The White Sox are actually playing ball that doesn’t make fans ill. They won a series against one of the best teams in baseball. Now, to see if this streak of decent play will continue as the Miami Marlins stop in for a weekend set. Here is what you need to know for the weekend series to start Memorial Day weekend:

2013 Record: White Sox 21-24, 4th in AL Central. Marlins 13-34 5th in NL East

2010 Series Record: 2-1

All-Time Series Record: 4-5 (The Sox are 3-3 at home against the Marlins)

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

John Danks: 0-0, 0.00 ERA, 0K vs. Tom Koehler: 0-2, 2.82 ERA, 17K

Jake Peavy: 5-2, 3.31 ERA, 58K vs. Ricky Nolasco: 3-5, 3.96 ERA, 50K

Dylan Axelrod: 2-3, 4.13 ERA, 28K vs. Alex Sanabia: 3-6, 4.56 ERA, 28K

Friday’s game begins at 7:10 pm. Saturday’s game starts at 6:15 pm and Sunday’s game begins at 1:10 pm. Friday’s game is the free MLB dot tv game of the day. Saturday you can get discounted tickets via the ticket deal I was able to get for readers AND a sweet 1983 Sox logo cap for the first 20,000 fans. » Continue reading “A Return. Series Preview: White Sox Versus Marlins”

The White Sox were looking for a sweep tonight, and unfortunately it just didn’t happen. Our Sox sent Hector Santiago to the mound while the Red Sox countered with Clay Buchholz. The game went to the Red Sox as they beat our Sox 6-2.

Santiago was playing for a spot in the rotation tonight as John Danks is expected to return this weekend. Santiago pitched six innings tonight and gave up just two runs on three hits and four walks. He also struck out nine. Unfortunately he picked up the loss since the bullpen gave up four runs after Santiago was pulled. This outing may have kicked him out of the rotation, and it wasn’t entirely his fault. » Continue reading “White Sox Can’t Score Runs, Drop Finale to Red Sox”

The Red Sox have come to town, and the White Sox got this series off to a good start after beating the Red Sox 6-4 Monday night. Jose Quintana faced off against Felix Doubront tonight, and the White Sox luckily came out on top. It was a low scoring affair, but Quintana had a spectacular performance. » Continue reading “Quintana Flirts with No-No as White Sox Beat Red Sox”

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Tonight was not the night for the White Sox. For the first time ever, the Sox faced the Mets in New York, and it was not a pretty sight. The Sox sent Hector Santiago to the mound to face Matt Harvey, and it was definitely a pitchers’ duel. The Sox ended up losing 1-0 in ten innings.

On any normal night, Santiago would have probably pitched a winner. He went seven solid innings, giving up four hits and two walks. No runs, just seven baserunners, as he also hit one batter. He struck out eight. EIGHT! But tonight it wasn’t enough for a win. Matt Lindstrom pitched a perfect eighth, but Nate Jones picked up the loss in the tenth. Jones pitched the ninth and one out in the tenth, giving up the lone run in the game.

Unfortunately for Santiago, he had no run support. Mainly because the Sox had no answer for Harvey. None. Zero. Zip. Harvey pitched nine innings. He struck out 12 batters. TWELVE. He didn’t walk a batter. But he also gave up just one hit. Alex Rios broke up Harvey’s perfect game in the seventh with a single. Bobby Parnell came on for the tenth, and he didn’t allow a hit or a walk either. Rios was the saving grace for the Sox tonight.

Of the starters, Jeff Keppinger was the only one who didn’t strike out tonight. Alejandro De Aza had three strikeouts in four at-bats. Rios had two, Adam Dunn had two, and Conor Gillaspie had two. Even Jordan Danks, who pinch hit for Lindstrom in the ninth, struck out.

This performance tonight was bad. The highlight for the Sox was that Santiago looked great. It looks like he’ll do well as a starter now that Gavin Floyd is out for the season. If he keeps this performance up, he’ll likely be ahead of Dylan Axelrod for a rotation spot when John Danks comes back.

The Sox end this short series with the Mets tomorrow night. Jake Peavy will finally be back on the mound. He was experiencing back spasms, but he felt good after a bullpen session on Monday. He’ll be facing Jeremy Hefner who had a great start unravel his last time out against the Marlins. He basically dominated the Marlins’ lineup but picked up the loss after some shaky pitching in the ninth and a blown save by Brandon Lyon.

Can you believe it? This is the first time the White Sox will play the Mets IN NEW YORK? In all the years of this interleague plague crap and this is the first the the Sox visit NY to see the NL team. Craziness for sure. Here is what you need to know about the Mets:

2013 Records: White Sox 13-17, 5th in AL Central. Mets 12-16, 4th in NL East

2002 Record: 2-1

All-time series record: 2-1 (All those games were played at US Cellular Field)

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

Hector Santiago: 1-1, 2.29 ERA, 17K vs. Matt Harvey: 4-0, 1.56 ERA, 46K

Jake Peavy: 3-1, 3.38 ERA, 39K vs. Jeremy Hefner: 0-3, 4.34 ERA, 20K

Tuesday and Wednesday’s games both start at 6:10 pm CDT.

» Continue reading “A First! Series Preview: White Sox At Mets”

So the brooms weren’t out yesterday. That is okay as the Chicago White Sox did win the series. While there were some things that make you scratch your head (left field defense anyone?) there were also some encouraging things such as the bottom of the order getting on base. This weekend, the Sox will welcome the Seattle for a three-game set. Here is what we can expect this weekend, which is looking promising weather-wise.

2013 Record: White Sox 2-1, 1st in AL Central.  Mariners 2-2, 2nd in AL West

2013 Cactus League Record: White Sox: 14-14 Mariners: 22-11

2012 Record: White Sox: 85-77 Mariners: 75-87

2012 Season Series Record: 8-1

All-Time Series Record: 220-184 (The Sox are 125-80 against the Mariners at home)

The following pitchers are expected to start each game this series: 

Jose Quintana: 0-0, 0.00 ERA, 0K vs. Blake Beavan: 0-0, 0.00 ERA, 0K

Dylan Axelrod: 0-0, 0.00 ERA, 0K vs. Felix Hernandez: 1-0, 0.00 ERA, 8K

Chris Sale: 1-0, 0.00 ERA, 7K vs. Hisashi Iwakuma: 1-0, 1.50 ERA, 7K

Friday’s game is at 7:10 pm, Saturday’s game is at 12:10 pm and Sunday’s game is at 1:10 pm. All times CDT.  » Continue reading “NEXT! Series Preview: White Sox Versus Mariners”

It’s FINALLY over! The long barren months of no baseball unless you were watching games you might have put on your DVR or saw some archived games is gone. Today, we have baseball at 35th & Shields! And how fitting is it that the Chicago White Sox will open up at home against the Kansas City Royals? A team that some fans insists sucks, but in the past few years have given the White Sox a run for their money. So much so that last season, the Royals came away winning the season series.

This year, I’m hopeful this will not be the case, but you never know until those 18 games are played. Here is what you should know about the upcoming three games:

2013 Record: White Sox 0-0 Royals 0-0

2013 Cactus League Record: White Sox: 14-14 Royals 25-7

2012 Record: White Sox: 85-77 Royals: 72-90

2012 Season Series Record: 6-12

All-Time Series Record: 348-314 (The Sox are 196-140 against the Royals at home)

The following pitchers are expected to start each game this series: 

Chris Sale: 0-0, 0.00 ERA, 0K vs. James Shields: 0-0, 0.00 ERA, 0K

Jake Peavy: 0-0, 0.00 ERA, 0K vs. Ervin Santana: 0-0, 0.00 ERA, 0K

Gavin Floyd: 0-0, 0.00 ERA, 0K vs. Jeremy Guthrie: 0-0, 0.00 ERA, 0K

Monday’s game is at 3:10 pm, Wednesday and Thursday’s games are at 1:10 pm. All times CDT.  » Continue reading “The Long Nightmare Is Over! Series Preview: White Sox Versus Royals”

April Fool’s Day is tomorrow. While some may find that of significance, for baseball fans, April Fool’s Day means baseball is officially back. The Chicago White Sox will open the march to the 2013 World Series at home against the PITA Kansas City Royals. And I’m looking forward to this and am finally ready for baseball to start.

A day that should be a national holiday

Yes, there have been spring games, but due to work and my running “problem” I have not really had much of a chance to pay attention to the games. There really haven’t been any position battles to worry about or see who is going to emerge for a coveted roster spot. Sure, there has been some interest in who will be the back up infielder and back up outfielder but overall, we already know who is on the team. And of course, there has been interest in how John Danks has progressed as well as Matt Thornton and Jesse Crain who are battling stuff this spring.

In any event, I finally had a chance to watch a game last Sunday. That game was against my fail face PITAs and while the games mean less and less with spring being almost over, that game was just what was needed to get back into baseball mode again. Why? None other than hearing the Reverend Ken “the Hawk” Harrelson and his typical drivel. I got to hear a few nuggets of information that just said baseball is back. Some of the things I learned during the broadcast: » Continue reading “I’m Ready For White Sox Baseball”

As I’m sure you’re all fully aware, SoxFest is this weekend. Fans from all over will flock downtown to meet some of their favorite players and hear some of them in panels. Before SoxFest starts, the White Sox wanted to give season ticket holders a chance to talk to Tom Paciorek and Robin Ventura during a conference call this afternoon.

As with every other season ticket holder chat, Gene Honda moderated the call, and we started with Wimpy. He’ll be a big part of SoxFest this weekend, as it will partly be a celebrationg of the 1983 “Winning Ugly” team. Wimpy is excited to be there this weekend with a great group of guys and a great coaching staff. He mentioned that while most fans remember the players, some people may have forgotten the personnel of the 1983 team. » Continue reading “Conference Call with Tom Paciorek and Robin Ventura”

Hello Sox Fans!!!! Sorry that I have been away from talking to you. Unfortunately, my “real” job got in the way of me keeping up as meticulously as I should with White Sox news of late. However, hopefully you’ve been kept abreast of what has been happening with the team.

So far this off season, we’ve seen some decent re-signings as well as having to say goodbye to old favorites we all love for one reason or another. And now that it is late January, we might be starting to get itchy for baseball. The World Baseball Classic will soon be starting up, which will slightly fill the role of the game until Opening Day. Speaking of WBC, congratulatiosn to Jesse Crain (Team Canada), Alex Rios, Hector Santiago, Andy Gonzalez (Team Puerto Rico) and Andre Rienzo (Team Brazil) on their participation. But of course, the big news is that SoxFest is next weekend. Are you going to be there? If not, no worries as I will be there again to live tweet what is happening. Be sure to follow me on Twitter for all the happenings at SoxFest. » Continue reading “Spring Is On The Way”