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Putz-ing on the fritz

It seems too convenient to pin a turning point on one at-bat, but it could be said that Ichiro Suzuki broke something else besides J.J. Putz’s scoreless appearances streak on July 29.

Eulogizing Jose Contreras

Note: I’ll be posting the eulogies for Jose Contreras and Jermaine Dye (once he finds a team) on the site.  The rest of the non-returning players are covered in the book. *** Over his entire White Sox career, Jose Contreras’ stat line looks like that of an average pitcher.  He finished with a 55-56 record [...]

Old news: On Vizquel, Jenks and Contreras

There’s still time for Omar Vizquel to change his mind, you know. The rumored one-year deal to aquire the quadragenerian shortstop hasn’t been made official; MLB.com, the Trib and Sun-Times are all calling it varying degrees of “close.” Back in 2004, all outlets were saying the same thing as the Sox and Vizquel worked toward [...]

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