This stupid coincidence is the best thing about the James Shields trade

The White Sox now share something useless with the Cubs.

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Now that the White Sox have acquired James Shields in a trade, they share something useless with the Cubs. 

As Reddit user “the_seed” points out, both Chicago teams now have a player that shares a name with a street adjacent to their stadium. 

• Noah Syndergaard isn’t a fan of the Marlins’ home run sculpture

The White Sox and Cubs now employ players whose names share the names of streets their respective stadiums are located on. (X-post /r/Chicago) from baseball

I hope the Yankees draft Michael E 161st later this week.

- Dan Gartland