From HuffPo Chicago edition:

In a nod to Chicago's rival baseball teams, the news media's seats at the Obama transition team's Monday press conference have been divided into two sections: White Sox and Cubs. The Sox, Obama's favorite team, are the South section, while the Cubs section comprises the North seats.

From the morning pool report from McClatchy's Steve Thomma:

Motorcade rolled from Hyde Park at 9:11 am CST, pulled into service entrance of the hotel at 9:19 am CST. It's noteworthy that the press seats at the news conference have been divided into a White Sox section - to the South - and a Cubs section - to the North of the ballroom. But in a crime against nature, your pooler - a genuine White Sox fan, a man who attended his first twi-night double header at the Old Comiskey in 1963, who sat behind third base for the 50th anniversary All Star Game there in '83, who knew Bill Veeck and the wonders of Disco Demolition night, who saw the great Ozzie play before he managed - has been assigned a seat in the Cubs section.