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The 35th Street Guide To 2010 White Sox Fantasy Baseball

By Andrew Reilly | March 1, 2010

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

Filed Under: Features | Also Filed Under: Alex Rios, Bobby Jenks, Bold Predictions, Chicago White Sox, fantasy baseball, Gordon Beckham, Mark Teahen, Paul Konerko | 2 Comments

The Probable Outcomes Of Passing On A Pure DH

By Andrew Reilly | January 25, 2010

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

Filed Under: Features | Also Filed Under: Andruw Jones, Barstool GM, Bold Predictions, DHs, Mark Kotsay, Omar Vizquel, Paul Konerko, Team of Destiny, trade rumors are stupid | 2 Comments

Worst of the Best Teams of the Decade

By Andrew Reilly | December 19, 2009

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.

Filed Under: Features | Also Filed Under: 2000, 2006, 2008, Brian Anderson, Chicago White Sox, Decade In Review, Frank Thomas, Herbert Perry, Jermaine Dye, Jim Thome, Jon Garland, Jose Valentin, Kip Wells, Paul Konerko, playoffs, retrospectives | 3 Comments

Four Incredibly Short Essays About Dewayne Wise

By Andrew Reilly | October 10, 2009

Who was Dewayne Wise, and why should we care? Two burning questions share an eerily similar answer.

Filed Under: Features | Also Filed Under: 35th Best, Alex Rios, Chicago White Sox, departures, Dewayne Wise, Jermaine Dye, outfielders, Scott Podsednik | 4 Comments

Average, Out, Over

By Andrew Reilly | October 5, 2009

In the end, we are all one person looking at 30 sides of the same terrible offense through two disparate eyes that see entirely different worlds. All told, that’s not necessarily a bad thing. [The Beachwood Reporter]

Filed Under: Features | Also Filed Under: advanced mathematical conclusions, Alex Rios, Buzz Lightyear, Chicago White Sox, elsewhere, Gordon Beckham, Hawk Harrelson, Los Angeles Dodgers, outfield, Paul Konerko, season recaps, sitting shotgun on someone else's bandwagon | Leave a comment

Less Than Losing And Way Beyond Empty

By Andrew Reilly | September 28, 2009

There is but one reason for the Sox to try any more, and it is also the same reason they shouldn’t bother. History awaits. [The Beachwood Reporter]

Filed Under: Features | Also Filed Under: 500, Chicago White Sox, elsewhere, Gordon Beckham, losing, Ozzie Guillen, Team of Destiny, winning | Leave a comment

The Inner Game of White Sox Baseball

By Andrew Reilly | September 21, 2009

Let’s be thankful for the mistake Carlos Quentin didn’t make, as the consequences would have surely been disastrous. [The Beachwood Reporter]

Filed Under: Features | Also Filed Under: Brent Lillibridge, Chicago White Sox, elsewhere, Hawk Harrelson, Jake Peavy, Milton Bradley | Leave a comment

Looking Ahead to 2010’s Dashed Expectations

By Andrew Reilly | September 15, 2009

Someone is going to let us down, and the 35th Street Review has a few ideas on just who that hero will be.

Filed Under: News | Also Filed Under: Alex Rios, Alexei Ramirez, Gordon Beckham | Leave a comment

More Advancement

By Andrew Reilly | September 11, 2009

Ssssssshhh! You, complaining about the low batting average – quiet down over there! Carlos Quentin is thinking! Again! [Mouthpiece Sports]

Filed Under: Features | Also Filed Under: Chicago White Sox, eerie similarities, elsewhere, Joe Cowley, Media | 1 Comment

There Is Only One Carlos Quentin Profile Piece And It Goes Like This

By Andrew Reilly | September 11, 2009

News and fluff collide in the Chicago sports pages. Advancement rages on!

Filed Under: News | Read More: Carlos Quentin | Leave a comment

Eleven Years Gone

By Andrew Reilly | September 8, 2009

When you’re all out of love, the best you can do is hate; all told, that’s not such a bad way to run out the clock. [The Beachwood Reporter]

Filed Under: Features | Also Filed Under: 1998, Chicago White Sox, elsewhere, forgettable teams, Gordon Beckham, Hawk Harrelson | 1 Comment

Of Death Spirals and Supersubs

By Andrew Reilly | August 24, 2009

We have hit the point of the season where the only logic left to cling to reeks of absolutely no logic whatsoever. If nothing goes right, we’ll have this thing locked up in no time. [The Beachwood Reporter]

Filed Under: Features | Also Filed Under: ball four base hits, Chicago White Sox, elsewhere, Gordon Beckham, Hawk Harrelson, Wrigley Field sale | Leave a comment

Not Much To Say When You’re Losing To The Mucky-Muck

By Andrew Reilly | August 17, 2009

And a child shall lead them, and that child will be named Freddy Garcia, and perhaps he too can resurrect those glorious first-place days of 2005 or, barring that, the magical third-place summer of 2006. The Bears, on the other hand, probably could have smoked the Mariners. [The Beachwood Reporter]

Filed Under: Features | Also Filed Under: Brian Anderson, Chicago Bears, elsewhere, Football, Freddy Garcia, Nick Markakis | Leave a comment

Injured or Injury-Prone?

By Andrew Reilly | May 27, 2009

What do you call a player who’s always hurt and usually producing less than he’s capable of?

Filed Under: Features | Also Filed Under: Chicago White Sox | Leave a comment

Early and Often

By Andrew Reilly | April 25, 2009

Your guide to proper voting technique for the 2009 MLB All-Star Game. Ayn Rand would probably have something to say about this.

Filed Under: Features | Also Filed Under: All-Stars, Chicago White Sox, democracy inaction, Milton Bradley, Paul Konerko, voting | Leave a comment

Carlos Quentin’s Season is Twenty Percent Over

By Andrew Reilly | April 22, 2009

A few words on the downside of hot starts OR We are all in Hawk Harrelson Heaven right about now.

Filed Under: Opinion | Also Filed Under: Baltimore Orioles, Chicago White Sox, Hawk Harrelson, Nick Markakis, pessimism, softball | 4 Comments

That, My Friends, Is What’s Called a “Winning Streak”

By Andrew Reilly | April 12, 2009

A few words on the fun of watching the Twins lose to the Sox.

Filed Under: Opinion | Also Filed Under: Chicago White Sox, grindyness, losers, Minnesota Twins, softball | 2 Comments

A Few Interesting Things

By Andrew Reilly | March 23, 2009

Maybe it’s not just the World Baseball Classic that’s flawed. Maybe it’s the whole concept of sports in America.

Filed Under: Opinion | Also Filed Under: Chicago White Sox, Derek Jeter, John Danks, pretentiousness, rants, World Baseball Classic | 1 Comment

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