If Friday night’s 13-3 shellacking at the hands of the Houston Astros looked like Game 5 of the 2021 ALDS for the White Sox, their victory today represented an attempt at resetting the record. Throwing an entirely right-handed lineup against…
On the 40th anniversary of Steve Stone’s broadcast debut, it’s only fitting that the White Sox beat the Dodgers 4-0. And they did it in fitting fashion for the 2022 White Sox, in the sense that they made Michael Kopech…
Despite a lineup so compromised by injury and illness that batting Yasmani Grandal leadoff struck Tony La Russa as a half-decent idea, the White Sox managed to score five runs in a game started by Kevin Gausman, who entered the…
Now that it’s May, it’s usually time where blaming the weather for offensive struggles gets a little old. You can forgive the White Sox for requiring the generosity of spirit tonight. The conditions at Wrigley Field might’ve been the worst…
It’s a new season, but Dylan Cease is writing the same old story against the Detroit Tigers. His five innings of one-run ball put the White Sox on course for their first win of the season, and now he’s 9-0…
The White Sox locked in a series victory to close out the first half. Now they’ll have a chance at a sweep, and a good one at that, assuming that a lopsided pitching matchup once again transfers from paper to…
The White Sox intended to close out what had been a straightforward game in a straightforward fashion, with Liam Hendriks taking the mound to start the ninth with the White Sox leading 4-2. He probably shouldn’t have been out to…
Paying a lot of money for closers used to be ridiculed in sabermetric circles because replacement closers could usually be found, at least when save percentage was the determining metric. But then teams got better at identifying the Capital-C Closers,…
After a snowout on Friday, the White Sox opened four games over three days in Boston with an effort that has been typical of the season’s first fortnight, although you could point fingers in even more directions than normal. The…
What’s harder to believe: Carlos Rodón threw a no-hitter? Or that Carlos Rodón threw a no-hitter and it’s just the slightest bit disappointing? Rodón took a perfect game into the ninth before a 1-2 slider clipped Roberto Perez on the…