Cubs-White Sox rivalry is missing something — commercials!
<p>You know what the White Sox-Cubs series next week needs?</p><p>A commercial.</p><p>Here me out.</p><p>As recently as the late aughts, Cubs manager Lou Piniella and Sox skipper Ozzie Guillen appeared in a Chevy commercial around the time of the crosstown series, rapping to their heart’s content.</p><p>Guillen: “I’m a South Side guy.”</p><p>Piniella: “I know, I can tell.”</p><p>Guillen: “What’s that mean? You can go to hell [bleeped by a car horn].”</p><p>Piniella: “Sparks will fly from our Cubbie bats.”</p><p>Guillen: “You remind me of Minnesota Fats.”</p><p>Piniella: “I’m a North Side guy.”</p><p>Guillen: “I know, I can tell.”</p><p>Piniella: “At least I ain’t trapped in no South Side cell [Rate Field was called U.S.
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<p>You know what the White Sox-Cubs series next week needs?</p><p>A commercial.</p><p>Here me out.</p><p>As recently as the late aughts, Cubs manager Lou Piniella and Sox skipper Ozzie Guillen appeared in a Chevy commercial around the time of the crosstown series, rapping to their heart’s content.</p><p>Guillen: “I’m a South Side guy.”</p><p>Piniella: “I know, I can tell.”</p><p>Guillen: “What’s that mean? You can go to hell [bleeped by a car horn].”</p><p>Piniella: “Sparks will fly from our Cubbie bats.”</p><p>Guillen: “You remind me of Minnesota Fats.”</p><p>Piniella: “I’m a North Side guy.”</p><p>Guillen: “I know, I can tell.”</p><p>Piniella: “At least I ain’t trapped in no South Side cell [Rate Field was called U.S. Cellular Field].”</p><div class="Enhancement" data-align-center><div class="Enhancement-item"> <div class="ExternalContent-wrapper" data-embed> <iframe width="200" height="150" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/cvaogIfz8mA?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen title="Lou Piniella - Chevy (Cubs Sox Rap) Commercial"></iframe> </div> </div></div><p>Can you imagine those words coming out of the mouths of current managers Craig Counsell and Will Venable? It’s unfathomable.</p><p>Guillen and Piniella did another commercial for the Chevy Camaro in which they glared at each other from their cars and played chicken until a giant baseball dropped between them.</p><p>It speaks to a different era, before streaming took hold, when we all watched TV and saw Chicago sports figures in local commercials.
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- <p>You know what the White Sox-Cubs series next week needs?</p><p>A commercial.</p><p>Here me out.</p><p>As recently as the late aughts, Cubs manager Lou Piniella and Sox skipper Ozzie Guillen appeared in a Chevy commercial around the time of the crosstown series, rapping to their heart’s content.</p><p>Guillen: “I’m a South Side guy.”</p><p>Piniella: “I know, I can tell.”</p><p>Guillen: “What’s that mean? You can go to hell [bleeped by a car horn].”</p><p>Piniella: “Sparks will fly from our Cubbie bats.”</p><p>Guillen: “You remind me of Minnesota Fats.”</p><p>Piniella: “I’m a North Side guy.”</p><p>Guillen: “I know, I can tell.”</p><p>Piniella: “At least I ain’t trapped in no South Side cell [Rate Field was called U.S.
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