How good are the Rays? How important is it for the Sox to beat them? The answer to both is a resounding “very.” [Mouthpiece Sports]
Filed Under: Features | Also Filed Under: Chicago White Sox, elsewhere |
Losing is losing and that’s all there is to it, so let’s just fill out the L column and call it a day.
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What do the Rays and Twins have in common? (Hint: It rhymes with “schmembarrassed in a ridiculous dome.”)
Introducing the 35th Street Review’s newest feature. In this installment: three, maybe three-and-a-half easy steps to dominating the junior circuit next year.
Filed Under: Features | Also Filed Under: 2009, Adrian Beltre, Barstool GM, Chicago White Sox, Gavin Floyd, Gordon Beckham, Josh Fields, Matt Cain, offseason, Point/Counterpoint, San Francisco Giants, Seattle Mariners |
The sports media longs for the World Series of yore – but no one’s really sure why.
To enjoy this year’s World Series is really nothing more than to revel in the same loathing and contempt we always have. And that’s a good thing.
Cover your eyes, fans: the Boston Red Sox may be on the verge of murdering baseball itself.
So the Sox are out. Now what? Now we rebound.
National League Championship Series, Dodgers vs. Phillies: Phillies fans, as we all know, are insane. And hateful. And spiteful. And mean. And their players carp a lot to the press. Also, Joe Torre and Manny Ramirez don’t need any more glorification in the sports press. Sox/35th [...]
They went 100 miles, 200 miles, 300 miles, and the train kept-a-rollin’.
We could be heroes, just for staving off total humiliation another day.
Q: How many White Sox batters does it take to get a runner on second?
A: Four. One to hit a double and three to leave him there.
Twelve runners left stranded. An opposing ace on the ropes in the first inning. A chance to strike a deathblow before the Rays even get to bat.
The result? You [...]
Filed Under: News | Also Filed Under: 2008, ALDS, Chicago White Sox, playoffs |
The thing is, we all kind of knew what would happen. We knew what would happen in the fifth inning of a Javier Vazquez start, and we knew the Good Guys’ only runs would come from the bomb squad, and we knew the Rays would be aggressive, and we knew. . . well, we just [...]
I meant to post this earlier, but we’ve been having some server issues today due to, among other things, high traffic (!). But our good friend Jessica at Her Rays graciously lent me the floor today to explain ourselves on behalf of the Second City. Enjoy it, and raise a glass for our old friend.
Of [...]
Still talking to myself, and nobody’s home.
The myth of “Perfect attendance” infiltrates the American League East.
Before anyone starts pointing to today’s game as how “this team never gives up” or “reminiscent of 2005,” let’s just take a step back and review the last three (extremely important) days of baseball:
Friday’s scoring plays: two-run homer, two-run homer. Sox lose.
Saturday’s scoring plays: two-run homer, sacrifice fly following a triple. Sox lose.
Sunday’s scoring plays: [...]