Yes, this team has won four in a row. What is this crazy talk? It started with taking two straight from the Twins and now they have taken two straight from the Angels. If you count the times the Angels and Sox have faced each other this season, it is three in a row over the Halos. Who would have thought such a thing would be possible.

Certainly not I as this team has been one bad outing after another. It was amazing if this team would win two games in a row, let alone three. Four just seemed like something that was never going to happen. But it did.

» Continue reading “Four In A Row? The White Sox Did It!”

sometimes, I’m not sure this team is better than this . . .

At first, things were looking somewhat promising for a White Sox winner. Early on, the game was tied and then the Sox managed to take a 2-1 lead on Hector Gimenez’s first double. Gimenez was actually having a pretty good night. Unfortunately, he got hit by a pitch in the seventh inning and ended up leaving the game.

At that point, the Sox still were up by one on the Indians. And then the eighth inning came along with a new battery of Matt Thornton and Tyler Flowers. And the defense just went to crap. Some hits were given up, a terrible pick-off throw attempt and the next thing you know, the Sox are now trailing 3-2.  » Continue reading “Almost But No As White Sox Lose To Indians”

If you look at the standings, “they suck” could be applied to either team meeting up in this series. Yeah, it is still early in the season, but these games do count and looking at them later in the season may prove to be too much to swallow. As the homestand continues, here is what you will need to know as the Indians make an appearance in town for the first time this season:

2013 Record: White Sox: 7-11, 5th in AL Central. Indians: 7-10, 4th in AL Central

2013 Series Record: 1-2

All-Time Series Record: 1,047-1,002 (The Sox are 551-468 against the Indians on the road)

The following pitchers are expected to start the three games:

Dylan Axelrod: 0-1, 4.70 ERA, 9K vs. Justin Masterson: 3-1, 1.67 ERA, 25K

Jose Quintana: 1-0, 2.55 ERA, 17K vs. Zach McAllister: 1-2, 3.12 ERA, 16K

Chris Sale: 1-2, 4.50 ERA, 23K vs. Corey Kluber: 1-0, 1.80 ERA, 5K

Monday and Tuesday’s games begin at 7:10 pm and Wednesday’s game is at 1:10 pm.  All times CDT.  » Continue reading “They Suck! Series Preview: White Sox Versus Indians”

Today’s game just didn’t get off to a great start. One pitch and a run on the board for the Cleveland Indians. If you’ve been watching the Sox the last few games, you probably got a pit in your stomach thinking, “here we go again” and that the game was lost already. The offense has been putrid. The starting pitching has been abysmal and Jake “Dirt Bag” Peavy had to go and serve up a nice juicy pitch for Michael Bourn to hit out of the park right away.

Fortunately, after getting off to the worst road start in over 35 years, Jake and the team settled down and managed to stop the road bleeding with a 3-1 win over the Indians. Offense came in the form of Paul Konerko hitting a two-run home run in the sixth inning to put the Sox ahead in the game 2-1. Alejandro De Aza added his own solo shot in the eighth inning as insurance for the Sox.  » Continue reading “Road Win For White Sox? Road Win For White Sox!”

I wanted good starting pitching and I got it. I wanted solid defense and so far, I’ve gotten it. As for offense, it was sparse and unfortunately, when opportunities arose to score, nothing happened. The White Sox dropped the opener to the Cleveland Indians by a final of 1-0.

The game turned out to be a pitching duel. After how Jose Quintana had pitched in his previous efforts, I was not expecting to see such a strong outing from him. Things got off to a great start for him when he struck out the side in the bottom of the first inning. Unfortunately, as good as he was, Justin Masterson was matching him. Masterson ended up pitching a complete game shutout tonight. He scattered five hits over the course of nine innings as well as striking out seven Sox batters. He also issued just one walk. » Continue reading “Offense Unable To Support White Sox In Pitching Duel”

Welp, the 10-game road trip the White Sox are currently on is going just terribly. They got swept in Washington in their first stint of interleague plague. Now, they are off to visit Cleveland and an improved Indians roster. Here is what you need to know for this three-game weekend series.

2013 Record: White Sox: 4-5, Indians 3-5

2012 Series Record: 11-7

All-Time Series Record: 1,046-1,000 (The Sox are 490-528 against the Indians on the road)

The following pitchers are expected to start the three games:

Jose Quintana: 0-0. 11.25 ER, 3K vs. Justin Masterson: 2-0, 0.69 ERA, 13K

Chris Sale: 1-0, 1.84 ERA, 14K vs. Zach McAllister: 0-1, 3.00 ERA, 3K

Jake Peavy: 1-1, 5.56 ERA, 13K vs. Brett Myers: 0-1, 12.19 ERA, 4K

Friday’s game is at 6:05 pm, Saturday’s game is at 3:05 pm and Sunday’s game is at 12:05 pm. All times CDT.  » Continue reading “Road Trippin’ Ain’t Easy. Series Preview: White Sox At Indians”

A forty pitch first inning is never a good sign for the rest of the game, let along the starter. That was the case tonight as the White Sox dropped the finale to the Washington Nationals by a final of 7-4 and also suffered a sweep in the nation’s capital. All in all, it was just not a good game. In fact, it was one of those games where you just don’t want to see it as it is just ugly all around.

sure does suck to have them used on you. . .

Dylan Axelrod, as good as he was against Seattle, was just as bad against Washington. He threw 40 pitches in the first inning. The second was a little better, but not by much. All told, Axe only lasted 3.2 innings and in that span gave up six runs, all of them earned, to go along with four walks and only two strikeouts.

Fortunately, Hector Santiago came in to work 2.1 innings and did a really good job. Although he walked two guys, no one scored on him. Matt Lindstrom and Jesse Crain also did good work when they came in for relief as well. Jesse did allow a run to score, but at that point in the game, it was seemingly inevitable that something further would happen. » Continue reading “Another Day And Another L For White Sox”

The long ball reigns supreme for the White Sox. The Sox again played their second game of extra innings and this time, they won by a final of 4-3 over the Seattle Mariners. There wasn’t much offense in today’s game. The runs were scored in the first, sixth, seventh and 10th innings. Oh and every single run was scored because of a home run.

The offensive hero in the game

The game started off in blech fashion with Michael Morse taking Chris Sale to left field to put the Mariners up by two. Unlike in games last season when I just felt the game was over, this time, it was just eh, the Sox will score some runs.

» Continue reading “Home Runs Power White Sox To Win In Extras”

Afte a three-game sweep of a division rival, the Sox took a small break to head south and face the Rangers. Another three-game sweep there was not meant to be, but a series was had. Now, the Sox head north again to face the Twins. And it will definitely be a weird one with a newly acquired teammate. Here is what you should know for the next three games:

2012 Record: White Sox 55-46, 1st in AL Central. Twins 43-58, 4th in AL Central

2012 Series Record: 7-2

All-time Series Record: 376-417 (The Sox are 170-225 at Minnesota)

The following pitchers are expected to start in the three games this week:

Jose Quintana: 4-1, 2.58 ERA, 44K vs. Cole De Vries: 2-2, 3.64 ERA, 33K

Francisco Liriano: 3-10, 5.31 ERA, 109K vs. Nick Blackburn: 4-6, 7.99 ERA, 33K

Jake Peavy: 8-7, 3.15 ERA, 126K vs. Scott Diamond: 9-4, 2.88 ERA, 56K

Monday and Tuesday’s games begin at 7:10 pm. Wednesday’s game starts at 12:10 pm. All times CDT. » Continue reading “Hello Minnesota! Series Preview White Sox @ Twins”

That is how fans of the White Sox feel about the team. After having pretty much no expectations, the team was in first place at the All-Star break. There were some hints that maybe this could be a good year for the team toward the end of spring training. They were playing well. They were scoring runs. Some of last season’s most notorious bums on the team were playing well during the spring.

It was enough to make fans drink the kool-aid. And drink we did. It has turned out that the drink has been quite delicious so far this season. After a series win against the Royals yesterday, the Sox are now four games in front of the Indians and 3.5 ahead of the Tigers. The Tigers managed to leap frog the Indians yesterday with their win over the Orioles and the Blue Jays beating the Indians. I don’t expect things to get any easier from now until the end of the season. In fact, given that no one has taken charge yet, things could continue to see saw.

Last week, I asked on Twitter what song would best sum up the first half of the season. In addition to the songs below, I also got a lot of phrases to describe the team. The best word had to be “expectationbusters” submitted by Night Train. So, to get your Monday started, here are a few songs to enjoy that sum up the White Sox and their first half of the baseball season. » Continue reading “White Sox First Half High”