So Chris Sale didn’t have it today. As usual, the offense not around. Mr. Kate Upton was pitching in Minnesota.

It all results in a tragic number of  three. There is still hope, though it grows fainter with each passing game. With the latest loss, all I hear is the following song’s chorus.

Enjoy!

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It is official now. Both the Indians and Twins have been eliminated from post season play. But of course, that is really not the big news of the day. No, that is that the Sox won and for the moment have a 1.5 game lead over the Tigers who will begin play against the Indians shortly. » Continue reading “The High Wire: White Sox 5 Twins 3″

Well, the Sox have managed to maintain a one-game lead in the AL Central, thanks to Mother Nature. Now, they will venture off on their final roadtrip of the season. First stop: Minnesota to deal with the Twins. Here is what you need to know for the weekend series:

2012 Record: White Sox 76-66, 1st in AL Central. Twins 60-84, 4th in AL Central

2012 Season Series: 11-4

All-Time Series Record: 380-419  (The Sox are 172-226 at Minnesota)

The following pitchers are expected to start this weekend:

Chris Sale: 16-6, 2.8 ERA, 168K vs. Esmerling Vasquez: 0-1, 9.35 ERA, 4K

Jose Quintana: 6-4, 3.52 ERA,  72K vs. Samuel Deduno: 6-3, 3.55 ERA, 48K

Jake Peavy: 10-11, 3.27 ERA, 171K vs. Cole De Vries: 5-5, 4.11 ERA, 58K

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 “More AL Central Headache. Series Preview: White Sox @ Twins”

Lately, this season appears that the White Sox were finally starting to get over their fear of the Boogey Man. They actually did quite well against them this season as opposed to previous season. However, they have since found another monster that they just can’t get past: The Detroit Tigers. Tonight was yet another embarrassment. Final score of 14-4. The Tragic Number is now at Five. All around, it was an ugly night.

Twenty-one hits. Fourteen runs. Letting some young kids get a chance to prove what they can do. We had it all in the game tonight. Things had a bit of promise early on when the Sox scored first in the game in the first inning. Then again in the second inning. Then they stopped. The Monster scored three times in the third and kept going. The big blow coming in the sixth inning when they put up a six spot. I’ll spare you the details as you can read the box score, but needless to say, this is just a terrible way to end the season of late. Thank goodness there are still eight home games left for the team to put on good performances for the fans. » Continue reading “A New Monster”

Hope you are all doing well. The tragic number is at nine games right now. It could be worse, but the Sox did win yesterday’s game in the most amazing fashion. This of course, after numerous bases-loaded situations. In any event, later today, the Sox can try to make sure their tragic number doesn’t shrink to nothing.

As the season draws to a close, there are plenty of ridiculous things that are going on with the Sox. Here are the highlights of recent stuff.

So long, farewell, auf wiedersehen goodbye. Jake “Dirt Bag” Peavy is done for the season. Does this really matter at this point? » Continue reading “Happenings At 35th & Shields”