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There might not have been a particularly large crowd (18,630) or a particularly happy one at the Chicago White Sox-Tampa Bay Rays game Thursday (Sept. 27) at U.S. Cellular Field. Particularly because the Rays prevailed 3-2 to drop the Sox two games behind. The difference was Evan Longoria’s ninth-inning home run. The happiest person at […]
Thursday thoughts (or as close to thinking as anyone is going to get around here): A one-game sample is too small to make judgments on regarding the Chicago White Sox. But if walking 12 batters — as they did in a 6-4 loss to the visiting Cleveland Indians on Wednesday (Sept. 26) — is the […]
Midweek musings: If it’s any consolation to Chicago White Sox fans (and the guess here is that it is not), the Sox are in a first-place tie with the Detroit Tigers after losing at home to the Cleveland Indians Tuesday (Sept. 25) while Detroit was beating the visiting Kansas City Royals. Before the season started, […]
Well, this was going to be a feel-good story — at least the first part of today’s effort — about Adam Dunn hitting two home runs, including a three-run homer in the eighth inning to rally the Chicago White Sox over the visiting Cleveland Indians 5-4 on Monday (Sept. 24). And then shortly thereafter your […]
Monday meanderings: The Chicago White Sox have a magic number of 10 to clinch the American League Central title. For those who don’t completely understand what that means, it goes something like this: Any combination of Sox victories and Detroit Tigers losses adding up to 10 gives the Sox the AL Central crown. Or it […]
For what it’s worth, the fine folks at PredictionMachine.com have played a simulated game between the St. Louis Rams and Chicago Bears. If it will make Bears fans feel any better, the Rams are the likely loser. The Bears won 62 percent of the time in 50,000 simulations. Average score: Bears 22.9, Rams 18.5. Some […]
Weekend wondering: With the Chicago White Sox losing 4-2 to the Los Angeles Angels on Saturday night (Sept. 22), their lead over the Detroit Tigers (who defeated visiting Minnesota 8-0) is reduced to one-half game. So by the end of Sunday’s games, the Sox either will be in first place, tied for first place or […]
Saturday stat day: After the Chicago White Sox lost Friday (Sept. 21) to the host Los Angeles Angels and the Chicago Cubs defeated the St. Louis Cardinals at Wrigley Field, you have to wonder which team with a 1.5-game lead for a postseason berth — Sox or Cards — is feeling more pressure. * Sox […]
The Chicago Baseball Museum fielded an all-star lineup for its “Veeck Symposium” on Thursday (Sept. 20) at the Chicago History Museum. Batting leadoff on a panel session to discuss Bill Veeck and his father William was former Chicago Bulls general manager Jerry Krause (he works for the Arizona Diamondbacks and has worked for several other […]
Thursday thoughts (OK, what passes for thinking around here): With the Chicago White Sox losing to the Kansas City Royals and the Detroit Tigers beating the visiting Oakland Athletics Wednesday (Sept. 19), the Sox’ division lead is at two games. The good news for the Sox is that coolstandings.com rates the Sox’ chances for winning […]