The White Sox certainly have their holes, but until this current worst stretch of the year that has now seen them lose five of six, they could not be accused of repeatedly wasting winnable games. 1. Matt Albers is not in the midst of his best stretch, but had started the top of the 11th […]
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Rodon is struggling but the Astros are bad – Game Preview & Lineups 5/17
The White Sox have been good. Over the last decade, qualifiers like actually being in first place haven’t been necessary for the fan base to start drawing comparisons to the 2005 team. But since they are, the references have been plentiful. If you’re the type that doesn’t have the stomach for such things, I suggest […]
Catching: A Concern
When I was younger, my friends and I would spend hours upon hours in the Michigan winters playing in the snow. One of our favorite games to play as a group was King of the Hill. We’d pile up snow as high as we could, and then half a dozen or so 10-to-12-year-olds would madly […]
Rangers 13, White Sox 11: Lots of hits, lots of runs, one loss
A game that started out as a hit fest, took a rain break, and picked up where it left off ended in a 13-11 Texas win as the White Sox and Rangers combined for 30 hits. Rain delay or not, when a game ends close to midnight, it’s not a shock that 11 runs isn’t enough […]
Putting Together Another Big Streak — Game Preview & Lineups 5/10
Monday night’s effort from Miguel Gonzalez set beside Todd Frazier’s heroics put the White Sox in a bit of a house money situation for the series. Their first win of the season with the fifth starter pitching in the bag, they’ll try to further capitalize and extend their win streak to five games, which would be […]
Red Sox 5, White Sox 2: Offense calls it a night early
You cannot win them all. In fact, if you have a specific weakness in your lineup, demonstrated by having to choose between Jerry Sands and Carlos Sanchez for DH, you might lose games for a specific reason at times. 1. Jose Abreu turned on and hammered a 91 mph Clay Buchholz fastball on the inner […]
Orioles 6, White Sox 3: And things started so well
Carlos Rodon took a perfect game into the fourth inning, and had the stuff to match. In addition to his normally cruel slider, Rodon was nicking the corners of the strike zone, and threw a straight change down broadway that made Manny Machado look like a fool. Anything seemed possible. 1. It turns out it […]
Just throw strikes, Carlos
Carlos Rodon wasn’t one to ruminate on the uniqueness of what will likely be the worst start of his career last Monday. He couldn’t make it past a third of an inning, and more specifically couldn’t go three-straight pitches without missing by a foot to his arm side. When asked about the the unprecedented absence […]
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 […]