1. Ryan aptly summed up the general feelings of the most exciting pitcher in White Sox history returning in an opposing uniform Tuesday, but it was nice to see everyone playing make nice in Chris Sale’s first start in Chicago wearing a Red Sox uniform since his offseason trade to Boston. Despite Sale’s often hot-headedness and some belief […]
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A New Kind Of Chris Sale Day
Chris Sale had a tremendous impact on the White Sox organization. Drafting him in the first round of the 2010 MLB Draft was a buried treasure in a trove of horrible first round failures for more than a decade. He quickly established himself as the ace of a 2012 staff that nearly limped into the postseason. While […]
South Side Morning 5: Miguel Gonzalez Flirts with Perfection
1. As someone who lives outside of the Chicago area, I don’t often get to enjoy a baseball game on the south side of Chicago. On the rare occasion that I’m able to plop myself into a seat in Guaranteed Rate Field, I hope and pray to whomever may be listening that the game in […]
Leury Garcia: The First Big Find of the Rebuild
Rebuilding has a few very clear consequences. The first is that a majority of the talent in the organization is younger, regardless of the level. The major league roster lowers in age, and the minors become robust with even younger yet more underdeveloped talent. That youth allows for some flexibility in the big leagues. Naturally, […]
Why is MLB so bad at marketing star players?
Baseball isn’t dying. We know this is true because every year when the articles and tweets announcing baseball’s supposed continual slide into impending doom hit, a counter swell of information blows back with actual facts and data stating that things are actually fine, just fine. It’s a painfully silly cycle that is good for reminding […]
South Side Morning 5: Jose Quintana Falls Off A Cliff
1. Jose Quintana’s performance in Wednesday’s 8-6 loss to the Diamondbacks is tough to figure out. His first three innings were perfect — zero baserunners, five strikeouts. He seemed well on his way to his second straight stellar outing, third straight quality start, and putting all of his early season struggles to bed for good. […]
South Side Morning 5: More to say about Luis Robert
1. Since news broke Saturday that the White Sox have agreed to terms with Cuban star Luis Robert there’s been plenty of excitement about both his skill set and what that type of signing means for the White Sox future and their commitment to the future. The one piece that threw a bit of cold water on the […]
Let’s Talk About Saturday
Entering Saturday, the White Sox faithful were being told that the Cardinals were looking like the favorite to land Luis Robert with only a late night game being pitched by Mike Pelfrey as comfort. The script flipped abruptly and to the White Sox’ benefit on both fronts in dramatic fashion. First it was announced that […]
Chicago White Sox reportedly signing star Cuban outfielder Luis Robert
The hunt for the last big Cuban signing possible under the old international free agent rules is over: the White Sox are signing Luis Robert. Ken Rosenthal reported it first with Jon Heyman confirming the news shortly thereafter. This, quite frankly, is huge. In 53 games as a 19 year old in the Cuban National Series, Robert […]
Which White Sox Will Take His Talents to South Beach?
It’s not even June yet. The All-Star Game is scheduled for mid-July. And yet, I’m already pondering who will be the White Sox representative in Miami. Now that the All-Star Game doesn’t have an actual effect on games played in October, it’s much easier to have fun with the fact that each team must have […]