As we all know by now, the White Sox didn’t make the playoffs during the 2011 season. To the team’s management, the disappointing season record of 79-83 was especially painful, considering the record $127 million spent on the club’s payroll last year. Of particular note is the $12 million of the payroll that went to [...]
The White Sox spent most of the 2011 MLB season squarely in the middle of the pack, sometimes to the chagrin of their fans who felt the team was capable of much more. Apparently, the Cubs ownership agreed, because after the team failed to make the playoffs, they started cleaning house. First to go was [...]
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 [...]
The last time we looked in on the Chicago White Sox, they were a shade under .500 and third in their division. They’re currently in exactly the same place, sitting at 63-63 overall and third in the AL Central. While the Sox are playing pretty predictable ball, their weekend victory over the Texas Rangers was [...]
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 [...]
If it seems a little quiet at U.S. Cellular Field lately, it’s because the place has been just about empty. Just over 23,000 fans showed up this past weekend to watch the White Sox, even though they’re right in the middle of the playoff hunt at 37-39 and in 3rd place in the American League [...]
As we last reported, spring training didn’t go so well for the White Sox. So far, the 2011 MLB regular season isn’t going much better. As of mid-May, the Sox are at 16 and 24 on the year and while the team has won several decisive victories, they’ve also lost a few blowouts and quite [...]
The Chicago White Sox began in St. Paul, Minnesota as the White Stockings. After the move to Chicago in 1900, the team joined the National League and became World Series champions in 1906, defeating the other Chi-town club, the Cubs. In 1910, the White Sox got a new ballpark named Comiskey Park. The team became [...]