It's time for the battle of the Windy City in our All-Time Lineups series, which matches up the best to play at each position in any one season in team history. They are both teams with long histories, but few titles. In fact the White Sox and Cubs have combined for one championship in the last 94 years.

But even without a lot of success, there's still Hall of Famers all over both lineups.

*-And to be fair for the matchup, we added one player to the roster for the Cubs, so they have a DH. (There is no DH on their official all-time lineup.)

Who would win in this matchup? (As always, click the team name for the full lineups, stats and arguments.)

Cubs

1. Rogers Hornsby 2B (1929, .380-39-149)
2. Gabby Hartnett C (1935, .344-13-81)
3. Ernie Banks SS (1958, .313-47-129)
4. Sammy Sosa RF (2001, .328-64-160)
5. Hack Wilson CF (1930, .356-56-190)
6. Andre Dawson DH (1987, .287-49-137)*
7. Billy Williams LF (1970, .322-43-129)
8. Derrek Lee 1B (2005, .335-46-107)
9. Ron Santo 3B

Starting pitcher: Greg Maddux P (1992, 20-11, 2.18 ERA)

White Sox

1. Eddie Collins 2B (1920, .372, 3 HR, 76 RBI)
2. Shoeless Joe Jackson LF (.382-12-121)
3. Frank Thomas 1B (1994, .353-38-101)
4. Jermaine Dye RF (2006, .315-44-120)
5. Jim Thome DH (.288-42-109)
6. Luke Appling SS (.388-6-128)
7. Carlton Fisk C (.289-26-86)
8. Robin Ventura 3B (.287-34-105)
9. Carl Reynolds CF (.359-22-104)

Starting pitcher: Ed Walsh (1908, 40-15, 1.42 ERA)

The Detroit Tigers have one of the best hitters in the league in Miguel Cabrera, a guy whose had his share of off-field problems, has had weight issues, and now will attempt to play a position he couldn't handle when he was 30 pounds lighter.

In 2006 and 2007, Cabrera was the everyday third baseman for the Florida Marlins. In 2007, he was minus-11 in the zone fielding rating, putting him firmly in the bottom 20 percent of third basemen in baseball. He's listed at 240 pounds, but has been bigger. The Tigers tried him at third base in 2008 for 14 games, and he made five errors.

Buster Olney of ESPN.com wrote Saturday that he hasn't talked to a single MLB talent-evaluator who believes Cabrera can play third base regularly.

"I think he wants to show the world he can play third base," Tigers manager Jim Leyland told the Detroit News. "I don't think this is going to be bad. He told me he wants to play there."

Keep in mind that Leyland won the World Series in 1997 with a guy who was a bit overweight: Bobby Bonilla. It seems like the Tigers might be following that similar footprint. But only when they need to. It might take some ego-massaging from Leyland if Cabrera is adamant about playing third.

As the Detroit Free Press' Michael Rosenberg wrote: "Their best team does not include Cabrera at third. Cabrera has great feet and hands and a good arm, but he lacks quickness. Yeah, sure, maybe his bat can make up for his glove. But why do that, then put a parade of light-hitting guys at designated hitter? What is the point?"

Nobody whose in their 20s and healthy wants to be the DH. And it's likely that Cabrera and Fielder will both get some time at DH, too.

So this might be much ado about nothing, at least until Victor Martinez comes back in 2013. Then the Tigers truly have three star players for two spots.

There were two monster bats in the free agent market, and if anybody out there predicted that they'd end up with the Angels and Tigers, I want to see some time-stamped proof.

It took six weeks after Albert Pujols signed with Los Angeles for Prince Fielder to find his new home, and while everybody focused on the Washington Nationals and Texas Rangers, the Detroit Tigers stunned everybody by signing him.

The 27-year-old first baseman, whose father starred for the Tigers a generation ago (and dazzled onlookers with his potential), is going back to Motown on a nine-year, $214 million contract, the fourth-largest in baseball history. Detroit makes all the lists of cities experiencing hard times, but the Tigers certainly aren't acting like it.

Baseball-wise, it's stunning on quite a few levels. For one, the Tigers already have an MVP-caliber first baseman in Miguel Cabrera, meaning Fielder will either DH or Cabrera will DH or play third base. Last year's DH, Victor Martinez, is out for the season with a knee injury. It also means that the Tigers paying two sluggers with a history of weight issues more than $40 million per year.

The Tigers now have a hammer-lock on the best team, talent-wise, in the AL Central. Wrote the Detroit Free Press' Michael Rosenberg: "Signing Fielder makes the Tigers the most likely playoff team in all of baseball for 2012. The other four teams in the American League Central could merge and the Tigers might win the division anyway."

But with big contracts on big men comes limited flexibility. The Tigers have now locked up three players -- Cabrera, Fielder and Cy Young/MVP winner Justin Verlander -- to roughly $65 million annually for the next three years. That's more than the second-place Indians paid their entire roster last year. And if one or two of Detroit's big three go down with an injury -- especially Verlander --  it would be a disaster, because the Tigers won't be able to stretch much further with their payroll.

The Tigers also play in a pitcher's park. Doug Fister is a ground-ball pitcher, and an infield with both Cabrera (at third) and Fielder won't be pretty at times. Jhonny Peralta at shortstop is no Ozzie Smith. All three might be Silver Sluggers, but they bear little resemblance to Gold Gloves.

So are the Tigers a better team today? Sure they are. Should the rest of the division just hand the Tigers the title because they had a great offseason? Ask the Red Sox how that worked out last summer.

"Moneyball" was a darn good baseball movie, and it's now in contention for six Oscars.

The adaptation of Michael Lewis' book about the 2002 Oakland A's was nominated Tuesday for Best Picture, Best Screenplay, Best Actor (Brad Pitt), Best supporting Actor (Jonah Hill) and for editing and sound mixing.

Like those A's, the movie will be a big underdog in the Best Picture category against "The Artist," "The Descendants," "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close," "The Help," "Hugo," "Midnight in Paris," "The Tree of Life" and "War Horse."

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