The week was shaping up quite well for the White Sox. After an embarrassing sweep at the hands of the Blue Jays, the Sox had taken the first two games from the Twins at home and found themselves gaining confidence going into Thursday’s finale. Then the southside faithful awoke to reports that Kenny Williams had struck a [...]
20-1 and an Ace veto=Twin killing for Sox
By: Wes F | Thursday May 21st, 2009
Division Duels: Cleveland vs. Kansas City
By: Tony Bosma | Tuesday May 19th, 2009
Cleveland Indians (Tony Bosma) vs. Kansas City Royals (David Cain) Three Games @ Kauffman Stadium, May 19-21 Tony: Lee the only bright spot for Tribe—-David: Royals take two
Division Duels: Minnesota at Chicago
By: Wes F | Tuesday May 19th, 2009
Minnesota Twins (Nate Walters) vs. Chicago White Sox (Wes French) Three Games @ The Cell, May 19-21 Nate: Desperation Series—-Wes: ChiSox take two from Twinks
Tiger's Offense Shows It's Claws
By: AnnexNate | Sunday May 17th, 2009
As my ChiSox loving cohort and I previewed, the mid-week series between the Tigers and the Twins was going to be rough on the car-city kids. The Tigers were not hitting well, despite coming off the weekend sweep of the Indians. The Twins on the other hand, were only heating up.
A Return: More Positive than Reminiscent
By: AnnexNate | Thursday May 14th, 2009
On Wednesday night, aging Phillies starter Jamie Moyer gave up seven earned runs in 4.1 innings. Boston’s Tim Wakefield, who was 4-1 with an ERA under three, gave up seven earned in 4.2 innings. Toronto’s starter Scott Richmond, who was also 4-1, gave up five earned runs in less than two innings. Amongst the early departure list was another name; a name some people didn’t expect to see in the box scores ever again.
After a notable mechanical melt-down and a gaudy ERA, Dontrelle Willis was sent to the DL and down to the developmental, Class-A minor leagues for much of the 2008 season. The mission: try to make sense of what had happened to one of the best young pitchers in baseball.
