Sox Machine: Chicago White Sox blog

The road to partition

The White Sox open up a big three-game series in Detroit tonight. Last time they traveled to the Motor City, they had all the momentum in the world with seven consecutive wins over Kansas City and Minnesota at home, only to suffer a three-game sweep by the Tigers at Comerica Field....(read more)

Former quarterback gets passing grade

When Clayton Richard's minor-league career was interrupted by his promotion earlier this week, he was known as an efficient, pitch-to-contact sinkerballer....(read more)

The coronation of Richard the Sixth

At the beginning of the season, if you had to make a list of the most likely minor-league arms to first make a start for the White Sox this year, what would it look like?...(read more)

Tipping a hat to The Dean

Hate to start this one out on a sad note, but there's no way around it:...(read more)

Bullpen down, Contreras out, Richard up?

Bobby Jenks pitched for the first time since June 29, retiring the Royals three-up, three-down in the ninth Sunday and perhaps bringing hope that he can restore order to a bullpen that has been out of it for the past two series....(read more)

Saturday's minor league roundup

Louisville 5, Charlotte 2: Josh Fields went 2-for-4 with a double....(read more)

Ozuna eulogized

After Pablo Ozuna filed for free agency, he became the 18th member of the 2005 team to leave the White Sox organization....(read more)

Your unsung hero of the first half

At the All-Star break last year, A.J. Pierzynski was one of many Sox hitters vastly underperforming their career averages, but his slump might've been the most painful. In an offense starving for hits, he was roughly 45 points under his career average. That sunk any chance at a decent on-base percentage, and thus it undermined his entire game. The Sox had no choice but to suffer through it, because Gustavo Molina and one-armed Toby Hall provided zero relief....(read more)

Second quarter progress report: Ozzie Guillen

While Ozzie Guillen opened his season with some big early changes through the first 40 games, most of his work since then has been on the margins, mainly due to a solid run of health. Aside from the ineffective Paul Konerko and Juan Uribe hitting -- har -- the DL and Bobby Jenks making a visit there as well, not much has forced his hand....(read more)

Bringing home the bacon, kind of

Joe Crede received a warm showing of support from the Tribune......(read more)

We gotta stay positive (updated)

In honor of the new Hold Steady CD coming out today, here are a dozen Hold Steady/Lifter Puller quotes to put the Chicago White Sox's first half of the season into perspective:...(read more)

And break!

I'm thankful I wasn't brought up a Rangers fan, because Sunday's game was agonizing to watch on a number of levels. There's nothing fun about four-hour games, especially ones that are only nine innings, in a park where every grounder is a single and every lazy fly goes to the warning track. ...(read more)

Danks schools Rangers, learns something himself

With a 9-7 victory over the Texas Rangers Saturday night, the Chicago White Sox assured that no matter what happens today, they will arrive at the All-Star break in sole possession of first place in the AL Central. How's that for sunshine?...(read more)

Floyd regresses, Konerko depresses

Gavin Floyd suffered through the worst start of his career Friday night, setting a career highs in walks (7; previous high: 5) while fewer innings than ever before (2 2/3; previous low: 3)....(read more)

To the official scorer's phone!

Paul Konerko was charged with a rare error when he failed to catch the second half of a double play that should have been completed -- a somewhat wide throw by Alexei Ramirez. The gaffe eventually led to the Sox's undoing in a 4-1 loss to the Royals Thursday night. ...(read more)