The defense part? That’s the worst part. And the scary part, too.
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"What a hell of a league this is. I hit .387, .408, and .395 the last three years and I ain't won nothin' yet!" - "Shoeless" Joe Jackson
Media on 35th Street
At Least Someone’s Thinking Positively
Filed Under: Opinion Also Filed Under: Andruw Jones, Chicago White Sox, Omar Vizquel, spring training 2 Comments
Storylines!
Ozzie meets the internet and hope runs face-first into the future. They’re like bloodlines, but without the bloody part.
The 2010 White Sox Spring Training Preview Preview
Coming soon to a sports page near you.
More Like The End Of Sports Encapsulation
This newfangled language recognition/auto-journalism technology thingy isn’t killing off anything we need worry ourselves with. Mostly.
Filed Under: Opinion Also Filed Under: Chicago White Sox, Gary Smith, Joe Posnanski, journalism, technology 1 Comment
True Faith
Maybe Ozzie Guillen’s forgotten the name and the address of everyone he’s ever known, but that’s nothing compared to thinking Jose Contreras and Bartolo Colon were ready for battle. [Mouthpiece Sports]
And hey, you know how I know Jake Peavy is awesome? Because he beat the Royals, that’s how. I even read that in the paper. [...]
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Swishy & Javy: Still Not The Answer
Nicky the Swish and Javy T. Squeeze could save this team. HAHA no, just kidding. They couldn’t. [Mouthpiece Sports]
Filed Under: Opinion Also Filed Under: Chicago White Sox, Javier Vazquez, Nick Swisher, revisionist history, Sports Illustrated, Tim Marchman 1 Comment
More Advancement
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: Carlos Quentin, Chicago White Sox, eerie similarities, elsewhere, Joe Cowley 1 Comment
Gene Woj in Shank City
The Sox are going to lose this weekend. Even if they win, they lose. Unless they win. Which they will. Team of Destiny! [Mouthpiece Sports]
Then again, no one loses until Derek Jeter loses. Because he’s so AWESOME!!! Almost as awesome as Gordon Beckham. No, actually, WAY AWESOMER , says the #1 fan of the #2 [...]
Filed Under: Opinion Also Filed Under: Chicago White Sox, death sentences, Derek Jeter, elsewhere, Gene Wojciechowski, losing, New York Yankees, Oakland Athletics, Team of Destiny 2 Comments
Keys, Schmeys: What The Sox Really Need To Do Is A Whole Lot Of Everything
Taking issue with what everyone says about everything, everwhere in all of Soxland.
It’s the Question That Drives Us
It’s the question that brought you here. You know the question, just as I did. [Mouthpiece Sports]
Filed Under: Opinion Also Filed Under: A.L. Central, Chicago White Sox, elsewhere, Jose Contreras, Paul Konerko 1 Comment
Dismantlement Plan
Sale! Sale! Everyone MUST GO! Seriously. All of them. Now.
It’s Not the Spotlight
“Sox-Rangers” just doesn’t have that contentious, national-level ring to it.
Filed Under: Opinion Also Filed Under: Chicago White Sox, eerie similarities, ESPN, pontifications, Texas Rangers 3 Comments
Previewing Tomorrow’s News
With Opening Day postponed due to hilariously inclement weather, let us offer up suggestions for the back page headline of tomorrow’s Sun-Times:
Snow Way!
Snow-Hitter
Say It Ain’t Snow!
Snow-pening Day
Home Snow-pener
That’s a White Sox Win-ter
Good God, What A Terrible City We Live In Where It Snows During Baseball Season
Stay tuned!
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Joe Posnanski Gets It Right, As Usual
The new last word on the state of sportswriting from one of the best:
I have never believed anything except that sportswriters must stay separate, that we must keep a healthy distance, that we must report on sports using the same tools and techniques and strategies that every journalist is taught at a very young age: [...]
Spring Kings Sing Things, Bring Strings
Why not to pay too much attention to the first three weeks of Spring Training.
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