A meeting of the Sox is to happen this week to start the homestand off. Red against White. Right versus Wrong. Which description fits the White Sox at this point is hard to say. Are they right or terribly wrong? The answer may depend on when you are looking at the White Sox and how you personally feel about them. For now, here is what you need to know for this upcoming series:

2013 Record: White Sox 19-23, 4th in AL Central. Red Sox 27-17, 2nd in AL East

2013 Season Series: 0-0

2012 Season Series: 2-6

All-Time Series Record: 925-962 (The White are 536-408 at home against the Red)

The following pitchers are expected to start this series:

Dylan Axelrod: 1-3, 4.27 ERA, 26K vs. Jon Lester: 6-0, 2.72 ERA, 50K

Jose Quintana: 2-1, 3.97 ERA, 34K vs. Felix Doubront: 3-1, 6.03 ERA, 42K

Chris Sale: 5-2, 2.53 ERA, 61K vs. Clay Bucholz: 6-0, 1.78 ERA, 69K

All three games begin at 7:10 pm CDT. Don’t forget, you can get discounted tickets for tonight’s and Tuesday’s game here as part of the CTA construction on the Red Line.  » Continue reading “Right Against Terribly Wrong. Series Preview: White Sox Versus Red Sox”

It used to be that when the Sox would be facing the Twins, I could easily make fun of how bad the Twins were playing. Now, not so much. In any event, after an abysmal homestand, here is what you need to know for the upcoming road trip the White Sox are embarking upon:

2013 Record: White Sox 15-20, 5th in AL Central. Twins: 17-17, 4th in AL Central

2013 Series Record: 2-0

2012 Series Record: 14-4

All-time Series Record: 385-420 (The Sox are 175-226 at Minnesota against the Twins)

The following pitchers are expected to start the three games:

Hector Santiago: 1-1, 1.69 ERA, 25K vs. Pedro Hernandez: 1-0, 5.6 ERA, 11K

Jake Peavy: 4-1, 3.03 ERA, 45K vs. Kevin Correia: 4-2, 3.0 ERA, 20K

Dylan Axelrod: 0-3, 4.17 ERA, 22K vs. Mike Pelfrey: 3-3, 6.03 ERA, 15K

Monday and Tuesday’s games begin at 7:10 pm. Wednesday’s game starts at 1:10 pm and is the free MLB dot TV game of the day. All times CDT. » Continue reading “To The North! Series Preview: White Sox At Twins”

Since the White Sox season ended a few weeks ago, one thing is now clear to me. The off season will not be dull. It all began before the season with the end of Ozzie Guillen on the south side. Then there was Don Cooper managing. Mark Buehrle possibly pitching his last game. Then of course, there is the most recent news with Robin Ventura being named as manager of the team. If somehow the off season manages to be boring, I will be beyond surprised.

Here is the news you might have missed.

 Project Bacon appears to be tops for the new coaching staff.

 Yesterday a report came out about some of the mess that went on with the Boston Red Sox including clubhouse drinking. Well, our very AJ Pierzynski has owned up to doing just that.

 If you think that Paul Konerko as a player manager was a wacky idea, imagine what AJ Pierzynski thought.  » Continue reading “South Side Hits: October 13, 2011″

The White Sox finished off their series against the Boston Red Sox, hoping for a series win. Despite their best efforts, the White Sox fell to the Red Sox with a final score of 5-3.

Mark Buehrle pitched six solid innings and left with a lead. He gave up two runs, both earned, on five hits and three walks. Trouble came in the seventh with Jesse Crain. He lasted 0.1 innings, giving up two runs on three hits. Only one of those runs was earned. Chris Sale came on in relief for an inning. He walked one and struck out two. Jason Frasor pitched for 1.0 innings. He gave up an earned run on one hit and one walk. Will Ohman finished off the ninth, pitching 0.2 innings, intentionally walking Kevin Youkilis and giving up one hit.

Despite racking up 11 hits, the White Sox only scored three runs. Brent Lillibridge, Paul Konerko, and Gordon Beckham were the only starters that did not pick up a hit. Konerko went 0-for-1 with a walk and was hit by a pitch in the fourth inning and left the game. Alexei Ramirez went 2-for-5 with an RBI, and Brent Morel went 2-for-3 with an RBI before Omar Vizquel replaced him as a pinch hitter. Adam Dunn went 1-for-5, but three of those outs were strikeouts. Again. » Continue reading “Red Sox Slip Past White Sox”

John Danks is still winless.

The White Sox sent the lefty up to face the Blue Jays Ricky Romero, but Danks barely lasted four innings and now has an 0-8 record. Danks gave up nine runs in those four innings, as the Sox lost 13-4.

Danks looked terrible in those four innings. He gave up back-to-back-to-back singles, which scored a run. With one out, Danks walked the bases loaded, and the next batter, Aaron Hill, hit a grand slam to put the Blue Jays up 5-1. Immediately following, Danks gave up a homer to Edwin Encarnacion, his first home run of the season. In the fourth, Danks gave up a single to Yunel Escobar which scored Rajai Davis. The next batter, Corey Patterson, hit a two-run homer to right.
» Continue reading “Danks Doesn’t Dazzle”

April 15th, the day Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in baseball’s Major League,  is a historic day.  It’s also usually the day “diversity” numbers are released, including the number of African American baseball players in the game.

All I can say is, Jackie Robinson would not be happy.

According to the most recent survey conducted by Richard Lapchick’s Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sports at the University of Central Florida:

The percentage of black players dropped to 8.5 percent on opening day this year, down from 10 percent at the start of last season and its lowest level since 2007. It was 17 percent when Lapchick the began tracking the figure in 1990.

There were also drops in the representation by team coaches and managers. » Continue reading “African Americans in MLB: Where Are They?”

Home Sweet Home! Finally, the White Sox are home for some games. They will start a seven-game homestand hosting the Tampa Bay Rays.

2011 Records: White Sox: (3-2) Rays: (0-5) Season series 0-0

2010 Season Series record: 3-4

All-time White Sox record against the Rays: 59 – 42 (The White Sox are 29 – 18 at the Cell against the Rays)

In the four games, the following pitchers are expected to start for each team:

Edwin Jackson: 1-0, 3.00 ERA, 7K v. David Price: 0-1, 5.14 ERA, 7K

John Danks: 0-1, 3.00 ERA, 8K v. James Shields: 0-1, 2.45 ERA, 7K

Phil Humber: 0-0, 9.00 ERA, 0K v. Wade Davis: 0-1, 5.68 ERA, 3K

Gavin Floyd: 0-0, 5.14 ERA, 5K v. Jeff Nieman: 0-1, 7.50 ERA, 4K

Games will be at 1:10 pm CT Thursday, 7:10 pm CT Friday, 3:10 pm CT Saturday and 1:10 pm CT on Sunday afternoon. » Continue reading “Series Preview: White Sox v Rays”