Posted by Matt - May 21, 2008, 12:30 p.m.

I was not expecting this.

No one was. I happened to be at work, where the NBA lottery was on TV (one of the benefits of working in a sports section is that having sports on while working is not even remotely frowned upon) otherwise I probably would not even have been watching.

When they moved past nine and it was clear the Bulls were moving up, the newsroom let out a whoop. Page one was turned upside down. I called my roommate and fellow Oddball (also a fellow Bulls fan who stuck with them during the Dark Years) and, sure enough, he wasn't watching the lottery either. But he flipped to it as quickly as you can say Geovany Soto inside-the-park home run.

A 1.7 percent chance? How often does that come through?

(1.7 out of 100 times, for all you math geeks out there.)

It's a good thing the Bulls didn't make an ill-fated run to the eighth seed in the playoffs. Having the top pick is much better than being stomped on by the Celtics, methinks.

There will be plenty of time to debate Derrick Rose vs. Michael Beasley and discuss all the delicious trade possibilities (sigh, where are you Sam Smith), but this is, after all, a baseball blog.

So what does this mean for the Cubs and/or White Sox?