White Sox News

Royals' offensive funk deepens in 4-1 loss to White Sox
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July 3
Kansas City Star
 
"More of the same. The Royals wasted another fine performance from a starting pitcher Thursday night -- that makes three in a row -- in a 4-1 loss to the Chicago White Sox at Kauffman Stadium. In isolation, this one was understandable. The Royals were matched against Chicago ace Mark Buehrle, who can do this to anyone and has often done it in the past to the Royals. But the overall offensive flat-lining is accelerating. The Royals have scored just three runs in losing their last three games; 19 runs in losing five of their last seven; and 31 runs in losing eight of their last 12. They haven't scored five runs since a 12-5 loss to the Cardinals on June 19 and haven't scored more than five ..."
Time for Sox to close book on Brian Anderson
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July 3
Chicago Sun-Times
 
"Outfielder Brian Anderson didn't see the comments from White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen last weekend. But he never really needed to. It's a numbers game now. With every day that Carlos Quentin gives a thumbs-up on a rehab program to strengthen his injured left foot, Anderson and Dewayne Wise know it's one day closer to one of them being gone. That was obvious when Guillen was asked during the Cubs series if he had the confidence to move leadoff hitter Scott Podsednik from left field to center to make room for Quentin when the power hitter is ready to return. That would end the platoon of Wise and Anderson. ''Yes, I will,'' Guillen said with very little hesitation. ''If [Podsednik] continues ..."
Sox on guard against Royals headbanger Greinke
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July 3
Chicago Sun-Times
 
"Keep an eye on Kansas City Royals ace Zack Greinke when he takes the mound tonight. And if you're a White Sox hitter, watch your head. Greinke, who has made an early statement this season to fuel Cy Young Award talk, has a history of beaning Sox hitters. Of the 29 batters Greinke has plunked in his career, nine were Sox players. He has hit only hit five batters from the other teams in the American League Central. ''To have success in the big leagues, you have to pitch inside,'' Sox manager Ozzie Guillen said. ''It's one thing to pitch inside, and it's another thing to pitch behind the hitters. He pitched to [Alexei] Ramirez [earlier this season]. That ball was in, just to get him out of ..."
Buehrle: Upcoming weeks will tell Sox' story
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July 2
Chicago Sun-Times
 
"Mark Buehrle takes the baseball and goes to the mound every fifth day. He was thankful Wednesday about that being his only job description. ''We're playing good right now, and that's always good,'' the face of the starting rotation said when asked about the pulse of the White Sox. ''It's fun when you come to the park, and we feel like we're going to win every game. But I still can't forget that we've gone back and forth. We've had a good week or two, and then it seems like we can't win a game and nothing goes right. I really don't know.'' Yes, the Sox had fun sweeping the sinking Indians in three games, but Buehrle has glanced at the schedule and knows that post-All-Star break is when ..."
Newfound identity starts at the top
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July 2
Chicago Sun-Times
 
"It was hard to turn the page on June after the White Sox ended the month on an 11-4 winning streak. But while they've made up ground on the first-place Detroit Tigers in the Central Division, more important is the hope that they've finally found an offensive identity. Yes, the Sox still major in the home run, evident by the 41 souvenirs they hit out in June to tie only the Tampa Bay Rays for the American League lead in homers. But they also have shown an ability to score by creating runs, running the bases and creating timely hits. A .327 batting average the last week of June with 51 runs scored (7.3 per game) gave hitting coach Greg Walker a glimpse of what this offense could be. Now the ..."
White Sox beat Indians 6-2, sweep series
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July 2
Chicago Sun-Times
 
"Just under two weeks ago, manager Ozzie Guillen gathered his team for a quick meeting, delivering a very simple, but honest, message. ''I told them, 'Hey man, play whatever games we have left [before the All-Star break] like champs, because I don't want the general manager [Ken Williams] to break this team apart because we think we don't have a chance to win the division,' '' Guillen confessed, hours before the 6-2 win over Cleveland on Wednesday. ''Right now, they've responded well. I hope they keep responding like that. Believe it or not, that's my boys and I want to keep them together as long as I can.'' Not only did the sweep of Cleveland buy Guillen and his ''boys'' more time, but now ..."
Quentin on track for post-All-Star return
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July 2
Chicago Tribune
 
"Carlos Quentin had some encouraging words Wednesday before joining his teammates in pregame batting practice. "I'm getting closer," Quentin said while carrying several bats. After missing five weeks because of plantar fasciitis in his left foot, Quentin has increased the intensity of his workouts to the point where a minor-league rehabilitation assignment is coming into focus. Because of the nature of his injury and the lengthy recovery, this won't be a brisk stint at Triple-A Charlotte, hitting coach Greg Walker said. Quentin, who led the Sox with 36 home runs in only 100 games last season, will be placed on a deliberate program designed to ensure he will be able to withstand the rigors ..."
White Sox dump Indians 6-2
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July 2
Chicago Tribune
 
"While much of the speculation has centered on upgrades before the July 31 trading deadline, Jose Contreras and batterymate Ramon Castro have fortified the White Sox's roster over the last five weeks. Contreras' renaissance resumed Wednesday night as the Sox extended their winning streak to a season-high five games with a 6-2 victory over Cleveland that completed a three-game sweep and moved them to within three games of American League Central leader Detroit. The Sox (39-37) moved to two games above the .500 mark for the first time since May 1. They have won 13 of their last 17 on the road. Since rejoining the Sox on June 8 from Triple-A Charlotte, Contreras has lowered his ERA from 8.19 ..."
Hot Chicago White Sox put Cleveland Indians on ice
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July 2
Cleveland Plain Dealer
 
"The losses are coming so fast that they probably don't even hurt anymore. Five straight, seven of eight, 14 of 17. It's as if the Indians are numb, encased in ice. The locker room is quiet before and after games. They seem to have lost before they begin. Wednesday night was cool at Progressive Field as Chicago completed a three-game sweep with a 6-2 victory over Jeremy Sowers and the Indians. It was so cool that it felt like September with winter patiently swirling just beyond the lake. But no one is getting off that easy this year. It's July 2. There are still nine games left before the All-Star break and seldom has an Eric Wedge team looked so beaten. Even when CC Sabathia was traded ..."
Sowers falls prey to another 6th inning
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July 2
Akron Beacon Journal
 
"Again Wednesday night, Jeremy Sowers toyed with a team until the middle innings then imploded in a sea of hits and runs. The result was a predictable 6-2 loss to the Chicago White Sox at Progressive Field. For the first five innings, Sowers (2-6, 5.68 ERA) permitted only one run and six hits, the run and three of the hits coming in the fifth inning, when Sowers suddenly became vulnerable. Shin-Soo Choo's seventh assist of the year, throwing out Alexei Ramirez trying to stretch a single into a double, extricated Sowers from further trouble in the fifth, but he ran into a barrage of hits in the sixth. With one out in the inning, Sowers gave up two consecutive singles before light-hitting ..."
Win streak at 4 as team passes .500 for 1st time since May 2
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July 1
Chicago Sun-Times
 
"Lost in the profanity, the pleas for the ''governor of Chicago'' to wreck Wrigley Field and build a new stadium and the requirement that those who play for him ''have some [guts]'' was an important fact that always seems to get lost when it comes to White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen: At the end of the day, he knows his baseball. That was evident again in the surging Sox' rain-shortened 11-4 victory Tuesday against the Cleveland Indians that gave them a four-game winning streak and moved them above .500 for the first time since May 2. The game was called after three rain delays with the Sox batting in the seventh inning. Facing left-hander Cliff Lee, the closest thing the sinking Indians have ..."
NL play sparks running game
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July 1
Chicago Tribune
 
"The White Sox are 11-6 in interleague play. That includes a 5-3 mark at National League ballparks, which manager Ozzie Guillen believes might have kick-started the running game he craves. "I'm going to try to push the right buttons to get this thing going," Guillen said. "We're not going to play a boring game. But in the meanwhile, they swung better than in the past." Entering Tuesday night's game at Cleveland, the Sox had stolen 52 bases and were on pace to easily surpass last year's total of 67. Scott Podsedni k leads the Sox with 12 stolen bases despite not joining the team until May 1. But his teammates also have taken advantage of Guillen's emphasis on being aggressive on the base ..."
Chicago White Sox's Ozzie Guillen discusses his future
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July 1
Chicago Tribune
 
"Ozzie Guillen is only 45 years old and is signed through the 2012 season. Guillen said he still has the same fire to manage as he did when he took over the White Sox in 2004. But when his current contract expires, Guillen admitted he might have few choices should he decide to go elsewhere. And it most likely won't be the Cubs. "First of all, to manage the Cubs, [Sox Chairman] Jerry Reinsdorf has to be dead. Second, to go to that job ... I'm not going to manage at Wrigley Field. I might manage the Cubs. No, not at Wrigley Field. I hate that [bleeping] place." Guillen used to speak in negative tones solely toward Wrigley and spoke highly of the Cubs and their fans. But that changed slightly ..."
Chicago White Sox beat Cleveland Indians
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July 1
Chicago Tribune
 
"General manager Ken Williams and manager Ozzie Guillen have preached patience when it comes to assessing the White Sox's younger players this season. Their resolve is starting to pay off, especially after what Gordon Beckham and Clayton Richard helped accomplish Tuesday night. Beckham helped lead an offense that handed Cleveland ace Cliff Lee one of the shortest starts of his career in an 11-4 victory over the Indians that was called with two outs in the top of the seventh inning because of rain. Richard (3-1) won for the first time since May 29 by pitching efficiently to earn his first major-league complete game. "We think of [Richard] as our future," manager Ozzie Guillen said. "And ..."
Lee gets rocked by Sox
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July 1
Akron Beacon Journal
 
"How do the Indians hang onto any thread of hope, when the ace of their staff gets pummeled for seven runs in three innings? That's right. Cliff Lee, 2008 American League Cy Young Award winner, failed to get out of the fourth inning, limped through his shortest appearance in three years, put his team in a hole deeper than any John Deere excavator could carve out. The Chicago White Sox hammered away for 11 hits against Lee, including five doubles and Paul Konerko's two-run homer in the first inning, on the way to an 11-4 thrashing Tuesday night at Progressive Field. There is no mercy rule in big-league baseball, but because of three weather delays that lasted one hour, 59 minutes, the game ..."
White Sox, hitting better than Tigers, gaining ground
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July 1
Detroit Free Press
 
"The Tigers aren't scoring runs consistently. But suddenly the White Sox are. The White Sox jumped Indians ace Cliff Lee for four runs in the first inning Tuesday night. By the third inning, the Sox had made it their fourth straight game in which they scored at least six runs. It was also the sixth time in seven games the White Sox had scored at least six runs. Chicago won, 11-4, in a game shortened to seven innings by rain. The White Sox moved a game above .500 and stayed tied for second with the Twins. They are four games behind the Tigers. If the White Sox keep hitting like this, they could rise well above .500 and make a charge at the first-place Tigers. It wasn't that long ago that the ..."
Dye won't bite on Giants rumor, wants Sox to buy
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June 30
Chicago Sun-Times
 
"White Sox outfielder Jermaine Dye is well-versed in handling trade rumors. So with a Bay Area newspaper reporting that he's on the radar of the San Francisco Giants and their general manager, Brian Sabean, Dye stuck to his own company line Monday. ''I'm not talking about trades,'' he said. When asked again? ''I'm not talking about trades,'' he said. Dye has a no-trade clause covering six teams, but the Giants aren't one of them. The New York Mets, who also are starting to shop for a bat, are. What Dye would talk about Monday was Sox GM Ken Williams' position as of last week that he wasn't a seller. Dye not only agreed with that but hoped he and his teammates could persuade Williams to be a ..."
Still swinging at Cubs
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June 30
Chicago Sun-Times
 
"The White Sox might be done playing the Cubs until their September makeup game at Wrigley Field, but manager Ozzie Guillen fired another salvo Monday at an organization he believes looks down at the Sox. Although Guillen always has paid respects to Cubs general manager Jim Hendry and manager Lou Piniella, he said that on the whole, there's ''no doubt'' the Cubs see the Sox as second-class citizens. ''I don't care how many World Series we win or what we do, it's always going to be like that, and I don't change that,'' Guillen said. ''That's the way it is. ''Obviously, they're more popular than we are for different reasons, but we don't get down on that. We don't care about it. We have to ..."
Floyd, Sox look for real
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June 30
Chicago Sun-Times
 
"Ozzie Guillen was already fooled once this season. After weeks of managing what he suspected was a dead baseball team, he thought he'd found water in late May after the White Sox went on a 10-3 run. It was nothing more than a mirage before the Sox fell back into their old ways. So excuse Guillen after Monday night's 6-3 victory over the Cleveland Indians -- the Sox' 10th win in their last 14 games -- if he wasn't jumping in headfirst. 'I don't want to get so optimistic, so excited and pumped up, because that's happened to us before,'' he said. ''We played good for one week, I get goose bumps, and then we can't figure out how to play. I don't say I don't believe in these guys. I say that's ..."
Giants scouts checking out Jermaine Dye
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June 30
Chicago Tribune
 
"With the non-waiver trade deadline one month away, teams are expected to increase their evaluations and discussions. And even after White Sox general manager Ken Williams said last week he intends to remain a buyer, it won't stop other teams, such as the San Francisco Giants, from scouting Sox players who can help them for their own playoff runs. The Giants, who lead the National League wild-card race, sent one of their top scouts to Cleveland on Monday to watch right fielder Jermaine Dye. The Giants also were believed to be looking at Cleveland's Victor Martinez, according to a source. Dye, 35, presents a unique case. He has been one of the Sox's most productive hitters and most respected ..."
Perez, Indians lose to White Sox, 6-3
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June 30
Cleveland Plain Dealer
 
"The newest Indian, a reliever, had a night to forget. Hard to believe, isn't it? Chris Perez heard the boos from the faithful at Progressive Field during a disastrous ninth inning that proved costly in a 6-3 loss to the White Sox tonight. The Indians (31-47) have dropped 11 of 13. They have scored seven in their last three games, all home losses. Shin-Soo Choo's homer in the ninth pulled the Tribe within 6-1. Ryan Garko had a two-run homer later in the inning to account for the final margin. Chicago (38-38) has won 10 of 14. White Sox right-hander Gavin Floyd gave up five hits -- all singles -- in 7 2/3 shutout innings. He entered the night with a 3-1 record and 1.60 ERA in his previous ..."
Cubs-White Sox finale in September could be a beaut -- or bust
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June 29
Chicago Tribune
 
"And so, until we reconvene one last time in September, it's back to baseball with a Central theme for the Cubs and Sox -- get upwardly mobile in their divisions. Hot division races should be the goal of North and South Side baseball fans, because that one-game Cubs-Sox shootout Sept. 3, tentatively, at Wrigley Field could be a one-game shootout of importance. And with the added excitement of, perhaps, some leftover unexploded fireworks after Sunday's 6-0 White Sox victory. At the end of September, one Chicago team, or both, could win or lose its division by one game, and the rainout makeup could be that game."
White Sox blank Cubs 6-0
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June 29
Chicago Tribune
 
"It was a wild and wacky windup to the weekend, a nearly literal Cubs vs. White Sox, Round 3. The KO went to the Sox by a final score of 6-0, although the majority of body blows came from Carlos Zambrano. Not only did Zambrano lose his cool -- hitting two Sox batters and nearly creating a bench-clearing brawl -- but he put his Cubs behind in the all-time series 36-35. Zambrano's only good deed was keeping the 39,745 fans at U.S. Cellular Field as highly charged as he was all afternoon, making this a reprise of the 2006 series that produced a fistfight between catchers and Zambrano pointing at his head in apparent warning after a home run. And he could have one more chance to create chaos ..."
White Sox slap down Cubs
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June 29
Minneapolis Star Tribune
 
"It was a wild and wacky windup to the weekend, a nearly literal Cubs vs. White Sox, Round 3. The KO went to the White Sox by a final score of 6-0, although the majority of body blows came from Cubs righthander Carlos Zambrano. "The last two games feel like we played five or six games," said Sox righthander Scott Linebrink, who pitched two perfect innings in relief of John Danks. The last game by itself -- maybe the sixth inning by itself, when the Sox scored twice to take a 5-0 lead -- had enough drama for five or six games. Dewayne Wise was the punching bag for Zambrano after Chris Getz scored from third on what was supposed to be a suicide squeeze but turned into a stolen base when ..."
Beckham delivers for Sox in 8-7 win over Cubs
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June 28
Chicago Sun-Times
 
"Sometimes it's all about redemption. For the White Sox on Saturday, that meant not only coming back with an 8-7 victory over the Cubs, it meant Gordon Beckham and Alexei Ramirez bouncing back, as well. The Sox third baseman and shortstop committed three errors between them, leading to three unearned runs and a 7-6 Cubs lead. But Ramirez's two-strike, two-out single in the eighth drove in Beckham to tie the score, and Beckham's single with two outs in the ninth off Jose Ascanio drove in pinch runner Josh Fields with the winning run. "That's the good thing about baseball," Sox manager Ozzie Guillen said. "It gives you the opportunity to come back and do good stuff. "But we're still making ..."
WHITE SOX IN BRIEF: Charging Thome startles Beckham
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June 28
Chicago Sun-Times
 
"It wasn't a sight rookie Gordon Beckham soon will forget. The platinum-blond A.J. Pierzynski sprinting out at him to celebrate his walk-off single in the ninth inning Saturday against the Cubs was to be expected. But the large image running right next to Pierzynski? That was quite a shock for Beckham. ''[Jim] Thome in full sprint doesn't happen much, and he was moving pretty fast,'' Beckham said after the White Sox' 8-7 victory at U.S. Cellular Field. ''So that was pretty exciting. Obviously, to get that kind of hit and have the team come get you like that, that's pretty cool.'' Thome's reaction to making Beckham nervous? ''Good, good, just so he remembers that,'' Thome said, laughing. ..."
SOX GET WIN TO PIE FOR
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June 28
Chicago Sun-Times
 
"Sometimes it's all about redemption. For the White Sox on Saturday, that meant not only coming back with an 8-7 victory against the Cubs, it meant Gordon Beckham and Alexei Ramirez bouncing back, too. The Sox third baseman and shortstop committed three errors between them, leading to three unearned runs and a 7-6 Cubs lead. But Ramirez's two-strike, two-out single in the eighth drove in Beckham to tie the score, and Beckham's single with two outs in the ninth off Jose Ascanio drove in pinch runner Josh Fields with the winning run. ''That's the good thing about baseball,'' Sox manager Ozzie Guillen said. ''It gives you the opportunity to come back and do good stuff. ''But we're still making ..."
White Sox manager wished players would police themselves
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June 28
Chicago Tribune
 
"White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen remembers the days when Hall of Fame teammate Tom Seaver scolded him for childish actions on the field and when Greg Walker grabbed him after Guillen made a lazy throw to first base. Guillen said baseball is missing those days when players policed themselves and instead puts managers on the spot, such as what happened when the Cubs' Lou Piniella gave Milton Bradley an early dismissal from Friday's game after Bradley blew up in the dugout. "Players now, they're scared to take charge because they might lose the relationship of a teammate," Guillen said before Saturday's game. "They might lose a friendship. "I remember when something was not right in the ..."
Chicago Cubs, White Sox ready for rubber game
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June 28
Chicago Tribune
 
"Who will be the Cubs' designated hitter in the South Side series finale Sunday? With left-hander John Danks pitching, it might again be Jake Fox, who did the almost unheard-of feat of flying out to center field five straight times Saturday in an 8-7 loss to the White Sox. In their four previous games in American League parks, Cubs DHs had gone 5-for-13 with four walks, two homers and five RBIs. So the Cubs are not really at a disadvantage, not with Fox and Micah Hoffpauir on their roster playing counterpoint to the White Sox's Jim Thome. Sunday is a pivotal game in the City Series. The all-time record shows each team with 35 victories, so one will have bragging rights -- at least until the ..."
Chicago White Sox know errors will kill them
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June 28
Chicago Tribune
 
"For every mistake the White Sox made Saturday, they had enough chances to redeem themselves. The last chance provided relief for them after rookie Gordon Beckham ripped a game-winning hit over the head of right fielder Milton Bradley to highlight the Sox's emotional 8-7 victory over the Cubs. "But we gave away four or five runs," Sox starter Mark Buehrle said. "It seemed like [three] errors ... and [my] balk didn't help by putting a guy in scoring position. We should have had that game in the books earlier. It's the way the game goes." Coping with errors has been a way of life recently for the Sox, who beat Cincinnati 10-8 June 20 despite committing a season-high four errors. They have ..."
Scott Podsednik deserves hero's role for a day
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June 28
Chicago Tribune
 columnist Phil Rogers
"There's nothing wrong with Gordon Beckham getting a turn in the starring role. He looks the part. He is experienced in it beyond his years. He has maybe 15 seasons to enjoy it in Chicago or, if the White Sox ever let him get away, around the big leagues. But the Sox player who really deserved it during a long Saturday afternoon at U.S. Cellular Field was Scott Podsednik, who at 33 should lease by the month. Beckham's first-pitch, bottom-of-the-ninth single off Jose Ascanio delivered the winning run in the White Sox's 8-7 victory that evened the City Series at two games apiece and ended another Cubs winning streak before it could get started. But the at-bat of the day was an inning earlier ..."
Chicago White Sox nip Chicago Cubs 8-7
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June 28
Chicago Tribune
 
"For much of the afternoon, it was a ragtag playground contest of leapfrog, one that finally ended in a massive impromptu game of piling on. Yes, the White Sox celebrated at second base like kids, burying Gordon Beckham, the youngest of the bunch, in a scrum after he drove home the winning run Saturday with a dramatic walk-off single against the Cubs. "To do it against the Cubs in the ninth inning with a walk-off is pretty special to me," Beckham said. With pinch-runner Josh Fields racing home from second base, the White Sox dropped the Cubs 8-7 and not only evened the intracity season series at two games apiece but tied the all-time interleague series 35-35. A crowd of 39,529 at U.S. ..."
Chicago Cubs pitching coach alleges leak
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June 28
Chicago Tribune
 
"Cubs pitching coach Larry Rothschild confronted a White Sox clubhouse employee Saturday over an alleged leaking of the Lou Piniella-Milton Bradley argument. He was told no Sox employee who worked in the clubhouse spoke to the media about the incident, though Bradley and the Cubs believe otherwise. "We have some snitches, some White Sox staff snitches," Bradley said. "But that's how people keep a job for a long time. That's what you have to do. I wouldn't do it." Piniella said the vocal altercation in which he called Bradley "a piece of [expletive]" lasted only a few seconds and should have been kept private. "We have the sanctity of the clubhouse here, and I'm disappointed something like ..."
Going, Going, Gone
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June 27
Chicago Sun-Times
 
"The talk that Cubs manager Lou Piniella had lost his fire can go up in smoke now, along with the steam from Piniella's stoked temper Friday during what should have been an uplifting 5-4 victory over the White Sox at U.S. Cellular Field. Piniella reached his boiling point in the sixth inning when Milton Bradley hit his latest dugout water cooler. Piniella sent Bradley packing long before the Cubs completed the victory to end a four-game losing streak. So much of the game should have put a smile on Piniella's face: • • Another strong pitching performance from young Randy Wells (2-3), who won his second straight with seven innings of two-run ball, the result of home runs by Jermaine Dye ..."
Quentin encouraged but has no timetable
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June 27
Chicago Sun-Times
 
"Carlos Quentin continued his slow road back from plantar fasciitis in his left foot, partaking in more baseball activity Friday -- hitting and agility drills in the outfield. That doesn't mean there is a definite timetable for his return, but he did sound more optimistic. ''With the changes every day, waking up, just the activity, it's much more encouraging,'' Quentin said. ''If you would have asked me 10 days earlier, I'm not as encouraged because I don't see any progress. When you don't see any progress, you get concerned and you start watching time go by. We're all seeing the progress just by me out there doing activities.'' The 2008 MVP candidate has been on the shelf since May 26 with ..."
Ball in Missile's court
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June 27
Chicago Sun-Times
 
"The message has been sent to Alexei Ramirez. What he does with it now, that's on him. But he might want to take it to heart considering that Ozzie Guillen is the sender and inevitably the executioner. Upset with what Guillen called ''lazy'' defense in the victory Thursday over the Los Angeles Dodgers, including a lapse that allowed the Dodgers to tie the score in the seventh inning, the White Sox manager called out Ramirez after the 13-inning game and made it a topic for discussion Friday. ''One thing about it, I don't care if he hates me or if he loves me, but this kid has an unbelievable future,'' Guillen said. ''This kid can be one of the best in the game. My job is to get him there. ..."
Ozzie Guillen praises Cubs' Geovany Soto
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June 27
Chicago Tribune
 
"Geovany Soto has a supporter in White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen. One day after Soto admitted to failing a test for marijuana during the World Baseball Classic, Guillen praised the Cubs catcher for his public admission and said he didn't believe Soto's two-year suspension in international play should extend to the major league season. "Why should it carry over?" Guillen said. "I'm glad for him to come out and say it. It took a man to say that. It takes a man to admit mistakes. He's not the only one doing that. But he's the only one admitted to come out and say that. I wish more players come out and make this an example. He just made a mistake. He did something he wasn't supposed to do. ..."
Ozzie Guillen criticizes A.J. Pierzynski at-bat
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June 27
Chicago Tribune
 
"A rare error by Paul Konerko on Friday that preceded Geovany Soto's game-winning three-run home run for the Cubs didn't bother White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen as much as pinch-hitter A.J. Pierzynski swinging at a first pitch with the bases loaded that resulted in an inning-ending double play in the eighth. "Bad at-bat," Guillen said about five hours after praising Pierzynski for his clutch hitting and for catching all 13 innings of Thursday's victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers. "[Pierzynski came off] the bench. He might have been looking for a breaking ball, but the breaking ball wasn't a strike, and it ended up the wrong way for us." Pierzynski hit Sean Marshall's breaking pitch right ..."
Guillen still frustrated with Alexei Ramirez
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June 27
Chicago Tribune
 
"White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen compared his frustration over Alexei Ramirez to a situation he witnessed in 1998 with Braves manager Bobby Cox and young center fielder Andruw Jones. Guillen, unlike Cox, didn't pull Ramirez off the field in the middle of a game, but Guillen stressed that his shortstop isn't maximizing his talents. Guillen resisted the temptation to talk to Ramirez before Friday's game, one day after Ramirez made his second error on a routine play that led to the tying run in the seventh inning of the Sox's 13-inning victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers. "I should [talk to Ramirez], just to get it out of my system," Guillen said. "But I'm going to let him go because I ..."
White Sox exhibit honors Jerome Holtzman
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June 27
Chicago Tribune
 
"The White Sox unveiled a special tribute to the late Hall of Fame Chicago baseball writer Jerome Holtzman inside the Gate 4 lobby Friday. A display case honoring Holtzman's career covering Major League Baseball was shown during a private ceremony for his friends and former colleagues. The memorial features photos, headlines and artifacts, including a typewriter of Holtzman's from his working days. Holtzman, who wrote for the Sun-Times and retired from the Tribune before becoming Major League Baseball's official historian, passed away on July 19 last year. "He never lost his sense of humor," Sox Chairman Jerry Reinsdorf said. "He had a great life; he had a wonderful life. He had so many ..."
3-run homer lifts Cubs over White Sox 5-4
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June 27
Chicago Tribune
 
"The baseball was leaving U.S. Cellular Field quickly Friday. And so was Milton Bradley. With passion high in the stands and in the Cubs' dugout, Chicago's City Series resumed on the South Side. And it was boom ball beating out small ball as the Cubs fought their way to a 5-4 victory. The Cubs, who broke a four-game losing streak, took a 2-1 lead in the season series, with two more on tap Saturday and Sunday afternoon. But it will be hard to match the emotion of this one, played on a perfect baseball afternoon before an into-it, sun-kissed crowd of 39,015, the second sellout at the Cell this season. "The city has a lot of passion," winning pitcher Randy Wells said. "Cub fans love the Cubs, ..."
Online balloting to decide '09 All-Stars
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June 26
MLB.com
 
"We, the people, are deciding who goes to the 80th All-Star Game July 14 in St. Louis.We are ready for the mad rush.We are entering that Validation Key over and over, submitting our 25 allotted votes in the 2009 All-Star Game Sprint Online Ballot at MLB.com.We punched those Walt Disney Pictures G-Force All-Star Game paper ballots and left those little chads all over ballparks, and now those last paper ballots are being collected tonight at Pittsburgh and Houston as it goes online-only for the homestretch.We know it's the final week to decide starters. Our deadline as empowered fans is 11:59 p.m. ET on Thursday, and we know that only because we have been staring at this javascript voting app ..."
Mother's Day bats now up for auction
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June 26
MLB.com
 
"It has been a big first half of baseball for current American League All-Star first baseman vote front-runner Mark Teixeira, and that included that memorable Mother's Day game back in his hometown of Baltimore, where he crushed a two-run homer for the Yankees.He was swinging a pink bat."It's obviously huge -- I think that's the first home run I've hit with a pink bat, so I'm going to go bring that to Mom right now," Teixeira said on May 9, referring to Margy, a breast cancer survivor who had been diagnosed when he was a freshman at Baltimore's St. Joseph's High School. "As soon as I hit it, I thought about it. It's pretty special to me."Margy may have gotten that pink bat, but another one ..."
White Sox bounce Dodgers on Scott Podsednik's single in 13th
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June 26
Chicago Sun-Times
 
"No Carlos Quentin for the last month and counting, a bunch of youngsters trying just to survive at the big-league level, a defense that can betray its pitcher and an offense that only seems to show up on the road. But there were the White Sox after a 6-5, 13-inning victory Thursday over the Los Angeles Dodgers, the best team in the National League, with the first-place Detroit Tigers still in their sight at six games back. More importantly, and improbably, still with hope. Scott Podsednik's bases-loaded, walk-off single -- his second in June -- made sure of that, and it earned reliever Aaron Poreda his first career victory. ''Everyone hyped up our division so much at the beginning of the ..."
Matt Kemp can't save Dodgers in 13th
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June 26
Los Angeles Times
 
"Here come the San Francisco Giants. Here comes Manny. The Dodgers will play that hand, happily. The Dodgers just lost their first series in a month, after the Chicago White Sox beat them for the second consecutive day, this time by a 6-5 score, when Scott Podsednik singled home the winning run in the 13th inning Thursday at U.S. Cellular Field. The Dodgers still have the best record in the National League, but the Giants suddenly have the next-best record, and San Francisco has crept to within seven games of the Dodgers. "I think we're in a good spot," outfielder Andre Ethier said. "We'll be in a better spot with another tweak in the lineup." That tweak can be identified as Manny Ramirez, ..."
Jose Contreras riding high as he faces Chicago Cubs
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June 26
Chicago Tribune
 
"In a span of less than one month, Jose Contreras has ascended from the minor leagues to causing the White Sox's rotation to be adjusted so he can face the crosstown rival Cubs on Friday. For Contreras, however, this marks just another assignment after sharing the spotlight with the formidable Pedro Luis Lazo while pitching for Pinar Del Rio in their native Cuba. "Industriales was the big team, the New York Yankees of Cuba," Contreras recalled of his time in Cuba through the 2002 season. "I know I'm pitching against the Cubs because I was moved in the rotation. But when I pitched against Industriales, it was because it was my day to pitch. The Industriales game always fell on my day to ..."
Chicago White Sox triumph 6-5 in 13 innings
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June 26
Chicago Tribune
 
"Scott Podsednik's bases-loaded single scored pinch-runner Gordon Beckham as the White Sox handed the Dodgers their first series loss in more than a month Thursday with a 6-5 13-inning victory. Beckham was running for Paul Konerko, who started the rally with a single. A.J. Pierzynski singled and Chris Getz was walked intentionally to load the bases with no outs, but Josh Fields and Dewayne Wise both popped out in front of Podsednik. The Sox, who hit six homers Wednesday, added two more by Konerko and Pierzynski. The Sox next host the Cubs, beginning Friday at U.S. Cellular Field, which drew only 20,051 fans Thursday as the Sox celebrated the 50th anniversary of the 1959 World Series against ..."
Sox' Gordon Beckham a long way from CWS
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June 25
Chicago Sun-Times
 
"A year ago today, Gordon Beckham was playing shortstop for Georgia in the decisive Game 3 of the College World Series. The Bulldogs lost to Fresno State 6-1, but the experience of being a win away from being the best team in college baseball and the emotions felt throughout the series are not forgotten by the 22-year-old third baseman for the White Sox. In fact, there have been few experiences -- in the minors or in the majors -- that can compare to it. ''It was a lot of fun and it was an intense deal out there,'' Beckham said before Wednesday's game against the Los Angeles Dodgers. ''It's no joke. That last game was pretty nerve-racking. ''There were some games there that have been more ..."
White Sox crack 6 HRs in 10-7 pounding of Dodgers
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June 25
Chicago Sun-Times
 
"Considering the way Josh Fields put it, finding a solution to the White Sox' woes at home seemed simple enough. ''Hitting,'' Fields said before Wednesday night's game. ''For some reason, I don't know what it is, if it's mental blocks or something. We go on the road and play amazing, come back here and struggle. You could speculate on different things on what it is and what it isn't. But when it comes down to it, you have to hit.'' That's easier said than done, especially considering the type of up-and-down season the Sox have had thus far and the fact that they were facing the Los Angeles Dodgers, who have the lowest ERA in baseball. But hitting — rather homering — is exactly what they did ..."
White Sox GM unimpressed with Carlos Quentin progress
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June 25
Chicago Tribune
 
"White Sox slugger Carlos Quentin said he has made steady improvement from last week in his recovery from plantar fasciitis in his left foot. Quentin, who has been sidelined for four weeks, said he has performed some straight-ahead running and has felt more improvement in lateral drills. General manager Ken Williams, however, wasn't that impressed after watching Quentin run to right field recently. "I guess when he gets out there and looks good running, he gets to play," Williams said Tuesday. "I have not asked the question recently because he's not close enough to where I need to start paying attention to our roster and our decisions regarding our roster." Draft update: The Sox agreed to ..."
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