In better times, YermÃn Mercedes’ late scratch would’ve been the center of a recap of a disappointing showing against Cleveland. Mercedes was in the original lineup at DH, but Tony La Russa replaced him with Jake Lamb, and not for…
After a rousing all-around success on Wednesday night, Tim Anderson’s return to the lineup looked like it’d keep the party going. He led off the bottom half of the first with a single, took third on Adam Eaton’s single (more…
This game somehow kept getting worse. One might’ve thought it would’ve found a way to plateau after Dylan Cease gave up three homers over 4â…” innings. Perhaps the misery would have peaked when Jimmy Cordero suspiciously plunked Willson Contreras on…
Let’s start this recap at the end. When Matt Foster lost command of his pitches, putting the White Sox in a bind with runners on first and second, bench coach Joe McEwing called for Jose Ruiz to face Jose Ramirez.…
The White Sox secured their postseason berth with today’s win, and if they play to hang around, they’re going to stay composed. Today’s game shows they can do it. They didn’t play a perfect game. They hung some sliders, they…
If you want to feel good about this game, you’ll only concern yourself with the top half of the line score. In that little world, the White Sox scored eight runs, racked up 20 hits and played errorless defense. They…
The White Sox have faced Trevor Bauer twice, and they’ve beaten him twice. Or maybe it’d be fair to say Cleveland’s defense did him in tonight. Either way, Dylan Covey had an easier night than the Indians’ No. 1 starter,…
While Major League Baseball effectively defied “sticks and stones” and said words did more harm than assault with its punishments for Tim Anderson and Brad Keller in April, the inherent unfairness in the purpose pitch did register on the league’s…
The White Sox deserved to lose this game. Or maybe Tim Anderson deserved to deliver the winning blow. Who can say. Anderson indeed came through with the decisive hit in the form of a two-out double in the eighth inning,…
A followed-from-work bullet-point recap with a lot of bullets: *Tim Anderson homered against the Royals again. Anderson pimped it again. The Royals got pissed again. This time, Brad Keller drilled him in the ass with his first pitch the next…