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White Sox turn page to September

Manny Ramirez overwhelms local sensibilities, Mark Buehrle survives, Edwin Jackson dominates, and call-ups are on the way. What a way to end August, huh?

Threets out, and no backup in sight

Erick Threets was the latest member of the bullpen to hit the DL, but he hit it hard. Tommy John surgery will end his season, and it deals a surprisingly large blow to his team’s chances as well.

Reading Room: Jackson mans up, what about Manny?

Here’s plenty of reading material to pass the time as we wait with bated breath to find out if Man-tasy becomes reality.

Manny, manager’s son cover for sleepy Sox

Perhaps White Sox hitters were more distracted by Manny Ramirez than we are, as they looked pretty flat in a 4-2 loss to Baltimore. Brian Matusz was pretty good, Sox hitters haven’t looked that bad in a while, and I’m willing to write it off as an off night.

Reading Room: Call-ups, and lack thereof

The White Sox felt tired, frustrated, disappointed, and exhausted after their chaotic three-game series in Kansas City, but Joe Cowley adds a strange word to the list: Abandoned.

Reading Room: First-guessing the Thome decision

For posterity, here are some instant reactions to the decision to let Thome go to the Minnesota Twins, made by people with no inside knowledge of White Sox operations. It’ll be easier to just link to this instead of spending paragraphs to explain the same thing.

Questions in the wake of the Hudson trade

Fire up the doubt machine. Making his Arizona Diamondbacks debut, Daniel Hudson threw eight innings of one-run ball, allowing just three hits and a walk while striking out four. This is the kind of start I simultaneously wanted to see and hoped wouldn’t happen. It’s fitting, because entering our third day since the trade for [...]

Jackson, then stonewall

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Danks has arrived; will fanfare?

John Danks might have been the underdog entering his matchup against Felix Hernandez, but after watching him throw eight innings of one-run ball, we might have to reconsider his standing in relation to the cream of the crop. If Danks isn’t elite now, when will he be? It’s not like this year’s version of Danks [...]

Thanks to Peavy, Sox should stand pat

Though we had dreams of Daniel Hudson staking a black-and-white flag on Dallas Braden’s mound at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum on Sunday, he ended up making an entirely different kind of statement with his disappointing performance in the White Sox’s 6-4 loss. Simply put, it was, “Trades probably aren’t going to help.” Lest I sound overdramatic, [...]

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