What a difference a week makes

So I jumped on the "the sky is falling" bandwagon. So what, wouldn't you? Chicago's baseball teams have been horrible for 60 some odd years. Sure the Cubs haven't won a World Series in 103 years, sure the Sox have one championship since 1917. So what if both teams were in complete disarray just days ago. So what!

See each team have made considerable upgrades in recent days. These changes will soon put these teams in the position to be really good really soon. Here is how...

The White Sox. The Sox hired a complete surprise in Robin Ventura. Here is a guy that had no management experience, no coaching experience, and was only involved in the corporate side of baseball the past season or so in a hands off type of role. Kenny Williams said that back in like 1997 or something crazy like that he actually interviewed Robin without Robin really knowing it. That's kind of like me saying I slept with that one really hot girl in high school, she just didn't know it.

Either way, as much of a surprise his hire was, it was good too. Robin has knowledge of this franchise, and this city. Most of all he knows how to play baseball, and what it takes to prepare himself everyday to play baseball in Chicago. Robin also has always been known to have a very high baseball IQ. He never was the strongest fastest or most feared, but he was always a threat at every aspect of the game. This is the perfect guy to teach the younger Sox players the game and how to prepare, he also can lend some mental help to recent free agent busts on how to succeed in big markets. This wasn't the popular choice for manager, but I have come around and this is the best choice for the Sox manager.

The Chicago Cubs. The Cubs have always had the reputation of holding some of the worlds worse completely wrong secrets. From free agent signings to personnel changes to anything else, this team shares more inaccurate information than Fox News.

This is the team after-all that had Jake Peavy signing "Go Cubs Go" in a karaoke bar with his good friend Roy Oswalt. That is why at the beginning of the week when I started to hear that Theo Epstein is expected to stay in Boston I wasn't surprised. I thought, the prom queen never goes to the dance with the math and science whiz, so why would possibly the best active General Manager come to the Cubs?

Well he did, and the Cubs will welcome him in with around $45 million to spend on free agency, while Theo works his magic on the Cubs 27th ranked minor league system.

Will the money, Theo's reputation, and the draw of playing in front of some of the most loyal baseball fans draw big names to the Northsiders? Will Theo be able to dump contracts such as Alfonso Soriano? Will Theo be able to get lightening to strike for a third time in another so-called "cursed" franchise?

Time will tell, but I will tell you one thing for sure, change is happening in Chicago baseball, and it's change for the better.