SoxFest begins tomorrow night and I saw the schedule of events. Missing is a marketing panel which has really turned into a Sox fan festivus. During that session, fans got the opportunity to air grievances with the occasional suggestion for making things better as an experience at the ballpark. One of the questions that was asked last year by a fan got me thinking about rooting for the team versus rooting for the players.

The fan asked Brooks Boyer why he should root for  Alex Rios when Alex couldn’t even be bothered to show up for SoxFest. If you recall, Rios had an absolutely horrible 2011 and fans were rightly upset with his play. Brooks had the perfect response to the fan: you should root for Rios because he wears the White Sox uniform! And that exchange leads me to thinking about what exactly as fans are we rooting for?

A lot of times when we become fans of a team, it might be due to a particular player. Jen, who writes on this site is an example of someone who became a Sox fan because she was following a player. A friend’s brother became a fan because he liked the team colors and I became a fan because I just started watching the team and enjoyed their play compared to other teams I saw. All of us are White Sox fans rooting for that team. Hopefully, the players on the team follow, but sometimes it gets really hard to do. » Continue reading “The Name On The Jersey”

Ozzie Guillen, Kenny Williams and Ed Farmer

in what has become an almost monthly event, today season ticket holders had the chance to talk to yet another person with the White Sox. This time it was general manager Ken Williams. I must say I am rather surprised when KW is actually willing to talk and to talk to fans . . .  mind. blown.

Gene Honda moderated the call today. Ken is hanging out in Indianapolis to watch the Charlotte Knights (you will find out below exactly what he was up to) and it was pretty cool of him to take time out to talk to fans.  » Continue reading “Ken Williams Talks To The Fans”

LET’S PLAY BASEBALL! Yes, it is finally time for White Sox baseball. The team will be taking on the defending AL Champion Texas Rangers. Here is what you should know.

2012 Record: White Sox 0-0 (2nd in AL Central); Rangers 0-0 (2nd in AL West)

2011 Record: White Sox 79-83 (3rd in AL Central) ; Rangers 99-66 (1st in AL West)

2011 Series Record: 4-4

All-Time Record: 242-227 (The Sox are 105-136 at the Rangers)

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

John Danks: 0-0, 0.00 ERA, 0K v.  Colby Lewis: 0-0, 0.00 ERA, 0K

Jake Peavy: 0-0, 0.00 ERA, 0K v. Derek Holland: 0-0, 0.00 ERA, 0K

Gavin Floyd: 0-0, 0.00 ERA. 0K v. Matt Harrison: 0-0, 0.00 ERA, 0K

Friday’s game is at Saturday’s game is at and Sunday’s game is at 7:05 pm. All times CDT.  » Continue reading “Series Preview: Sox At Rangers Opening Weekend”

(l-r) Jeff Manto, Brent Lillibridge, Ken "Hawk" Harrelson, Adam Dunn

Yesterday was day two of SoxFest. It was another fun day. There were moments of testiness as well as some questions that were asked that left me scratching my head. Below are the tweets of the day. There are a couple of gaps. For the first time ever, I ended up in Twitter Jail for tweeting too much in an hour. Fortunately, it only lasted for an hour. If it had gone longer, I am not sure what I would have done. Maybe create an account just for the jail time. In any event, enjoy. I will bring you day three today as well on twitter. As always, if you have any questions, please ask. I know the spelling gets wonky at times so some of the tweets might not make a ton of sense. (Like Ichiro turning into i crap!)

Day Two Tweets: » Continue reading “SoxFest Day Two. A Bit Of Drama”

That is what the Sox said to fans on Wednesday afternoon. They know it was along season for you as it was for them. Sadly, they left us with a loss and they couldn’t possibly have been happy with the outcome.

However, they did say thanks to us who suffered through the season with them. Enjoy the thanks to us.