’ for some oxygen,” @RonaldVoigt4 commented.

Could the Chicago White Sox and Cubs execute a rare crosstown trade involving surging starting pitcher Adrian Houser?

The World Series champion White Sox gave us a reminder that good things can happen and you just have to celebrate when they do.

A double-play combination that can help spirit the Sox out of the abyss, through the wilderness and toward something brighter? Um, maybe.

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Elia managed each of his two teams for two seasons, the Cubs from 1982 to 1983 and the Phillies from 1987 to 1988. He accrued a career record of 238-300 with no playoff appearances. He also served as third-base coach on the Phillies' 1980 World Series champion team.