What will be more difficult? Explaining to future generations how impossibly nasty Chris Sale was in his heyday when decades of pitching development will make his pitch mix and delivery seem ordinary, or explaining the sublime nature of Jose Quintana‘s mastery over all that he can control. 1. A leadoff double from Leonys Martin put Quintana […]
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Mariners 3, White Sox 1: Brilliant finish from Sale brightens otherwise awful game
It’s the time of year to cling to positives, to look for something to track for progress, or given the absence of Jose Abreu‘s power bat and Chris Sale‘s most overwhelming strikeout stuff, and Jose Quintana striving for a career year, just some feats of strength from the core is enough to be heartwarming. In that vein, it’s […]
White Sox 7, Mariners 6: Todd Frazier Plays Hero In Walkoff Victory
After playing the last couple of series against teams with records even poorer than theirs, the White Sox found themselves back up against a team with actual playoff aspirations. In their own meandering way, they helped to push those aspirations down by adding a loss to the Mariners’ ledger and dealing the mental blow of […]
Tim Anderson Showing Promise of a Solid Future in Rookie Season
It’s hard to believe that just three months ago, White Sox rookie shortstop Tim Anderson’s name was just a blip on the radar of every White Sox fan’s mind. A piece of the future that was near, but they weren’t sure how near. But now it’s hard to remember a time before Anderson. Tyler Saladino […]
A guaranteed missed opportunity
As you’ve likely seen by now, the White Sox announced a long-term deal to rename their stadium to Guaranteed Rate Field, with the 13-year agreement going into effect November 1. From a strictly dollars and cents perspective, the news is somewhere between neutral and good; from a more important perspective, it’s an example of this […]
Phillies 5, White Sox 3: A non-humiliating Shields loss
Recently, James Shields had been sliding back to his old habits of getting completely annihilated while pitching in a White Sox uniform. Coming into Wednesday night, Shields had allowed six earned runs in each of his August starts, given up nine home runs in 14 innings of work, only lasted 14 innings in four starts, been crushed […]
Rodon’s war against the other side
The Phillies only having one good left-handed hitter on their entire roster is mostly disastrous, but it puts them in a position to do something pretty sharp. Against Carlos Rodon, who came into Tuesday night with right-handers hitting .305/.365/.484 off of him–even with his hot August beginning to factor in–the Phillies trotted out an all-righty […]
White Sox 9, Phillies 1: Total dominance
The Phillies are not a good baseball team. They’re in the middle of a genuine rebuild, their hot start to the season was mostly helium, they have a moribund offense and no parts of their promising young pitching were on display Tuesday night with Jake Thompson on the hill. A Sox blowout shouldn’t have been […]
White Sox need to face facts about chronic offense shortcomings
I’m not sure what I expected. Kenny Williams speaking to assembled media on a golf course is not exactly the forum for a public bloodletting on the state and fate of the White Sox, or even the ideal place for an adjustment on their general policy to err on the side of opaqueness. But in […]
South Side Morning 5: The joy of Sale and Quintana
With the Sox season having gone from one of their best starts in memory to dead by July, and with nearly all of their rosterable rookies maimed beyond reason, the 2016 season has lost a lot of the traditional reasons to watch it. That Chris Sale and Jose Quintana are saddled with this group is […]