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Indians Preview with Matthew Van Wormer of DTTWLN

This Monday brings about the third series of the season for the White Sox against the Cleveland Indians. They just so happen to be leading the division, despite the AL Central being betrothed to Detroit at the beginning of the season. To figure out why Cleveland’s been rolling recently, I contacted Matthew Van Wormer of... Read more »

By James Fegan,
May 7, 2012 at 12:08 pm

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AL Central Preview: The only team to fear is the team itself...and the Tigers

Last Spring, I wrote a capsule for every other AL Central team for the purpose of sizing up the competition. The 2011 White Sox didn’t figure to run away with the AL Central unopposed, but they were serious contenders and it was important to get a handle on just how many games they’d need to win... Read more »

By James Fegan,
April 3, 2012 at 4:07 am

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White Sox around the world

If I really wanted to, I think I could squeeze a third post out about Kosuke Fukudome signing on to be the 5th outfielder, but it’s probably not the best thing for anyone involved or in the surrounding area. Additionally, the video for the classic White Sox game I was going to write a retrospective... Read more »

By James Fegan,
February 17, 2012 at 2:52 am

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Plunken' Em

Mark Parent was talking pretty tough on Sunday, and no tough-guy, hard-nosed bench coach persona is really complete without some pledge of loyalty to the team, seasoned with a bit of implied violence. Or at least, that’s what all the bench coach handbooks say. So while it was notable that Parent made a pledge of... Read more »

By James Fegan,
January 31, 2012 at 12:26 am

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Welcome distractions from Prince Fielder

Prince Fielders had 128 weighted runs created in 2011. Adam Dunn + Alex Rios + Gordon Beckham had 125. I would like a distraction from Prince Fielder, please. Yoenis Cespedes and that other finesse lefty guy Yoenis Cespedes is a distraction, and is even the opposite of Fielder in many ways. There’s no worry of... Read more »

By James Fegan,
January 26, 2012 at 12:56 am

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Death at the hands of large men

The Detroit Tigers signed Prince Fielder. Is there any other way to start into discussing this? The Detroit Tigers signed Prince Fielder to a 9-year (with no opt out), $214 million contract, seemingly in response to losing DH Victor Martinez (who’s signed through 2014) for the season to a knee injury. Good gravy. The best... Read more »

By James Fegan,
January 25, 2012 at 1:05 am

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Trade rumors put White Sox firmly on the fence

The White Sox are still listening to offers for Gavin Floyd. Listening, doesn’t necessarily imply anything is actually being said. It could mean that the White Sox are merely open to receiving chatter. It could mean that the White Sox are simply laying down on their back, in the middle of a grassy field, chewing on... Read more »

By James Fegan,
January 17, 2012 at 10:53 pm

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The more trivial consequences of the CBA

The initial reaction to the new CBA rightly centered around the significant changes to player acquisition, as it stood to affect the coming off-season, and promised to drag other teams down to the White Sox odd little way of doing things. That’s pretty important since the White Sox minor league system is really, quite terrible... Read more »

By James Fegan,
December 13, 2011 at 11:29 pm

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Minoso misses out on the Hall

Ron Santo was announced as having been selected to the Hall of Fame by the Golden Era Committee on Monday, which was a nice, though sadly hollow victory for objectively elite performance being properly rewarded. Minnie Minoso on the other hand, fell three votes short of the necessary 75% barrier, and will have his candidacy... Read more »

By James Fegan,
December 5, 2011 at 10:21 pm

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AL Central comings and goings

The White Sox aren’t really allowed to have much of an off-season this year. Presumably the 2011 off-season was traded in return for a veteran rebound candidate at an earlier date, and presumably Gio Gonzalez was thrown in to sweeten the pot a bit. So instead, we’re left to observe the activities of AL Central... Read more »

By James Fegan,
November 8, 2011 at 3:06 am

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