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It may sound strange to do this for a regular season series, but I wish Macha has arranged it so that Hudson, Mulder and Zito were going in this series to match up directly with the Cubbies staff. I think our boys would've loved the thrill of facing the pitching staff that SI called "The Best in Baseball." But I guess two out of three ain't bad, and Chicago is missing Wood, so I guess it works out.

Oh, and to make a surging team on a six-game winning streak even better, the North Siders get Sosa back today.

Sosa will still struggle in his return until he gets up to game speed. But this is going to be a great series.