Author Archives: Andrew Reilly

The 35th Street Post Office [March 10, 2010]

Your busy editor thinks the Twins’ loss is everyone else’s loss, and that Gordon Beckham is the logical heir to the Robinson Cano fortune.

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On The Simple Thrill Of Hearing The Cubs Suffer At The Hands Of The White Sox, Even If It’s Only An Exhibition Game Played By The B-Team

Contempt, nonsense and vague threats over the airwaves mean the season is here, even if it hasn’t actually started.

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The 35th Street Guide To 2010 White Sox Fantasy Baseball

They’re only sleepers if you didn’t see them coming.

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Storylines!

Ozzie meets the internet and hope runs face-first into the future. They’re like bloodlines, but without the bloody part.

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Things You Can Buy In Detroit For $8 Million

That’s a lot of Coney Dogs.

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My Favorite Baseball Card

As the greatest hitter in franchise history calls it a day, the author finds the future was always written on a slab of laminated plastic.

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Who Needs Orlando Hudson?

Not the Sox, that’s who.

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A Sox Fan’s Guide To The CTA Service Cuts

The most annoying part of your baseball experience, now made even more so.

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The 2010 White Sox Spring Training Preview Preview

Coming soon to a sports page near you.

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Becoming That Which They Hate

The worst thing that could have happened to the White Sox didn’t. But that’s still a sad way to end up.

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The Probable Outcomes Of Passing On A Pure DH

The fate of the most DHingest players on the DHingest team in the DHingest little city in America, ordered chronologically from saddest to truest.

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In January, Everyone Is Just So Awesome

It even says so in the newspaper.

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A Big Move Is The Only Sensible Move

“We need guns. Lots of guns.”

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The Most Average Team of the Decade

Our former president once joked that C students could one day become president themselves, to which your editor asks: why bother with politics when you could be the next Ken Vining? Part five in a series.

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Manager of the Decade

Even when there are two, there can be only one, and you already know who it is. Part four in a series.

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Best of the Worst Teams of the Decade

At the decade’s end, it really only matters what you value. Hilarity, for example, can be a reasonable substitute for pride. Part three in a series.

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AR Talks BA

Jeff at Royally Speaking asked for some sage wisdom on his favorite team’s newest treasure from the South Side scrapyard. As much as I hate to ruin a surprise, this one would only ruin itself. Surprise! [Royally Speaking]

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Worst of the Best Teams of the Decade

When are 96 wins no better than 90, and when are they even worse than 89 (which were technically 88 in the first place)? When you’re the Chicago White Sox, that’s when. Part two in a series.

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