State of the Sox 2010
White Sox game recaps for the 2010 seasonbad jenks
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I thought this moment on the broadcast, captured while Brent Lillibridge trotted around the bases after his go-ahead solo shot with two outs in the 11th inning, summed up the events quite nicely: You have two kinds of Cleveland fans in the picture. One is devastated, and who could blame her? The Indians climbed back [...]
August 21: Royals 6, White Sox 5 (Game 1, 11 innings)
Right before Sergio Santos broke White Sox fans’ hearts, Kansas City analyst Frank White was talking about Yuniesky Betancourt’s two grand slams, and how he’s doing damage when he gets a fastball on the inner half. You’ll never guess where Santos threw his 1-0 fastball to Betancourt, with the bases loaded and the Sox holding [...]
August 5: White Sox 6, Tigers 4 (11 innings)
Mark Kotsay saved Bobby Jenks’ bacon by providing two necessary insurance runs in the top of the ninth. Two innings later, he gave the Sox another two-run lead that Sergio Santos held up. Santos got his first career victory, the Sox won a series against the Tigers on the road, and Kotsay finally got to [...]
July 21: Mariners 2, White Sox 1 (11 innings)
This one hurts. The White Sox and Gavin Floyd outlasted a dominant Felix Hernandez, getting a scoreless game into extra innings. They did so by using only Sergio Santos and Erick Threets in high-leverage situations. They did so by getting terrific defense and horrific baserunning from the Mariners. They finally got on the board with [...]
July 18: Twins 7, White Sox 6
The White Sox had walked a tightrope act all day. Freddy Garcia had allowed just three runs despite letting 12 on base over his six innings, and J.J. Putz barely escaped with his scoreless innings streak in tact after allowing runners on the corners with one out in the eighth. Even still, it was hard [...]
May 26: White Sox 5, Indians 4
It seems that Joe West had something in mind for Mark Buehrle, unbeknownst to the White Sox. With two outs in the second, West called a balk on Mark Buehrle after he picked off Matt LaPorta, and then made a show of dismissing Buehrle when asked for a clarification. That made Ozzie Guillen charge out [...]
May 9: Blue Jays 9, White Sox 7
This should be the last game Bobby Jenks closes for a little while. Jenks entered tonight’s game with the bases empty and a two-run lead. He left with a one-run deficit after failing to retire any of the four batters he faced. A double, a bloop single, a three-run homer to Fred Lewis and a [...]
May 7: Blue Jays 7, White Sox 4 (12 innings)
I try not to resort to absolutes when it comes to fresh history, but I’m having a hard time coming up with worse managing jobs by Ozzie Guillen. You can second-guess him three times in all. No. 1: With the Sox leading 3-2, Mark Buehrle walks Jose Bautista to load the bases. That brings up [...]
April 24: White Sox 5, Mariners 4
This game would have been plenty more complicated to discuss if it weren’t for Alex Rios. Rios’ two-run homer off failed White Sox reliever David Aardsma gave the Sox their second straight walk-off victory en route to their first series victory of the season. Like Andruw Jones saved J.J. Putz, Rios also gave some people [...]
