On Tuesday night, the White Sox had one of the weirdest home run calls go their way. Yolmer Sanchez hit a ball with an unfathomable amount of spin on it. That resulted in Kevin Keirmaier, noted defensive genius with piercing blue eyes, completely misplaying the ball like a nincompoop. Perhaps it was Keirmaier’s horrible defense […]
Tag: Tampa Bay Rays
White Sox 1, Rays 0: One last Miguel Gonzalez gem for the road
Buried in the melancholy and disappointment of the 2016 White Sox season has been a small, quiet story of a journeyman pitcher who stared down a path that would lead to more waiver wires, non-guaranteed deals and the likely end of his career, and turned it around. Miguel Gonzalez, the former Mexican League hurler who […]
Chris Sale’s latest wizardry
The list of rewatchable Chris Sale moments is long and actively seeking new submissions. Just his return to Tampa this past weekend conjured memories of his Memorial Day coming out party in 2012, where he struck out 15 Rays batters over seven innings in an explosion of pure stuff. Friday night’s shutout at Tropicana Field […]
Rays 3, White Sox 2: Bats stay cold in the Florida sun
To be fair to the White Sox, and their extremely cold bats, which were responsible for ending a five-game winning streak with a discouraging dull thud in Tampa, they were not in the Florida sun like the headline claims; they were flailing helplessly inside a hidden den on the bay that never looks fully lit. […]
Score Some Runs Because John Danks Needs You To – Game Preview & Lineups 4/16
Having already matched their 2015 win total against the Rays, the White Sox will now attempt to surpass it behind a man who has thus far emerged as the starting rotation’s weak link. The Sox team starter ERA is first in the league, nearly half a run better than the second place Kansas City Royals. […]
White Sox 1, Rays 0: Chris Sale knows what he’s doing
Early into his start Friday night in Tampa it was to hard to pin down exactly what on Earth Chris Sale was doing. turns out the Rays were feeling the same way. 1. Sitting in the low-90s and daring the Rays’ hitters to jump out across dish and try to drive fastballs on the outer edge, […]
Waiting For Chris Sale to Chris Sale – Game Preview and Lineups 4/15
As much light as has been made about the scheduling of White Sox opponents, the upcoming series against the Rays will make two of the four teams they have played division winners in the eyes of PECOTA. The fact of the matter is the American League is without dramatic extremes. This is the schedule. These are […]