There I was at Comiskey, I mean U.S. Cellular Field, two Fridays ago standing and cheering with my fellow White Sox fans after the Sox had just defeated the Baltimore Orioles 5-3 when a group of Cubs fans sitting in front of us had turned around and started yelling at us to, “wait til next weekend.”

Now, I didn’t feel the need to start yelling back at them considering the Cubs record after that Friday was a “solid” 16-18 while the Sox were sitting with the best record in baseball at 27-9. I feel that the records and the play on the field speaks for themselves.

I mean if I were a Cubs fan and I had just witnessed first-hand the White Sox methodically defeat the team with the second best record in the American League with good pitching, defense and timely hitting, I would not go around running my mouth.

This past weekend was the “Windy City Showdown” where it was the Cubs chance to prove those fans right. What ended up happening was the White Sox won two of three games from the Cubs at Wrigley Field when the Cubs had a future Hall-of-Famer in Greg Maddux and their top two starting pitchers, aces Carlos Zambrano and Mark Prior, pitching. They missed our two best starters in Mark Buehrle and Jon Garland, and also faced a 21-year-old pitcher in Brandon McCarthy who was making his major league debut. It was rather gratifying watching the three games; even the final game which the Sox lost because you got the feeling that if Dusty Baker had pulled Prior and gone to the bullpen that the Sox would have been able to pull off the sweep.

That’s how it has been all year for the White Sox. They have given themselves a chance to win every ballgame it seems. They have been remarkably consistent and lost by more than three runs only twice so far this season, not to mention their major-league record streak of having a lead in their first 37 games.

The Sox have a different feel to this year’s team after roster moves that changed the team’s philosophy from waiting to hit the three-run homer to their new motto of “Win or Die Tryin.” This team plays baseball the way it should be played and does whatever necessary to win a ballgame. Winning is what it is all about and whether it’s a dominant pitching performance by Jon Garland or a key stolen base by Scott Podsednik or a clutch two-out single by Paul Konerko, the Sox have done enough to get off to a 31-13 start, 10.5 games better than the Cubs and three games better than Baltimore, who owns the second best record in the majors. They could play .500 ball the rest of the season and still get 90 wins, which means they will be in the hunt for the playoffs and maybe more come October.

If the Cubs fans don’t respect the White Sox now, maybe they never will, but to those Cubs fans with the “wait til next weekend” mentality, my advice to you is to once again “wait til next year” for your Cubbies.