For the White Sox, things are the best they have been in a long time. They’re 12-6, the clubhouse is humming and happy, despite unprecedented levels of Spring tumult, and they are one game away from sweeping a Rangers team that still has World Series potential, and is still tied for first place in the […]
Author: James Fegan
Avila expects to go to disabled list after suffering hamstring injury
Alex Avila left Saturday’s game after the sixth inning with tightness in his right hamstring, and it looks like his ailment will prompt a roster move. Manager Robin Ventura said Avila wasn’t moving well after the game and would need to be re-evaluated, but the man himself was less optimistic about the injury he said […]
White Sox 4, Rangers 3: Long, weird day at the Cell somehow produces Sox victory
The Rangers waited to use their closer through 11 innings, and will wind up having to wait for Sunday for a lead. 1. With a swiftly draining pen in the 11th inning, Rangers manager Jeff Banister didn’t reach for closer Shawn Tolleson, but instead stuck with Nick Martinez — a hot starter at this point last […]
Rodon’s road to recovery – Lineups & Game Preview for 4/23
If you can pull yourself away from replays of the White Sox triple play from Friday night, a far bigger factor in the team’s hopes for a playoff bid will be addressed today. Young prodigy Carlos Rodon make his first start Saturday after Monday night’s disaster where he lost all sense of the strike zone and […]
White Sox 5, Rangers 0: This one feels pretty different
On bad nights, the White Sox scrape together minimal scoring and depend on their starter to completely immolate the opposing lineup — in spite of shaky defense — to prop up a razor thin margin of victory. The formula seems unsustainable, and screams for offensive upgrades to be made. 1. Friday, however, was a good night. Jose Quintana, getting […]
South Side Morning 5: Why isn’t Austin Jackson hitting?
1. All the hullabaloo about Avisail Garcia being bad again has covered up that Austin Jackson has quietly been the worst hitter in the White Sox lineup early on. His ninth inning deep fly to the left field warning track dropped his batting line to .170/.204/.191 on the young season. Between this blast, a grand […]
Angels 3, White Sox 2: Late rally dies at the wall
The White Sox have themselves to blame. Enjoying the fruits of a soft early schedule has led them to a promising 10-6 start, but with the Rangers, Blue Jays and Orioles coming in to close the month, they may rue going 3-4 against the Rays and Angels, and especially failing to hit Jered Weaver on Thursday. […]
South Side Morning 5: Chris Sale finding new ways to astonish
1. Imagine being Chris Sale. Imagine thinking like Chris Sale, even. Imagine reaching the pinnacle of your profession, and deciding to reinvent yourself without being forced, or having it even be suggested. Imagine developing the most coveted skill in the sport — missing bats — to the point of complete supremacy over all your peers, and then set about […]
South Side Morning 5: The Most Cautious of Optimism
1. After a turgid five-runs-in-four-games stretch for the offense, which plummeted them to the depths of the major league standings in total offense, the White Sox offense can hardly be redeemed by their top two sluggers knocking around mediocrity from Matt Shoemaker, but… Todd Frazier basically jumped on the type of mistake we have been […]
White Sox 5, Angels 0: Everything is fixed
The White Sox have won again, and in doing so, have not merely stopped a three-game skid, but restored hope to baseball, justice to the region, and raised the expected weekend high temperature in Chicago by four degrees. Or they grinded out a win against what does not appear to be a very good Angels team, […]