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White Sox look to make more Jason Vargas memories – Lineups 5/19

Angels starter Jason Vargas is Bruce Chen without the mystique. A soft-tossing lefty whose pitches seem to waft over the plate lazily from his three-quarters delivery, who  boasts neither tricky stuff…Read More

Actual hits, actual runs from White Sox cover up foibles in defeat of Twins

Coming into this season, there were plenty of doubts expressed about the White Sox offense. As much as everyone who hinted at possible troubles is a prognosticating genius deserving your undying reverance,…Read More

Offensive Exxplosionnnn fuels series split

Looking back on the schedule, it’s not unprecedented for the White Sox to score five runs in a baseball game. They just did it on Sunday! They even scored six runs in a game last Tuesday (they lost…Read More

Maybe there will be rain – Lineups 5/8

Chicken or the egg? Single sniper or extra guy on the grassy knoll? Was Matt Harvey super dominant or was the White Sox offense genuinely terrible? Is “both” a reasonable answer to all of these?…Read More

STAY SAFE OUT THERE! – Lineups 5/2

Jake Peavy is missing the start with back spasms, Gavin Floyd is looking into whether he needs Tommy John surgery, Courtney Hawkins has a shoulder strain and is getting an MRI. Diminished John Danks is…Read More

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Jake Peavy’s dominance and sweet, sweet dingers snap White Sox skid in Cleveland

Dominant work from Jake Peavy, a delirious pitching mismatch against the beleaguered Brett Myers, leadoff…Read More

Home runs aren’t as much fun from the other side, Nationals edge White Sox

Each of the last two times Jake Peavy has faced the Washington Nationals, he blazed through injury red…Read More

Early spring training White Sox observations

At the spring training level, all we can do is observe. We can’t make conclusions, or even come…Read More

Southside Showdown Preseason Roundtable Pt. 1

With the podcast up and on its way, the roundtable format might be on its last legs, since its easier…Read More

White Sox notes: You should love home runs AND computers

In the first two years of the Kenny Williams era, 2001 and 2002, the White Sox as a team posted an above-average…Read More

John Danks showing some recovery skills, and other White Sox notes

John Danks was able to recover from his perpetual soreness enough to get back on the field and throw…Read More

Peavy’s return shows White Sox are serious about rotation; but what else?

The White Sox could have trotted out a starting rotation of Chris Sale, John Danks, Gavin Floyd, Jose…Read More

Rick Hahn is a college boy, and other White Sox notes

Chuck Garfien wrote out a profile of the new GM, Rick Hahn for CSN Chicago, and it’s worth your…Read More

You Don’t See That Every Night

  Friday night’s game had a lot of action early before settling down in the middle innings;…Read More

Milestones and Errors – White Sox Drop Another in KC

The White Sox were once again unable to pull out a win against the villainous Bruce Chen. The Panamanian…Read More

We’re Not Bruce Chen Fans – Lineups 7/7

Last night Gordon Beckham stepped up and helped the White Sox to victory in game 1 of a 3 game set with…Read More

Francisco Liriano and the Five and Half Man Rotation

Kenny Williams is not doing things just to do them. At no point following Zack Greinke going to the…Read More

Sox Well Represented For Comeback Player of the Year

Should Major League Baseball rename the Comeback Player of the Year award this year to “Most Improved…Read More

Trades Galore! But What About Us?

Things that needed to be address via trade: third base and relief pitching. Things that have been addressed…Read More

White Sox Get Verlander’d

Another installment of the Friday night pitching duel series is in the books. The first couple innings…Read More