Over the weekend, the Chicago White Sox had a three-game series against the Kansas City Royals. Prior to this series, the Sox were experiencing one of the most severe slumps of this season. After dropping the first two games to Kansas City, Chicago was sitting at a seven-game losing streak, tying their worst loss record [...]
Here’s the thing about competition: It only works if the other people are actually competing. That seems to be the issue hampering the White Sox at the midseason point. Chi-town is pretty good, but they’re probably capable of being great. Why aren’t they? Well, if the current performances are any indication, no one else in [...]
It’s a good thing spring training doesn’t really count, because both Chicago baseball clubs have had struggles in the Cactus League. The White Sox have won nine out of 24 games and, inexplicably, played far worse at home than they did on the road. The Cubs are doing better…barely. They’ve won ten out of 25 [...]