Long Day for the Sox

After a long day that included a statue unveiling, a major milestone, a trip to the DL for one Sox starter, and two starting pitchers who didn't see the fifth inning, the Chicago White Sox finally lost to the Kansas City Royals 8-7 After the pomp and circumstance of the pre-game ceremony honoring Harold Baines ended, starters John Danks and Bryan [read more...]

WS stands for White Sox and World Series – Coincidence?

The baseball season is 70 games old, which makes it about 43.2% complete, give or take 0.009% or so. That also makes it time to obnoxiously and prematurely speculate about who is primed and ready for the World Series. Yes, a month before the Midsummer Classic even happens, we erstwhile members of the sports media have to sit down at our [read more...]

A Matter of Time?

Dusty Baker is frequently accused of ruining Kerry Wood and Mark Prior. The guilty verdict is not so obvious. Wood has a long history of arm troubles that predates Baker. As for Prior, there's no doubt Baker rode his best pitcher heavily in 2003. But if the team had managed to win it all, few Cub fans would care if [read more...]

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