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The trouble of Konerko’s rest

Robin Ventura has enough problems to deal without his quotes being sifted through as if they had some secret treasure buried within. Yet while downplaying his decision to sit team captain Paul Konerko for…Read More

White Sox hitters putting Ventura in a powerless position

It’s not much fun to watch Robin Ventura helplessly resigned to his seat in the dugout while his conceptions of sound, fundamental baseball are bastardized before him. Nor is it fun to watch him…Read More

Chris Sale casts aside White Sox troubles for a night

This was an inexcusably terrible weekend for recaps on the site.* Trips to the game, site outages, Mother’s Day all conspired against anything resembling consistent coverage, which is bad and should…Read More

Spring training is over, let it remain forever dead

Spring training came to an end for the White Sox Saturday. They lost 5-4 to the Brewers in a game where Gavin Floyd allowed a monstrous home run to Rickie Weeks in his only inning of work, Adam Dunn…Read More

Danks’ recovery stuck in place two weeks from Opening Day

Good gravy, that did not go well at all. Heading into Tuesday’s start against the Reds, John Danks needed to start hinting that starting the first week of the season with him in the rotation would…Read More

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Increased White Sox baserunning aggression is risky, of course

The primary impetuses behind the White Sox plan to be more aggressive on the basepaths–and Dan…Read More

Southside Showdown Preseason Roundtable Pt. 2

Continuing the roundtable discussion from this morning, it is asked… What are our expectations…Read More

Robin Ventura rejects an unnecessary extension because he finds it unnecessary

I spent Wednesday in a hole. By early Thursday, I was out of the hole and catching up on the NEWS When…Read More

Betcha been curious about what Dylan Axelrod has been up to!

Dylan Axelrod‘s continued presence on the plane of White Sox existence fits in nicely with every…Read More

To Put It Buntly

There are a lot of reasons the White Sox lost last night – they really miss Adam Dunn, Fister is a…Read More

Analyzing what we can’t know

There’s been a lot of talk about Robin Ventura for AL Manager of the Year around these parts, which…Read More

Does Jose Quintana deserve more trust?

The second instance of Jose Quintana logging eight shutout innings, and watching the bullpen blow the…Read More

Donnie Veal: Another New Guy

Pedro Hernandez didn’t have a major league debut that he’d like to recount to his grandchildren.…Read More

Robin’s cry for help

There’s no shortage of sources of frustration from Monday night’s 5-1 loss to the Red Sox.…Read More

White Sox Battle but Umpire Trouble Gets the Best of Them in Loss

Dylan Axelrod was called upon to make a start on short rest to allow Chris Sale to skip a start going…Read More

So you’ll get to see Chris Sale in the All-Star Game

sale all but scratched for sunday: 2-fold reasons, gives him a rest and lets him pitch all-star game. —…Read More

Zach Stewart has already gotten his share of chances

Zach Stewart’s start Monday night brought him into unwelcome territory–and I’m not…Read More

Quintana’s Gem Wasted By Bullpen, Ventura

A pitching duel was expected on Friday but instead we got one on Sunday. Jose Quintana lasted well…Read More

Meet Me in St. Louis – Lineups 6/12

The Sox go from the last team to suffer a loss by their hand before being given World Series rings to…Read More

Sweeps: It’s What They Do

A streak came to an end, but it wasn’t the win streak. The Sox failed to hit a homerun for the…Read More