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MVP: Ready to lead?
[Camera pans over a crowd of adoring Chicago White Sox fans.] via farm1.static.flickr.com Crowd, chanting: MVP! MVP! MVP! MVP! Voiceover: He's the biggest celebrity in baseball. via assets.sbnation.com Voiceover: But, is he ready to lead? With the economy in crisis, Carlos Quentin wants to...
Trying on the Other Sox
Over the past four years, teams named Sox have won three World Series titles. This week, the two Sox teams meet for an epic four-game battle with important playoff implications. The Chicago White Sox were not supposed to compete this year. Baseball Prospectus pegged them third in the division,...
A Lost Weekend: Cubs 1, White Sox 5
I woke up Sunday after a hot, sticky, stormy day Saturday and found myself transported into November. That's what it felt like on the South Side of Chicago last night -- cold, windy, with nasty little rainshowers that kept poking at us, reminding us how dreary this series was. If that wasn't bad...
Uh-Oh: Cubs 5, White Sox 6
Really, it shouldn't have even gotten as far as the top of the ninth. The Cubs had numerous chances to put today's 6-5 loss to the White Sox away and failed almost every time. Ten men left on base; RISP left on base in the 1st, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 9th innings and the worst part about the above is...
Bullpen Blows Tight Lead
Close contest blown open by grand slam. Nick Blackburn made his second start of the season on Monday afternoon, and turned in another solid performance. Over five innings he allowed two runs, while striking out five and scattering seven hits. Leaving the game with a 3-2 lead, on most occasions...
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