For the third straight game, the White Sox bullpen blew a late lead to the Royals and the Sox fell 5-4. The Royals are now in first place in the AL Central and the White Sox are in third. Baseball sucks and life is pain. Team Record: 27-24 Next game will be far too soon […]
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Royals 8, White Sox 7: Robertson and bullpen surrender game to Royals
A game that should have been easily won was not, and the Sox found yet another way to break the hearts of the poor desolate souls who follow them. The White Sox are now 4-13 in their last 17 games. Fittingly, the game that spurred the current apocalyptic slide saw the bullpen cough up a five […]
Royals 7, White Sox 5: Below .500 But For the Twins
The only reason the White Sox are still in first place is because the Orioles beat Cleveland. Friday night featured a parabolic emotional arc from misery to ecstasy and then humiliating impotent rage as the White Sox have now gone 4-12 in their last sixteen games after blowing a four-run lead they held going into […]
The MLB Draft and the Chicago White Sox: A Recent History
The current regime of the Chicago White Sox, for all intents and purposes, began in 2000 when Kenny Williams took over as general manager. Williams replaced Ron Schueler and wound up as the third-longest tenured GM in team history, behind only Roland Hemond and Harry Grabiner. While Williams handed over the GM reins to Rick […]
Oh Good, The Royals Again – Game Preview & Lineups 5/26
The White Sox are officially floundering, right? Does their positioning at the top of the American League Central disqualify them from official floundering status? They haven’t won a series in weeks, and are coming off a pair of losses in which they burned their top two, and arguably, only reliable starting pitchers. You could waste […]
It’s (Probably) Not Time To Panic on the South Side Just Yet
“It doesn’t mean the whole season is going to end up this way.’’ Manager Robin Ventura told reporters on Monday. Ventura is right. Of course, he was more specifically referring to White Sox first basemen Jose Abreu’s recent struggles at the plate, but this quote can certainly fit into a variety of different contexts for his […]
Indians 4, White Sox 3: Very close to avoiding disaster but not quite
It’d take a real creative bent to characterize the White Sox recent performance in a manner more generous than “freefall.” They have dropped three in a row to the now barely second place Indians and have lost five series in a row. But it’s more eye of the beholder whether another one-run loss that was […]
South Side Morning 5: Why did Chris sale deviate from his plan?
1. Why did Chris Sale do what he did? Why did the man who has built his season on filling up the zone and conserving energy, suddenly find himself starting the night in fire-and-brimstone mode, burning 43 pitches in an inning, and ending his night overthrowing his way to the backstop? Sure, he had awful command […]
Who can survive at the back end of the White Sox rotation?
This weekend and Monday’s doubleheader offered a long look at the lower rungs of the White Sox starting pitching depth, and until some happy blockbuster drops in their lap, this is the group from which they need to sort out the last two spots of their rotation: Miguel Gonzalez “Inconsistent” is usually just a term […]
Indians 5, White Sox 1: The first game was better
In the second round of ‘throw your scuffling starter at the wall and hope he sticks,’ the Indians brought out a guy who sat mid-90s with a nice overhand curve, and the White Sox brought out Erik Johnson. 1. Erik Johnson was OK! He had all the normal shortcomings of Erik Johnson (shaky control, fastball […]