Before Friday’s game against the Baltimore Orioles got rained out, the White Sox became the third team to debut their new Nike City Connect jerseys after the Boston Red Sox and Miami Marlins unveiled theirs earlier this season and the reviews were positive. Reports from the Chicago Sports Depot directly adjacent to Sox Park indicate […]
READY TO SHOW PITTSBURGH NO MERCY: Cubs Sweep Pirates
The Chicago Cubs have been on…dare I say it?…a bit of a roll lately. They rode a streak of winning three straight series into Pittsburgh to face the Pirates for a three game set. The Pirates have been every team’s punching bag this season, and the Cubs came in with their hands wrapped and ready […]
SINCE LAST WE MET: Cubs Win Three Straight Series
Since last we checked in on the Chicago Cubs, they’ve managed to play three series and win them all. They took two of three in Detroit before coming home to take three of four from the Washington Nationals and heading down to Boringtown to take two of three from the Cardinals. Let’s get to this: […]
OLD MAN YELLS AT CLOUD — White Sox Take 2 of 3 From Twins
Last week, the White Sox took a look at a Twins team that was struggling and well off the pace in the AL Central, and decided to kick them while they’re down, and swept them at Sox Park. This week, the Sox kept that mojo going, taking two out of three in Minnesota. Monday’s game […]
THIS IS A JOSE ABREU APPRECIATION POST — Sox Split Four-Game Set With KC
On Friday afternoon during the opener of a doubleheader against the Kansas City Royals, Jose Abreu lay on the first base line in pain after a vicious collision with Royals third baseman Hunter Dozier. The crowd in the stands, and White Sox fans everywhere held their breath for the reigning AL MVP, having already witnessed […]
SWEEP HOME CHICAGO — White Sox Sweep Slumping Twins
Heading into the 2021 season, the White Sox figured that their stiffest competition for AL Central supremacy was the Minnesota Twins, a franchise that has historically been a thorn in the sides of the Sox, and who won the division last year. The Twins, however, limped into Chicago for their first meeting with the newly-minted […]
BURN ON BIG RIVER, BURN ON: Cubs drop both games in Cleveland
The Chicago Cubs traveling injury show stopped off in Cleveland for two games, which gave everyone a chance to relive the fond memories of years ago when the Cubs used to be good. Before the series began, Jake Marisnick was added to the 10 day injured list and the towering Brad Wieck was added to […]
NO PLACE LIKE HOME: Cubs Take 2 of 3 From Bucs
The Cubs did one thing that hadn’t done all year – won two consecutive series. There was one other thing they couldn’t pull off, but had been done once – go two games over .500. They did manage that feat when they went 3-1 to start the season. Yes, Game 4 is the high point […]
ROYALS FLUSHED — White Sox complete three-game sweep in Kansas City
After splitting a pair of games in Cincinnati in which they allowed a grand total of *checks notes* one run, the White Sox flew to Kansas City to begin an important early-season two week stretch against the then-division leading Royals and Twins. They got off to a strong start with a three-game road sweep of […]
JUST LIKE WE DREW IT UP — White Sox 3, Royals 0
Early in Spring Training, the White Sox bullpen playbook would be to get six solid innings from the starter, and then run Codi Heuer, Aaron Bummer and Liam Hendriks out there for the final three innings to lock down a win. For the first time I can remember this year, that worked out just the […]