Chris Sale’s return from suspension was unremarkable, but he was steady and effective for six innings. It was not enough. Each team protected its home park and this season’s crosstown series ends in a tie following Thursday night’s North side victory at Wrigley Field. 1. The Sox scored early in the first inning on a […]
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Do we need to talk about Anthony Ranaudo?
I mean, probably not. The first images of Anthony Ranaudo Wednesday night were infuriating. Here’s a guy who has spent the last few seasons bouncing around between increasingly slim opportunities to stick, and finally found some traction in Triple-A Charlotte by filling up the zone with his middling stuff, and here he is in a nationally […]
What Clicked For Miguel Gonzalez In July?
There certainly hasn’t been a lot to smile about on the South side recently. Watching the White Sox has been just short of painful many nights, which tends to drown out the positive aspect of certain things such as “Hey, look over there! Miguel Gonzalez has been really consistent lately!” That’s been quite a truism as […]
Cubs 8, White Sox 1: No-no bid gives way to blowout
Taking the bump Wednesday night in lieu of the internationally renowned fashion guru, Chris Sale, was Anthony Ranaudo. You know, that guy that the Sox murdered and then immediately acquired. No, not that one. This one. He squared off against Cubs right-hander Jason Hammel, as the Sox dropped the first of two at Wrigley. • What looked like a blowout waiting […]
South Side Morning 5: Crosstown Cup Afterglow
1. As illuminating as Chris Sale‘s statements to Scott Merkin were on Monday, about how discontent in leadership from the franchise player could indicate a larger loss in confidence and stability in Robin Ventura’s leadership, Tuesday was more of a customary circling the wagons. Ventura assured he was capable of working with Sale just fine, […]
White Sox 3, Cubs 0: Sox clutch Cup as Shields shuts down Cubs
I have not been a big James Shields believer on his “return to form.” He’s clearly been better than he was during his disastrous start to his White Sox tenure, but the stuff didn’t look quite there, and the strikeouts not being there either (16 in 34.1 innings) backed up the doubt. His work was […]
The Case Against Selling
The non-waiver trade deadline is still a few days off, but the White Sox have already publicly acknowledged that this season is dead. And even after a bizarre three-game winning streak at the expense of the Tigers and Cubs, their playoff odds still sit somewhere around five percent. Perhaps it was a mercy that they got crushed […]
Chris Sale and the Battle of Who Can Look Worse
Chris Sale‘s flirtation with the sartorial industry has without a doubt been one of the strangest subplots in this White Sox season, a sentence that should not have been possible four months after learning that a 14-year-old boy was a clubhouse leader. But the fact that the Drake LaRoche saga was even capable of occurring […]
White Sox 5, Cubs 4: Sox waste Gonzalez gem, then walk off for the third time in a row
When the No. 5 starter gets lined up against the opposing team’s ace, it’s typically good work to just to keep it competitive. When the No. 5 starter is a preseason waiver wire grab and the opposing ace is the reigning NL Cy Young, well then… And yet, Miguel Gonzalez was up to the task, […]
The Notion of Being Mired in Mediocrity
When White Sox General Manager Rick Hahn met with the media on Thursday, the words he would speak felt long overdue to most, but somehow still so unexpected. “Mired in mediocrity.” The words were perfect, and made me feel both heartbroken and as though someone understood what I’d been seeing for years. Coming from White […]