Today was a busy day for Rick Hahn in terms of speaking with fans. In addition to that, he also spoke to bloggers. Needless to say, I was quite excited when I heard there would be a chance to ask him questions now that he is “the man” in charge over at the White Sox.

As you know, I am a season ticket holder and this season the Sox have been having calls with various people on the Sox. Past guests have included pitching coach Don Copper and former GM Ken Williams. These calls have always been interesting because fans get to ask the questions. Sometimes, I think that fans really try to ask the stuff that the media won’t. And other times, they ask some stuff that I am left scratching my head about.

In any event, today’s questions were pretty good and of course touched upon the burning issues that Sox fans have at the moment. Namely, AJ and Kevin Youkilis. Below is a summary of the call with Rick and season ticket holders. For the transcript of his call with us bloggers, be sure to visit South Side Sox. There is some really good stuff in here including the advice that Ken has given to Rick. And thanks so much to U-God for doing the transcription, saving us a ton of work!  » Continue reading “Chatting With Rick Hahn”

Breaking news. The Chicago White Sox have extended Jake Peavy for two years. The team has also exercised the option on Gavin Floyd for the upcoming season.

In other transactions, the options for Brett Myers and Kevin Youkilis have been declined. The team is still lacking a third baseman, but the starting staff is looking a letter bit better.

This is surely just the beginning of what could potentially be a frenzied off season for the Sox. More details to come.

There were runs. There were lots and lots of runs. And the White Sox scored them all, beating the Indians 11-0. » Continue reading “Too Little, Too Late”

How fitting that the White Sox end the 2012 season in Cleveland. Given how the Sox played the Indians all season, it is conceivable for a sweep. Then again, after last week’s games, it could be bad. Here is what you need to know about the final series for the 2012 regular season:

2012 Record: White Sox 83-76, 2nd in AL Central. Indians 67-92, 4th in AL Central.

2012 Season Series: 9-6

All-Time Series Record: 1,044-999 (The Sox are 488-527 at Cleveland)

The following pitchers are expected to start the three games: 

Hector Santiago: 3-1, 3.69 ERA, 69K vs. Corey Kluber: 2-4, 5.02 ERA, 48K

Jake Peavy: 11-12, 3.37 ERA, 186K vs. Justin Masterson: 11-15, 5.03 ERA, 154K

Gavin Floyd: 11-11, 4.47 ERA, 138K vs. David Huff: 3-0, 2.86 ERA, 17K

All three games begin at 6:05 pm CDT. Wednesday’s game is the free MLB.com game of the day.  » Continue reading “Playing It Out? Maybe. Series Preview: White Sox @ Indians”

Yes, White Sox, let’s keep playing horribly. That’s just what you need to get into the postseason. Especially since the Tigers won this afternoon. Unfortunately, the Sox continued to play like crap and lost to the Rays, 3-2. » Continue reading “Falling Further Out”

The White Sox had their makeup game with the Detroit Tigers. And it was a good one. The Sox pulled out a 5-4 win, giving them a three-game lead in the division and a magic number of 14. » Continue reading “Taming the Tigers”

But it could have been worse.

The White Sox looked to keep their distance from the Tigers, but it was not meant to be. The Sox lost 8-6 and now have only a one-game lead on Detroit.

Gavin Floyd returned from the disabled list tonight and started off well. He ran into some trouble in the fifth inning. He gave up a hit and a walk to lead off the inning. He was responsible for all three runs scored in the inning, and that put the Tigers up 3-1. » Continue reading “Well Then…That Sucked”

It’s now Tuesday…afternoon. The Sox started their four-game series with the Tigers last night. And I was probably the one White Sox fan who wasn’t watching the game.

This is not by choice, mind you. I was in Los Angeles for a wedding this weekend, and Monday was the day I was coming home. I was midflight when the game started. So obviously that meant I sprung for $5 wifi on my Southwest flight to follow Gameday and Twitter for updates.

Airplane wifi isn’t the greatest connection, so Gameday was slower than watching Paul Konerko run from first to third. Twitter refreshed relatively nicely, so all of you Sox fans who kept me up to speed, thank you! » Continue reading “Homers Power Sox to Win; Or: How Jen Watched the Game on an Airplane”

Sporting some of the worst mustaches I have ever seen mustaches for Kevin Hickey, the White Sox topped the Twins tonight. The Tigers lost to the Indians, so the Sox are back on top in the AL Central. (EDIT: Thank you to readers Julie and Grindy for pointing out that I missed that the mustaches were dedicated to Hickey. I feel like a jerk, and I do apologize for the lapse in fact checking. Thank you guys for keeping me on my toes.)

Acording to Mark Gonzales of the Chicago Tribune, some of the players shaved their facial hair into these weird…I don’t even know…after being swept by the Tigers. Maybe it worked since the Sox beat the Twins 4-2. » Continue reading “Back in First with Bad Mustaches”

It was bound to happen. The White Sox lost. As nice as that six-game winning streak was, it snapped tonight in Baltimore. Francisco Liriano faced off against Wei-Yin Chen, and the Sox came up on the wrong side of the stick.

Liriano didn’t have a horrendous night, but he could have been better. He pitched five innings, giving up two runs on six hits and four walks. Not a terrible night, but not great. One of those runs crossed the plate in the sixth. Liriano faced two batters in the sixth, and both reached base. Jesse Crain came on and walked in a run before settling down and finishing off the inning. Brett Myers picked up the loss. He pitched two innings and gave up two runs on a walk to Mark Reynolds and a Home run to Nate McLouth. » Continue reading “Homers and Walks Cost Sox”