Today was a busy day for Rick Hahn in terms of speaking with fans. In addition to that, he also spoke to bloggers. Needless to say, I was quite excited when I heard there would be a chance to ask him questions now that he is “the man” in charge over at the White Sox.

As you know, I am a season ticket holder and this season the Sox have been having calls with various people on the Sox. Past guests have included pitching coach Don Copper and former GM Ken Williams. These calls have always been interesting because fans get to ask the questions. Sometimes, I think that fans really try to ask the stuff that the media won’t. And other times, they ask some stuff that I am left scratching my head about.

In any event, today’s questions were pretty good and of course touched upon the burning issues that Sox fans have at the moment. Namely, AJ and Kevin Youkilis. Below is a summary of the call with Rick and season ticket holders. For the transcript of his call with us bloggers, be sure to visit South Side Sox. There is some really good stuff in here including the advice that Ken has given to Rick. And thanks so much to U-God for doing the transcription, saving us a ton of work!  » Continue reading “Chatting With Rick Hahn”

Admit it. When you saw the White Sox were down by four runs after one inning, you probably turned the tv off and decided that this game was lost.

But no! The Sox would add four runs in the top of the second and then more in the third. While the Yankees would tie it up in the fourth inning, AJ Pierzynski hit his second home run of the game to put the Sox ahead by a score of 7-6. Of course the Yankees weren’t done. They tried oh so valiantly to make a go of things. They did put up another run in the seventh inning, but the Sox were already ahead by a score of 10-6 at that point.

And your White Sox just kept pouring it on. Four runs added in the top of the ninth inning to make it 14-7. That score would hold up to be the final in the game. It got so comical that DeWayne Wise (remember him) came in to pitch to Paul Konerko and Alex Rios for the final two outs in the ninth inning. He actually got the job done. The Yankees pitching staff at this point had thrown nearly 300 pitches. Seems a great time to use a positional player to give those arms a break. » Continue reading “SLUGFEST! White Sox & Yankees Battle for Most Runs, Hits”

The White Sox looked to take three of four games from the Yankees. However, behind Edwin Jackson’s atrocious pitching, the Sox were blown out, 12-3.

Jackson lasted 4.0+ innings and did NOT pitch well at all. In those innings, he gave up four hits and five walks. Four of those walks came in the third inning, two of them came around to score.
» Continue reading “That Was Embarrassing”

Well it was fun while it lasted. The worst the White Sox can do is to split the series with the Yankees. Mark Buehrle is still searching for win number 150. Instead, Buehrle and the White Sox dropped game 3 to the Yankees by a score of 3-1.

Things didn’t start out too well for the White Sox as Juan Pierre and Alexei Ramirez were quickly out. TCQ then proceeded to hit a ball to left field over Andruw Jones’s head that led to a double. Finally something might happen. The Sox have scored with two outs this season, but given the anemic offense of late, that might have been hoping for too much. Instead, The King was called out on a low strike. He didn’t think it was a strike and got into it with the home plate umpire. He did however stay in the game. » Continue reading “It Was Over Before It Began”

The White Sox did something no one else has done this short season: they beat the Yankees two games in a row. Yes, the White Sox won again, giving the Yankees their first losing streak of the season.

Behind the stellar pitching of Gavin Floyd, the Sox beat the Yankees 3-2. Floyd almost got into trouble in the first. Curtis Granderson hit a ball hard to center field, but Alex Rios was there to rob him of a home run and a hit. In the second, Floyd wasn’t as lucky. Robinson Cano hit his fifth homer of the season to right field.
» Continue reading “Leaping Lillibridge!”

The White Sox actually scored a run in the first game of a four-game set against the Yankees!!! The scoreless inning streak ended at 23.1 innings. Carlos Quentin had hit a double and then was able to advance to third on a ball sharply hit by Paul Konerko to Robinson Cano who then threw The King out. Up next to bat was the Big Donkey. The Yankees were playing with the shift on him and Adam hit the ball to Jeter for a 6-3 out. More importantly, The Carlos Quentin was able to score a run. ESPN’s broadcast showed Ozzie in the dugout cheering, clapping and almost dancing at the scoreless streak ending.  » Continue reading “Praise Be To All Things Sacred, Holy & Good”