Where dreams are made of. Ah yes, the Sox get to visit the Big Apple. If only the hot Sox team were headed to NY to see the Yankees that struggled at the beginning of the season. In any event, this weekend could tell us tons about this team. Here is what to know for the upcoming four games:

2012 Record: White Sox 40-35, 1st in AL Central. Yankees: 46-28, 1st in AL East

2012 Series Record: 0-0

2011 Series Record: 2-6

All-Time Series Record: 802-1,041  (The Sox are 365-554 at New York)

The following pitchers are expected to start in the four games this weekend: 

Dylan Axelrod: 0-1, 4.85 ERA, 9K v. Ivan Nova: 9-2, 4.25 ERA, 80K

Jose Quintana: 2-1, 1.25 ERA, 24K v. Adam Warren: 0-0, 0.00 ERA, 0K

Jake Peavy: 6-4, 2.84 ERA, 90K v. Hiroki Kuroda: 7-7, 3.40 ERA, 69K

Gavin Floyd: 6-7, 4.80 ERA, 85K v. Phil Hughes: 8-6, 4.48 ERA, 81K

Thursday and Friday’s games begin at 6:05 pm. Saturday’s game begins at 12:05 pm and Sunday’s game begins at 1:05 pm. All times CDT. » Continue reading “Concrete Jungle. Series Preview: White Sox @ Yankees”

Initial observations before the game began: this line up versus CC Sabathia = doom from the start. Not to mention the Yankees were introduced with Imperial March playing. Sure, such thoughs ar self-defeatist, but completely normal given how this White Sox team is. Oh and the best player was not on the field after getting hit by a pitch in Sunday’s game.

The man who provided White Sox offense for the night

No matter as somehow the scored remained quite close. Early on, Jake “Dirt Bag” Peavy was throwing a lot of pitches. The runs he gave up were early and due primarily to the speediness of Brett Gardner and Curtis Granderson. Despite all of the talk of Dirt Bag being gassed after 75 pitches or the fourth inning, it was early on that things became a worry.

Of course, by the time Peavy hit around 80 pitches, I didn’t see much activity in the bullpen. Eventually Chris Sale was up and he came into the game in the eighth inning finally. Dirt Bag ended up throwing 115 pitches total. The appearance was less scary than usual only because the damage was done early.

The Sox did get back into the game in the fourth inning when Alexei Ramirez hit a two-run home run. There was hope! Except, CC has never had his teams give up a three-run lead over the White Sox. Of course, tonight was not going to be the day this would change. CC is now 18-4 career against the White Sox.  » Continue reading “Fun Times. Or Not”

Ugh. After trying to tame the AL East top beast, things will not get easier as the next AL East beast is in town for four games. Here is what to know heading into those games, which are sure to be anything but mundane.

2011 Records: White Sox: 52-54, 3rd in AL Central. Yankees: 64-42, 2nd in AL East. Season series: 2-2

2010 Record: 2-4

All-Time series record: 802-1,037 (the Sox are 437-483 at home against the Yankees)

The following pitchers are expected to pitch in the match ups:

Jake Peavy: 4-4, 5.27 ERA, 53K v. CC Sabathia: 15-5, 2.56 ERA, 156K

John Danks: 4-8, 3.79 ERA, 81K v. Phil Hughes: 1-3, 8.24 ERA, 16K

Gavin Floyd: 9-9, 3.96 ERA, 96K v. A.J. Burnett: 8-9, 4.23 ERA, 120K

Philip Humber: 8-7, 3.44 ERA, 77K v. Bartolo Colon: 8-6, 3.30 ERA, 98 K

All games begin at 7:10 pm CDT. » Continue reading “Series Preview: White Sox v Yankees”

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”

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!”