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Their stellar bullpen and superior defense make the biggest difference. The most common series result is a White Sox win in seven games.What follows is an example series based on the most common result of those simulations. It includes boxscores, play-by-play and stats for each game in the series. Click on the links to see the entire breakdown of the game.Game 1 Cubs 0 White Sox 1:  Boxscore with play-by-play>Game 2 Cubs 4 White Sox 2:  Boxscore with play-by-play>Game 3 White Sox 1 Cubs 4:  Boxscore with play-by-play>Game 4 White Sox 9 Cubs 3:  Boxscore with play-by-play>Game 5 White Sox 6 Cubs 5:  Boxscore with play-by-play>Game 6 Cubs 9 White Sox 1:  Boxscore with play-by-play>Game 7 Cubs 7 White Sox 8:  Boxscore with play-by-play> Whatifsports specializes in answering the great ?What if?? questions in sports by simulating games between historical teams, and has exciting simulation games for MLB, NBA, NFL, NHL, college basketball and college football.For more of Whatifsports 's content, please visit Beyond the Box Score. * VW posts 76 percent drop in Q1 operating profit Stocks  |  Private Capital  |  China  |  Brazil  |  France  |  Italy * Peugeot says Q1 revenue fell 25 percent * Truck-maker Volvo cuts over 1,500 jobs * Daimler CEO sees Chrysler stake sale likely in 2009 * Cerberus not interested in Opel stake - source(Adds analyst comment, more detail on Volvo) By Helen Massy-Beresford and Christiaan Hetzner PARIS/FRANKFURT, April 22 (Reuters) - Plunging profit atcarmaker Volkswagen, slumping sales at rival PSA Peugeot Citroenand job cuts by truck-maker Volvo provided further evidence ofthe dire state of the automotive industry on Wednesday. But markets welcomed steps being taken by some to counterthe downturn, such as German Volkswagen's (VOWG.DE) move toconserve cash and Swedish Volvo's (VOLVb.ST) job cuts.[ID:nLL526467] [ID:nLM655125] Volkswagen's preferred shares (VOWG_p.DE) were up 5.8percent at 1150 GMT, while Volvo stock was up 8.3 percent.

Elsewhere, Daimler (DAIGn.DE) chief executive Dieter Zetschetold the magazine Capital there was a greater than 50 percentchance the German carmaker would sell its remaining stake inChrysler [CBS.UL] this year Also, U.S. financial investor Cerberus [CBS.UL], themajority owner of Chrysler, has no interest in taking a stake inGeneral Motors' GM.N Opel business, a source close to thesituation told Reuters on Wednesday. [ID:nWEA7713] Volkswagen, Europe's biggest carmaker, was able to post afirst-quarter operating profit down 76 percent to 312 millioneuros ($403 million) thanks to a 600 million contribution fromthe sale of its Brazilian heavy truck business to MAN (MANG.DE). Automotive net liquidity rose 34 percent to 10.7 billioneuros as of the end of March compared with 8.0 billion euros atthe end of December, as the carmaker slashed investment cash. "There is no other company in the industry that performsbetter in this market than Volkswagen," said Credit Suisseanalyst Arndt Ellinghorst, welcoming the results and adding "Istick to my thesis that VW should use its net liquidity to buy(sportscar brand) Porsche AG". LBBW analyst Frank Biller sounded a more cautious note: "Itlooks as if VW did a good job of holding its ground but until wecan look at the full accounts in the quarterly report it's tooearly to give a more detailed analysis".

Volkswagen said 2009 revenue would fall because of thedecline in volume sales. PEUGEOT UNDERPERFORMS PSA Peugeot Citroen (PEUP.PA) shares underperformed themarket, as it posted a 25 percent drop in first-quarter revenueto 11.0 billion euros, and confirmed it still expected a lossand negative free cash flow in 2009. The French carmaker's shares were down 1.4 percent, whilethe CAC-40 index .FCHI was 0.4 percent higher and the DJ StoxxEuropean autos index .SXAP rose 0.9 percent. Finance director Isabel Marey-Semper told analysts thefourth quarter of 2009 would be "very difficult". Although incentives to scrap cars in some European countries-- especially France and Germany -- had a positive impact onsales, "the overall outlook remains volatile, with limitedvisibility at this stage," Peugeot said.

[ID:nL0584215] Natixis Securities analyst Georges Dieng said: "The questionis really how the scrapping schemes in European countries aregoing to finish. The market will adjust at that moment either upor down, and that will affect how it evolves in 2010". JOB NEWS In a further sign of the sector's woes, Volvo announced itwould cut more than 1,500 jobs to adjust to plummeting demandacross its main markets. Elsewhere on Wednesday, Volkswagen's (VOWG.DE) premium brandAudi said it would postpone any decision to build vehicles inthe United States as it pledged to invest around 300 millioneuros in the Seat plant in Martorell, Spain, where it plans tobegin building the Q3 compact sport utility vehicle in 2011.[ID:nFAB013051] In Asia, China's ministry of commerce said it would expand asubsidy scheme to encourage the replacement of old cars andbuses. [ID:nPEK143246] The results season for Europe's carmakers continues withItalian Fiat (FIA.MI) on Thursday and Volvo on Friday. For a Take-A-Look on automotive stories see [nCARS1](Additional reporting by Matthias Blamont, Philipp Halstrick,Aileen Wang, Alan Wheatley, Ben Harding and Manuel Maria Ruiz,Niklas Pollard and Oskar von Bahr; Editing by Marcel Michelsonand Dan Lalor) ($1 = 0.7738 euro) Stocks Private Capital China Brazil France Italy.