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All-Star Game completed - No White Sox players accidentally decapitated

This year’s All-Star game shone with promise for the boys on the South Side for one simple reason: No pitchers. Because as any experienced baseball watcher knows; pitchers can only ruin things. Phil Humber was devoured by piranhas last week, making him ineligible to be added to the AL roster, and helping the Sox avoid... Read more »

By James Fegan,
July 13, 2011 at 1:54 am

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White Sox Week That Was 6/27-7/3 - Pretty good, pretty good

These weekly wrap-ups are always heavily influenced by the result of the Sunday game. Seeing as the Sox have been hugging all the turns on the road to mediocrity all year long, usually they’re one game away from being deemed a failure anyway, so it’s a flaw that’s easily hidden most of the time. But... Read more »

By James Fegan,
July 4, 2011 at 1:09 am

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White Sox All-Star game candidates, and other fictional creatures

And he won’t need someone to get a career-derailing concussion this time to get back! // Michael Buckner, Getty Images The All-Star Game can be kind of silly. The fans vote for the starters, and that inevitably results in a great deal of the team being determined via popularity contest, and anyone who’s been to... Read more »

By James Fegan,
June 28, 2011 at 1:43 am

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White Sox Week That Was - 6/13-6/19: Let's just act like you turned a corner

He ain’t gonna make it. // Norm Hall, Getty Images This week was one uncharacteristically light on baseball for the White Sox, with only five games thanks to an off day and a rain delay. Perhaps that’s a good thing. The Sox are still 35-38 on the year, so they’re kind of below average at... Read more »

By James Fegan,
June 19, 2011 at 11:25 pm

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White Sox kinda embarrass themselves at the All-Star Game

Maybe it’s because the last time the World Series went to 7 games it was 2002′s ‘Roid-Fest. Maybe it’s because any team worth a damn isn’t really affected by playing on the road. Or maybe it’s because the Chicago White Sox went undefeated on the road when they won the ’05 World Series; but it’s... Read more »

By James Fegan,
July 15, 2010 at 12:34 am

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Bringing back Paul Konerko can't be an emotional decision

Paul Konerko breaks into his home-run trot after hitting a grand slam in the 7th inning of Game 2 of the 2005 World Series—SEE! You’re already getting emotional! I’ve been trying to gradually break out of the extremely alluring habit of ripping apart everything Phil Rogers writes. Sure enough, I had problems with what he... Read more »

By James Fegan,
July 13, 2010 at 9:44 pm

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Paul Konerko makes the All-Star team, but will he be here next year?

Paul wouldn’t be going to the All-Star team if we were in the 1970′s. Not because Paul isn’t particularly deserving, but because back in the dark ages of medical knowledge concerning concussions, Justin Morneau probably would be thrust out to Anaheim even though he’s still suffering headaches days after sustaining what is thought to be... Read more »

By James Fegan,
July 10, 2010 at 8:17 pm

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White Sox are let down by All-Star team announcement, as are most ML teams

Earlier this week…or last week…a few days ago, who cares, it’s not the point; I wrote a column predicting the plausible candidates for the All-Star team on the White Sox roster…Mark Kotsay was considered a long-shot. But in writing this column, I added in an extraneous factor that in no way actually plays into... Read more »

By James Fegan,
July 4, 2010 at 7:42 pm

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How many White Sox players are All-Stars?

2. What? You want analysis? Guh…fine. Let’s go through the roster. Pitchers Mark Buehrle – Maybe if he was a distinguished veteran who played his whole career in a huge market (yes, this is a dig at Andy Pettitte, how’d you guess?) and was pitching for an offensive juggernaut, Mark’s 4.60 ERA might have produced... Read more »

By James Fegan,
June 28, 2010 at 11:15 pm

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