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April 12: White Sox 6, Twins 1

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The last time they met back in Game 163, Nick Blackburn learned that a high changeup isn’t the best pitch to throw Jim Thome in the second half of a tie game. Today, he learned that a low fastball down the middle doesn’t work, either. With a runner on and a full count in the [...]

April 7: White Sox 4, Royals 2

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The 2009 Chicago White Sox may be heading in a younger direction, but this is still the same team. They made errors on the basepaths when they weren’t going station-to-station, struggled through another shaky Opening Day starter, found no evidence of a center fielder … and somehow came away with the victory. That’s thanks to [...]

White Sox 100, You 0

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