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A.L. Central Week in Review

    It may not have had the ending White Sox fans were hoping for, but it was a successful week on the road for the team and they return to U.S. Cellular this week with a larger lead than they…Read More

A.L. Central All-Stars (Maybe)

  Rosters for the 2012 All-Star Game will be announced next week. MLB keeps adding more and more players to each team, there are 34 spots now (including the final “fan vote”) and when you factor…Read More

A.L. Central Week in Review

    It was an up and down week for the White Sox. Actually, more accurately, it was a down and then up week. They hold 1st place by the slimmest of margins at the moment. Sunday also brought…Read More

White Sox Walk Off & Move Up

This will be a particularly short post as the game today was quite the pitchers duel, remaining scoreless into the tenth inning. Jose Quintana continued to dominate today, going 8 innings giving up just…Read More

Adam Dunn and the Three True Outcomes

  At the moment, Adam Dunn leads the American League in home runs (23), walks (55), and strikeouts (109). Those three categories make up what are sometimes referred to as the “three true outcomes,”…Read More

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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

100 Home Runs With Three Teams

Yesterday Jim Thome hit his 100th home run in a Phillies uniform. He became the 24th player in franchise…Read More

A.L. Central Week in Review

    It was a week filled with tight games for the White Sox as five of their six contests were…Read More

Road Warriors

The White Sox have been unbelievably good on the road this season. However, at the same time, they have…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

A.L. Central Week in Review

  The next three weeks will present a real test of the White Sox mettle, as after a day off today,…Read More

Battling the Wrong Side of a Sweep – Lineups 6/7

Jose Quintana produced another solid outing Wednesday night but the Sox bats slept through the day despite…Read More

Jordan Danks is on the Way

Keep calm, kiddos. A 2 game skid is just that, a 2 game skid. No better way to stop the bleeding than…Read More

Canada in the House – Lineups 6/5

The AL East is a crazy place. 3 games separate first place from last place. The Blue Jays share last…Read More

Can the Rotation Keep This Up?

  The White Sox have been on an absolute tear recently and in addition to sitting atop the A.L.…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

Kenny Williams: A Draft History

Draft time is upon us. Kenny Williams and the White Sox are hopeful to make good use of the 13th pick.…Read More

A.L. Central Week in Review

  The White Sox took control of 1st place in the division last week and are behind only the Texas…Read More

Playing Without a Streak

The winning streak came to a sputtering unsure halt yesterday. The score was wobbly for the entire afternoon,…Read More

Saturday in the Park – Lineups 6/2

Hitters are hitting, pitcher’s are pitching, and everybody is benefiting from balls falling the Sox…Read More