Cubs or White Sox? Here’s how you voted on which team has underachieved more in 2024

Going into this season, the Cubs were expected to be a little better than average. They’re not even close.

The White Sox were expected to be very bad. They are — and then some.

In this week’s “Polling Place,” your home for Sun-Times sports polls on the social platform X, we asked which team has been a bigger underachiever, the under-.500 Cubs or the all-time-terrible Sox?

“This poll should produce a White Sox winner!” @theologyguy commented.

“There’s no way that anyone actually thinks the answer here is the Sox,” @jenzy75 wrote.

As @BradBaumgarten put it, “I thought the Sox were the worst team in baseball heading in — and they are — but the Cubs were looking to be playoff contenders. Expectations matter.”

Next, we asked how the Bulls’ offseason is going.

“Where’s the ‘trade everyone’ button?” @bear_down23 cracked.

Last, we inquired into your soccer viewing habits. Look, what do you want from us? We’re nosy like that.

On to the polls:

Poll No. 1: Which of our baseball teams has been a bigger underachiever in 2024, the Cubs or the White Sox?

Upshot: With Craig Counsell on board, the Cubs’ record looks especially bad, @mjmolinare pointed out. Their hot start only made the losing sting more, @daruma853 offered. Have you heard the news that the Cubs don’t hit well and blow more saves than a narcoleptic goalie? Yeah, yeah, you already knew all about it.

Poll No. 2: The Bulls have traded Alex Caruso for Josh Giddey and drafted Matas Buzelis. How do you feel about their offseason so far?

Upshot: Josh Giddey might not be an Alex Caruso-quality player right now, but he also might be one ever. Weight, that came out all wrong. Giddey is 21 — maybe he’ll become a star. Same for draft pick Matas Buzelis. Better than Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen? Too soon to tell, but yes.

Poll No. 3: Soccer is on TV day and night lately. Have you been following the Euros, the Copa America, both or neither?

Upshot: One of these centuries, soccer will really catch on around here. And that’s a promise.