Game Thread: White Sox (6-4) at Cubs (4-5)

Do you think players trying to make the team or holdovers trying to keep their jobs care as much that the opponent is the Cubs as fans do? They probably have other things on their minds, but thumping That Other Team in Town back in the first Cactus League game was sure fun for us.

The parade of pitchers for the Sox today will begin with lefty Anthony Kay, a presumed member of the starting rotation once games count. Kay gave up a run against the Mariners in his first spring start, with two walks in two innings causing the damage.

The Cubs counter with rotation member Shota Imanaga, who had two scoreless innings but gave up three hits in his first outing. Imanaga will face a lineup recovered from the split squad games Friday:

The Cubs lineup against Kay et al. also includes a number of presumed regular season starters, but not all:

First pitch is scheduled for 2:05 p.m. Central, with temps expected to again get warmer than 90°. The Cubs Marquee network is covering the game, but the network of the team whose chairman hates fans almost as much as he hates players only has the game on radio. So if you don’t get Marquee, pull the rocker up to the Truetone, pretend it’s 1935, and dial up ESPN 1000.