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Instant Rationalization – You can’t stop the White Sox offense, you can only hope to contain it

Remember when the White Sox offense used to be anemic? When hits were at a premium and strikeouts were about as frequent as rush hour traffic jams on the Kennedy? It’s getting harder to by the day, as a completely rejuvenated and balanced White Sox hitting attack has been making games very fun to watch... Read more »

By Kevin Wallace,
May 26, 2012 at 7:27 pm

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Instant Rationalization – Dominant Sale helps White Sox break through perennially pesky Twins

Chris Sale chewed up and spit out all of the Twins piranhas, giving up just two hits in seven shutout innings as the White Sox put last night’s misery behind them with a 6-0 blanking of Minnesota. The White Sox showed the hustle and fundamentals of a major league team, which is a marked improvement... Read more »

By Kevin Wallace,
May 23, 2012 at 10:40 pm

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Instant Rationalization - Bizarro World: White Sox beat Tigers in most improbable ways

It’s not often that a team wins a game when its starting pitcher gets knocked out after just three innings. It’s also pretty rare for a sub-.200 hitter to lead a comeback that saw his season RBI count nearly doubled in one game. And yet, both happened Monday night as the White Sox beat the... Read more »

By Kevin Wallace,
May 14, 2012 at 11:35 pm

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Instant Rationalization - Welcome back Chris Sale, inept offense

In the next chapter of the strange Chris Sale saga, the 23-year-old right-hander more or less picked up right where he left off as a starter. Sale’s number one problem continued to be an elevated pitch count, as he needed 103 pitches to get through just five innings in a lackluster 5-0 loss to the... Read more »

By Kevin Wallace,
May 12, 2012 at 11:08 pm

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Instant Rationalization - Dylan Axelrod, we hardly knew ye

In a game that introduced White Sox fans to the team’s first candidate to take over the fifth starter’s role, Dylan Axelrod survived. I use the word “survived,” because Axelrod allowed eight base runners, gave up two home runs and threw 99 pitches in 4 1/3 innings. Yet, he allowed just two runs. As Hawk... Read more »

By Kevin Wallace,
May 6, 2012 at 4:13 pm

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Instant Rationalization - Who's Your Daddy? Tonight, for new dad Humber, it was himself

Instant Rationalization Well, we were bound to lose to Cleveland at some point this season. This game had that explosive-type feeling, with Philip Humber pitching on the ropes all night long. Humber was relatively lucky to get out of the jams that he did. Six walks in six innings is usually the recipe for disaster... Read more »

By Kevin Wallace,
May 2, 2012 at 11:10 pm

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Philip Humber has thrown the 21st perfect game in baseball history

Philip Humber’s charming redemption story has reached a stunning climax, as he retired all 27 batters he faced in a 4-0 victory over the Seattle Mariners. Humber struck out 9 using a incredible curveball, and induced loads of weak contact all day. A 4th inning lineout by Dustin Ackley was the only hard hit ball... Read more »

By James Fegan,
April 21, 2012 at 6:03 pm

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Duffed it

Blown saves happen. They really just happen and happen and happen. It’d be a mistake to blow one out of proportion, especially after last April convinced everyone that Matt Thornton was suddenly terrible for a month. As brutal as Monday’s 10-4 sneak attack loss to the Orioles seemed, there’s a very good chance it’s all... Read more »

By James Fegan,
April 17, 2012 at 1:38 am

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The White Sox are who they are, and today you can't complain

Amid all the hubbub about it being a new year, and Robin Ventura emphasizing extra practice, and not giving off overt signs of not caring, one might expect an effective White Sox team to be the product of a complete transformation. If they beat Detroit, perhaps they’d beat them 15-14, with Beckham and Dunn hitting... Read more »

By James Fegan,
April 13, 2012 at 7:37 pm

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Looking for sources of hope on the roster

Lo and behold, the White Sox are a winning ballclub. Thanks to their old friend, the long ball, the Sox defeated the Indians 10-6 on Wednesday afternoon despite forecasts for snow and other Cleveland-related weather maladies. As John Danks’ control took the early flight back home, for the first time the Sox deviated from what... Read more »

By James Fegan,
April 12, 2012 at 3:18 am

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