Brent Morel

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Gordon Beckham’s “nerve irritation” is really a broken hamate bone

For the second time in his career, the fates have responded to a brief stretch of promise in Gordon Beckham’s career by wounding one of his hands. In 2010, a Frank Hermann fastball to the right hand…Read More

Take two on Conor Gillaspie

In the immediate reaction to Friday’s trade for third basemen Conor Gillaspie, our friend Matt Adams stuck to the best formula for gauging the worth of an incoming player–find an intelligent…Read More

Reporters report to Spring Training

The White Sox do not have their pitchers and catchers report until Tuesday, in a great gesture of understanding that alarm clocks can malfunction, flights get missed, and airports on weekends are hell. Still,…Read More

Brent Morel, come on down

Rolling into the season with Brent Morel as the entrenched starting third basemen last season didn’t work out much at all. He somehow managed to slug under .200 before being shut down after 125…Read More

Brent Morel’s Disastrous Season

Coming into the 2012 season, Brent Morel had a pretty sweet setup. Dayan Viciedo had moved to another position, Omar Vizquel was banished to barren recesses of the Canadian wilderness, and the organization…Read More

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Let’s Win the AL Central! – Trade Considerations

The White Sox are three games up with 77 to go.  For a team with a front office that’s usually…Read More

Preparing for an Orlando Hudson-ridden future

Things aren’t looking so good for Brent Morel.  His rehab stint in Charlotte ended after nine…Read More

The White Sox are competitive, so it’s time to eat some crow

For my first ever post here at Southside Showdown, I decided to begin things in the same way every episode…Read More

The O-Dog is Here…to…

Wondering who will fill that roster vacancy when Brent Morel hits the DL? Wonder no more. The O-Dog,…Read More

Saturday Evening Lineup at Wrigley

As you may have guessed, Paul Konerko is not in the lineup today, nor will he be tomorrow and beyond…Read More

Sox @ Cubs Game 1 Lineups

Really glad for that day game yesterday, as a trip from California would be tough to recover from on…Read More

Best of the 2012 Sox, Best of the 2012 Cubs. An All-Chicago Team

If you were so inclined, you could argue that the Crosstown Classic has been going on for longer than…Read More

Lineups For First of a 2 Game Set vs. Tigers

Ken Rosenthal tweeted today that the White Sox are the proud owners of 2 of the 4 lowest OPS in the entire…Read More

No Offense = No Win

And so it is. We have an offense problem. Philip Humber has found his way throwing 6 and two thirds…Read More

Sale Test – Lineups for 5/12

Chris Sale, a man we all thought could not start, then he started, then he could not start, then maybe…Read More

Lineups For Series Opener with Royals 5/11 – Paulino vs. Floyd

The Royals tend to cause the Sox problems for reasons that can’t quite be explained. Coming off of…Read More

Royals Q&A With Kings of Kauffman’s Mike Engel

Since the schedule has given the White Sox permission to stop playing the Indians for now, U.S. Cellular…Read More

Wrappin’ it Up Against the Indians – Lineups for 5/9

I might be a sucker but if the Sox come out of Cleveland having won these last two I’ll be satisfied.…Read More

Half Game Wrap, Half Anti-Bunting Rant

Roughly 10,000 years ago Chris Sale started a game in which the White Sox would attempt to win a series…Read More

Floyd’s Solid Outing Not Enough

Though the win streak has come to an end, responsibility cannot be put on Gavin Floyd. Gavin managed…Read More