Colin Rea leads White Sox fan club among — gasp — Cubs players
This might rub some Cubs fans the wrong way, but Cubs players are rooting for the White Sox — reliever Colin Rea, in particular.“I’m rooting for them because I think it would be cool to be Cubs-White Sox in the World Series,” Rea told the Sun-Times.No doubt, that would be cool. Of course, the Cubs would need to get there, too. But Rea also appreciates the way the Sox play.“They play the game hard, and they do a lot of good things,” he said. “And they’ve turned things around quickly.”Indeed, the…
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