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 [...]
Well, another MLB regular season is over and, yet again, the Chicago Cubs didn’t make the playoffs. By now, many Cubs fans have come to expect this type of outcome from the Cubbies, but that doesn’t make the disappointment go away. The team’s front office has gotten the message and is working on rebuilding for [...]
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 [...]
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 you’re a loyal Cubs fan, you know this feeling well. We’re only halfway through the regular season and the feeling of futility is already settling over Wrigley Field yet again. As of July 18, the Cubs are at 38-58 on the year – 20 games below .500. Interestingly, some of the Chicago players had [...]
The 2011 season has been vintage Cubbies so far. Almost halfway through the year, the Cubs are 30-44 and in 5th place in their division. Prior to Memorial Day weekend, they were a little under .500 and then they hit a ridiculous losing streak, dropping eight games in a row to Houston, St. Louis, and [...]
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 [...]
The Chicago Cubs started out with a name similar to their intown rival, the White Sox. Originally, the team was known as the Chicago White Stockings and won the National League Championship in 1876. After a beat reporter nicknamed the team “Cubs” due to its large number of young players in 1902, the name stuck [...]