Robin Ventura may not be the problem, but Robin Ventura is a problem. I think the majority of White Sox fans can agree on this. Wednesday afternoon news leaked that the White Sox have privately decided to keep Ventura on as manager for 2017, causing an emotional meltdown throughout much of the Sox community, launching fans headlong […]
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A possible Sale farewell
Writing topics don’t come easily these days, so it would behoove me to not ignore the obvious one offered by the Daily Herald’s Scot Gregor Tuesday night. Sale is done after allowing 3 runs in 7 innings. Could be last start of season, possibly last start ever for #WhiteSox — Scot Gregor (@scotgregor) September 28, […]
Avisail Garcia has had a decent second half–what does this mean?
Who is less trustworthy to make a fair and honest and realistic assessment of Avisail Garcia‘s progress at this point? The Chicago White Sox or…us? Us being the viewing public that has seen Garcia stumble and struggle and hint at huge potential, but never quite reach it for parts of four seasons, and watched him […]
These Are The Bad Kind of Excuses
The expression “no excuses” has always vexed me. After all, if you would have won a race, but someone snagged you in a net before you hit the finish line, that’s a pretty excellent excuse. I also understand the expression as something athletes say when a star player gets hurt, because you have to maintain […]
White Sox 3, Indians 0: Rodon pushes back Cleveland’s clinch party
With the Tigers getting poleaxed by Royals on their own field at the time of this writing, the Indians just needed a victory against the deeply scuffling White Sox to be celebrating an AL Central title in their clubhouse Sunday afternoon. Which…wouldn’t be the end of the world. It’s not like the White Sox have skin […]
White Sox 8, Indians 1: All Bad Things Must End
The Cleveland Indians came into Saturday night’s game with a magic number of two, and the apparent assurance that they would get to clinch the AL Central during this series. The White Sox somehow managed to postpone that ignominious dishonor for at least another night by beating Cleveland 8-1. 1. The Sox got off to […]
Indians 10, White Sox 4: Making the season worth ending
Thanks to some early offensive fireworks, it wasn’t immediately obvious to newcomers which team was fighting for the best record in the American League Friday night in Cleveland, and which was straining for a reason to keep going, but these things have a certain, brutal way of self-correcting. Despite staking themselves to a pair of […]
A decent Todd Frazier second half
A big point of concern for Todd Frazier coming into this year was his tendency for second half slides. Sort of like his teammate Chris Sale, Frazier had a history of fading down the stretch, posting a worse triple slash line after the All-Star Break than he did before it for the last three seasons […]
Let’s appreciate Adam Eaton
There simply hasn’t been a whole lot to revel in since the epic mid-May collapse of the 2016 White Sox. There have been slumps, there have been injuries, there have been newcomers who didn’t live up to their expectations, and a whole lot of losses to chalk up in the L column. White Sox fans […]
Chris Sale’s Cy Young case goes in the tank
Things were not looking perfect for Chris Sale‘s bid to win his first Cy Young Award going into Wednesday night. Despite the Bovada odds, and for all the denigration that Rick Porcello has gotten as a candidate driven forward by his fortuitous win-loss record, his ERA was all of 0.05 higher than Sale’s, and they […]