Chicago White Sox

By Ryno Sox projected for 88 wins, AL Central title Projected standings White Sox - 88 Twins - 82 Indians - 76 Tigers - 75 Royals - 71

There has been a lot of discussion about the quality of the White Sox offense recently.

By Drew Magary Heading into 2005, the White Sox hadn't won a World Series since 1917 and the Cubs hadn't won since 1908, but only Cubs fans were considered "tortured." And with reason. Maybe White Sox fans hadn't won anything, but they didn't have a ton of scars, either. Cubs fans were scarred like tribal war...

By Andrew Reilly But hey, you know what? That’s loser talk: lots of teams have won without a pure DH. Four since the year 2000, even. What’s that you say? Those were National League teams who didn’t have to face teams utilizing the power spot? Come on, who do the Sox really have to fear anymore but a broken-down T...

By Lindsey If your clicking finger is sore, then here's the gist: The White Sox are pegged to finish second in the AL Central with a 79-83 record (3 games behind the Twins). PECOTA thinks the Sox will have the best pitching in the division (812 runs allowed), but also the worst hitting (789 runs).

By scotgreg Sporting News Today is picking the White Sox to win the AL Central this season: Twins, Tigers, Sox set for three team race

Slugger Jim Thome, told by the White Sox this week they won't bring him back, has agreed to a one-year, $1.5million contract with the American League Central rival Minnesota Twins .

While the Chicago White Sox dilly dally and try to figure out whether they want Jim Thome back in the lineup or...

By rangerjae Ozzie Guillen said it loud and said it proud.  Jim Thome, you're not needed in the south side.  And I am sure I hear the sound of some Sox fans applauding.  Yeah, Jim Thome, he clogs bases, he's too slow, and he's getting old.  Let me ask you guys something.  The little DH parade that Ozzie's leading...

By Joe Cowley That was the message from White Sox general manager Ken Williams on Saturday, as the team continued to debate amongst themselves whether or not Jim Thome should be brought back into the mix and off the free-agent market. Adding to the drama is the fact that the Minnesota Twins also have inte...

By Joe Cowley The White Sox and Twins are already in a battle, and pitchers and catchers are still a month away from reporting to spring training. A source close to the Jim Thome camp told the Sun-Times on Friday that the Sox... The White Sox and Twins are already in a battle, and pitchers and catchers are still...

By rangerjae So, there's JD and Jim Thome.  The two guys we let walk away.  Well, Thome didn't walk, Kenny sent him to Hollywood.  Now, both guys seem to be having trouble finding a new home.  Rumors have Dye going to the Padres or the Cubs (eek); and a few teams have shown interest in big Jim, but reports say the...

By BY JOE COWLEY jcowley@suntimes.com It's the third week of January, and White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen is already in midseason form. Some things never change. On the eve of the annual SoxFest weekend, the say-anything Guillen addressed the perception of a cold war between him and closer Bobby Jenks, life without a true desig...

By whitesoxpride Hot Stove League And how do your White Sox fare? Some of the notables acquired by the White Sox over the years in "lop-sided" trades include: Eddie Collins, Nellie Fox, Chet Lemon, Billy Pierce, Al Simmons, Hoyt Wilhelm and Wilbur Wood.

By Joe Cowley On the eve of the annual SoxFest weekend, the say-anything White Sox manager addressed the perception of a cold war between he and closer Bobby Jenks, life without a true designated hitter, expected fan reaction over the next three days and outfielder Alex Rios electing to skip out of the...

By Todd Habiger The Skinny: Sowers never signed with the Reds, opting to attend Vanderbilt instead, so his report will have to wait until we get to the 2004 draft when the Cleveland Indians took him with the sixth pick. I will say, however, that the pitching poor Reds probably could have used Sowers. While he...

By Joe Cowley According to a scout familiar with the situation, the Sox were one of two teams in the American League Central Division letting the New York Yankees know during this week's Winter Meetings that they covet the services of outfielder Brett Gardner. The problem is Kansas City was also sniffi...

By Andrew Reilly Run out of town because: Having paved the way for the remarkable ascent of Joe Borchard, Lofton turned his attention to helping the Pittsburgh Pirates return to .500 baseball and, more spectacularly, helping the Chicago Cubs win the 2003 World Series.

By Chris De Luca When the Sox took Beckham in the first round of the 2008 draft, he was a shortstop. It's the position manager Ozzie Guillen insisted he would play all the way through spring training. But when a need arose at third base, Beckham made the switch. When Beckham debuted with the Sox in June, Ramirez...

By The Cheat Two days ago, as the Yankees marched on to yet another purchased World Series title, the White Sox appeared like they could take any number of routes to fill out their '10 lineup. I had planned on writing an SSS Official Off-Season Plan as I have in the past -- quick synopsis: upgrade IF defens...

By larry On this date four years ago, the White Sox won the World Series.  Where were you? JJ continues his player reviews with Jayson Nix.The always entertaining mailbag, this time from Scott Merkin.Continuing the Sprocle bender, there's a White Sox first round draft pick quiz. Other links:

By Andrew Reilly Anyway, as much fun as it is to bemoan the less-than-stellar output of the $68 million, two-time All-Star* and fifth-best rookie** of 2004, can anyone really get too upset over that heinous 13-for-97 start to Rios’ Hall of Fame run on the South Side? Bizarre feelings of entitlement to the...

Even with Michael Young hurt, the Rangers have been staying in the playoff hunt. On Saturday afternoon, I was back for yet another appearance on the Alex Reimer Show on 1120 AM WBNW Boston, and this week the focus of the discussion centred on the playoff aspirations of the Boston Red Sox.

The brainchild of the WLUP disc jockey Dahl and White Sox owner Bill Veeck's son Mike, the idea was to have a death to disco movement between games of a Detroit Tigers-Sox doubleheader at Comiskey Park in 1979, but it quickly turned into what amounted to a mob scene, culminating in a bonfire...

By larry Stepping in to remedy this situation for White Sox fans is White Sox Outsider 2009 by Jim Margalus. Margalus is a long-time White Sox blogger at his site Sox Machine and is also well-known to SSS readers for posting here under the name of site.

By Andrew Reilly 6. The White Sox will not lead the AL in home runs, due largely to continued decline in output from both Jim Thome and Paul Konerko - although six Sox players will still hit over 20 home runs. 9. Alexei Ramirez puts up an MVP-caliber season.

By Dave Burns Happy Carlos Quentin Horrible Trade Anniversary! Yes, December 3rd marks one year since the D-Backs traded Quentin to the Chicago White Sox in exchange for Chris Carter. That one didn’t work out too well. Luckily the Dan Haren deal did. In fact, what a difference one year makes for the D-Back...

By Joe Cowley White Sox board chairman Jerry Reinsdorf spent the last two years doing what he could to get his team's spring training site moved from Tucson to what he felt was a more Chicago fan-friendly local in the Phoenix area, and on Tuesday it became official.

By Jim McLennan As part of the off-season coverage, I figured I could throw up the occasional baseball-related film review, as such things strayed across my eyeballs. We start with Eight Men Out, John Sayles' adaptation of the book by Eliot Asinof, of the almost same title [it opted for the numeric 8, rath...

By Andrew Reilly To revisit any of these moments is to at first say “man, that was awesome,” and then remember what actually happened right after that play or, more often than not, curse at what didn’t. There’s the great throw by Buehrle the ump said wasn’t in time (even though it was). There’s the catch JD made...

Game 2: Friday, Oct. 3 at 6 p.m. in Tampa Bay, Scott Kazmir vs Mark Buehrle Game 3: Sunday, Oct. 5 at TBA in Chicago, Matt Garza vs John Danks Game 4*: Monday, Oct. 6 at TBA in Chicago, TBA vs Gavin Floyd Game 5*: Wednesday, Oct. 8 at TBA in Tampa Bay, TBA vs TBA

By Chris De Salvo Saturday, September 27, 2008 These Sox Don’t Seem to Fit While it may be difficult to surmise the impact of the Sox’ third straight Metrodome loss last night, it’s certainly not the lasting impression most would deem worthy of post-season berth. ''I'm sick of [bleep]ing losing,'' A.J. Pierzynski said. ''It sucks, but we're still alive. Hopefully, we go home and win four games and we kick their ass on Tuesday.'' Yeah, Okay. While there is a part of me that agrees with the catcher’s rhetoric, there still had to be part of him that felt he was lying through his teeth. Sweeping the Indians (who, despite having no chance at making the playoffs, hate the White Sox just as much as the Twins) is far from a sure thing. Then again, that’s what we thought about eith...   [read the full post]

By Andrew Kneeland(noreply@blogger.com) While Chicago goes on to face Wild-Card leading Boston Red Sox, Minnesota has to deal with below-average Oakland. Sound easy? With Minnesota's track record against inferior teams, I would say that coming out with a split should be considered a positive thing.

By Chris De Salvo Tuesday, September 16, 2008 Ozzie: Kick'em While They're Down! Ozzie Guillen has called a lot of people a lot of names during his tenure as the White Sox' manager. This happens so often it goes largely unnoticed. It's often dismissed as par for the course, but a noticable aspect of what makes...

By Jeff Kallman This win plus the Minnesota Twins falling to Toronto in extra innings put the White Sox a game up in the AL Central. The number of 1-0 wins the Texas Rangers have had in fifteen seasons at the Ballpark at Arlington including Wednesday against the Seattle Mariners: 3.

By Christopher Michaels The offensive tone was set early in this game, when Jim Thome and AJ Pierzynski each came up with a rare hit with a runner in scoring position. The Sox entered the game with just 3 hits with RISP in their first 6 games against the Jays this season. By games end, the Sox had added 5 more, an offensive...

By larry hawaii winter baseball begins september 27. arizona fall league begins october 7. october 10(ish) for mexican pacific league. october 17(ish) for dominican winter league. october 11(ish) for venezuelan professional baseball league. and the puerto rican league is set to reappear this f...

Hosts Sam Panayotovich and Brandon Rosage packed the program with minute-by-minute analysis of reports related to Manny Ramirez‘ departure from Boston to Los Angeles, Ken Griffey Jr’s trade to the White Sox in light of Paul Konerko’s admission, the Angels’ early-week move for Mark Te...

By Chris Pennant Before the MLB season started this year, I was already excited to be a White Sox fan. No, the credit in this situation goes to the White Sox pitching staff and a little-known young man named Carlos Quentin. Parting shot: Anyone seen Joe Crede lately? Until next time, keep waving the Pennant.

The show also delves into the White Sox’ battle to get the Chicago press to leave their blow-up dolls alone, leading to a discussion about the unwritten rules of the MLB clubhouse. And the guys cover another gem from Ichiro, backtracking from a remark last year that he hates visiting Clevel...

By hosts@soxcast.com Episode: 126 - Angels and White Sox: Angelscast Drops By to Talk about the Past Week (November 26) - Soxcast 2007 Season Podcasts - Soxcast.com - Hosted By: George Heidkamp

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By Leitch Last season the offense seemed pitiful despite some of the big bats in the lineup. Now, the acquisition of Nick Swisher and Orlando Cabrera plus Carlos Quentin and Alexei Ramirez means that we might not look as sad against lefties like C.C. Sabathia (who I've come to expect on opening day the w...

By Joey Matschulat Though the Chicago Cubs and San Diego Padres currently stand out as the stateside favorites to obtain Fukudome’s services, the Chicago White Sox and Texas Rangers remain in the hunt. All four teams reportedly submitted bids to Fukudome’s camp last week.

By Jim McLennan Meanwhile, the bidding for Japanese pitcher Hiroki Kuroda goes on. Initially, it seemed our chances had evaporated after reports that the Seattle Mariners were offering him a four-year, $44m contract, far in excess of the $27m for three years suggested as having been provided by Arizon...

By R.B. FALLSTROM AP Sports Writer ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Tony La Russa will return for his 13th season as manager of the St. Louis Cardinals, agreeing to a two-year contract after a difficult season in which his team failed to play .500 ball. "I'm real pleased it worked out," La Russa said at a news confe...

CHICAGO A.J. Pierzynski hit a single that hopped past Detroit shortstop Carlos Guillen, allowing the goahead run to score in the eighth inning Tuesday night, as the Chicago White Sox rallied for an 87 win over the Tigers to sweep a daynight doubleheader.

The Chicago White Sox lefthander faced the minimum 27 batters in a 60 victory over the Texas Rangers on Wednesday night, picking off the only runner he walked and throwing the first nohitter of the major league season.

Bobby Jenks is having a rocky spring and White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen is concerned about his struggling closer.

MINNEAPOLIS - Trust 'em, the Chicago White Sox know the feeling.A year ago, the White Sox had a 15-game lead in the American League Central, only to watch it dwindle to 1 1/2 games the final week, before hanging on and capturing the World Series.This time, it's the Detroit Tigers feeling the h...