After Thursday’s snow-out, the White Sox returned to action Saturday in Boston, against a Red Sox team that looked more like the UCLA Bruins than their usual selves. Boston debuted their “City Connect” edition jerseys, inspired by the finish line of the Boston Marathon. They’re the first of seven MLB teams to wear “City Connect” […]
ANYTHING YOU CAN DO I CAN DO BETTER — White Sox 8, Cleveland 0
On Tuesday night at Sox Park, Lucas Giolito and Cleveland’s Shane Bieber put on a master class in pitching in the big leagues, with the two combining for 16 scoreless innings between the two starters, and they only allowed three hits each. Bieber struck out 11 Sox hitters over 9 innings, while Giolito fanned eight […]
NOT GOOD LAND: Cubs drop 2 of 3 in Milwaukee
The Chicago Cubs, having dropped two of three in Pittsburgh, went into Milwaukee needing 2 of 3 to get back to .500 before heading home for a tough homestand. They got good news before the series started, as Christian Yelich was scrubbed from the first game due to a bad back. The Cubs saw that […]
BETTER LATE THAN NEVER — White Sox 4, Cleveland 3
After dropping Sunday’s game in extras, the White Sox welcomed Cleveland in for the first of 19 games, and a tight game went the Sox way in the bottom of the 9th on a fortunate bounce, as the Sox benefited from a bad defensive play by the opposition. THE GOOD: The bullpen, which had struggled […]
CUBS SUCK, FALL TO BUCS: Cubs lose 2 of 3 in Pittsburgh
As Sunday’s game between the Chicago Cubs and Pittsburgh Pirates was winding to a close with a 7-1 Pirates win, Pat Hughes was on the radio saying the Cubs were losing 2 of 3 to the “lowly Pittsburgh Pirates”. Don’t look now, Pat…the Cubs are pretty damn lowly themselves. After the Cubs returned the favor […]
THERE’S NO PLACE LIKE HOME — White Sox 6, Royals 0
The White Sox played their first home game in front of fans; a sold-out crowd of 8,207, since late September of 2019, and despite a less-than-stellar opening road trip, the Sox put on a show in front of the home faithful in Thursday’s home opener. Now, to be fair, the Sox usually struggle on the […]
SCARED HITLESS: Cubs drop 2 of 3 to Milwaukee
After doing what they should have done in taking two of three from the Pirates at home, the Cubs welcomed the Milwaukee Brewers into Wrigley Field for a three game set. And when I say “welcome”, I mean they were hosts of such grace and accommodation that they made Martha Stewart look like Strother Martin […]
SAME OLD CUBS? Cubs Go 2-1 vs Pittsburgh
The Chicago Cubs started their season playing in front of fans at Wrigley Field for the first time since the end of the 2019 season. They dropped their Home Opener 5-3 before winning the next two by scores of 5-1 and 4-3. Their 2-1 start was matched by the Reds, as the Brewers, Cardinals and […]
LET ME SHOW YOU THE ERROR OF YOUR WAYS — White Sox 4, Angels 7
The story of the first three games of this season-opening series has been the White Sox defense allowing unearned runs, and allowing two winnable games to get away from them, and turn into losses. And the one they did win, got too close for comfort too. But on ESPN’s Sunday Night Baseball, the script was […]
YERMINATOR 2: JUDGEMENT DAY — White Sox 3, Angels 5
After going 5-for-5 in his first big-league start Friday night, Tony LaRussa seemingly had no choice but to put Yermin Mercedes back in the line up as the DH, and he picked up where he left off Saturday night in his 2nd start. Unfortunately, the 8th inning got the best of the Sox bullpen, and […]