Uribe Gone In 2007?

Shortstop Juan Uribe may have to sit out the entire 2007 season. Due to a run-in with a shooting he has been acused of killing the man. He is set to appear in court twice a month in this year which may force him to sit out.

"Very simply, if it turns out he is in more trouble than we originally thought, decides not to report, or is distracted and can't play at a championship level, Alex will take his job," Williams said via e-mail Saturday night.

Of course, the Alex referred to in Williams' text is Alex Cintron, recently signed to a one-year, $1.9 million deal that avoided arbitration with the Sox. Cintron played in 91 games last year and started 64, but his multi-positional ability was his true value. The switch-hitter made 35 starts at shortstop, 23 at second base and six behind Joe Crede at third base. For his career, Cintron has started 286 games at shortstop, 74 at second base and 39 at third base

This means, Alex Cintron may get to play a little shortstop this year, if the case of Uribe really does turn out worse.

Will Thome Make The 500 Club?

DH Jim Thome has the chance to make it to an exclusive club consisting of over 20 players. This year, 2007, he could make the elusive 500 club.

Going into the season he will have 472 career home runs. He will only need 28 home runs to get to the club. Last year he hit 42 round trippers so he should easily have 507 (35 homers) by the end of the season.

When Big Jim was in Philadelphia he played first base and was frequently injured. Before the Phillies "Slugger Jim" played for the Cleveland Indians. He was also a first baseman there, but did play some DH.

In those times he was injured so much that he couldn't even get to 450 home runs. In 05 for the Phillies he only had 3 due to extensive injuries.

Lets pre-welcome Jim "Big Jim, Jimmy, Slugger Jim, Bopper, Big Stuff, (The) Thominator, Mr. Incredible" Thome to the 500 club

Cintron Signs 1-Year Extension

Cintron was very helpful against the Pittsburgh Pirates last year belting a grand slam and a walk-off home run. He was also key player to their end-of-season run towards the playoffs. Every team needs a utility guy like Cintron. Last year he batted .285 in 288 at bats. With 5 home runs and 41 RBI you can tell he is a killer of the bench. And with his new

He did start a few games at short and some at second. Compiling a total of 91 games played out of a possible 162. He also tallied 10 stolen bases out of 13 tries.

Cintron will play some more utility in the infield and will most likely start his fair share of games.

Boy am I glad we re-signed him!

McCarthy Traded to Texas

You can forget everything I said in the last post.



Brandon McCarthy was traded in exchange for the Rangers' 3 top minor league pitching prospects. John Danks, Nick Masset and Jacob Rasner.

Nick Masset was 0-0 last year with a 4.15 ERA. He appeared in 8 games and pitched 8.2 innings for the Rangers late last year.

Johnny Danks is a starter who went 4-5 last year in the minors. He had 72 strikeouts in 14 appearences with an ERA of 4.33.

Jake Rasner is a troubled starter with an '06 record of 6-16 in the minors. With an ERA of 5.41 and 144.2 innings pitched.

McCarthy + Starting Rotation = Possibilitiy?

Relief pitcher Brandon McCarthy was a well though out plan last year for the Sox.

1) He comes in in the 8th

2) Gets out 1 or 2 batters

3) Sets up Bobby Jenks

This year, however, Kenny Williams says he is going to send him down to triple-A Charlotte for the opening weeks of the season. Now the thing is... will he be on the Sox staff for spring training? And if all goes well will he be in the starting rotation?

With the trading of Freddy Garcia to the Phillies that opens up a spot in the starting 5. Gavin Floyd and Brandon will most likely be competing for the 5th spot in our rotation. But Floyd will probably get the job if McCarthy is really going to be in Charlotte.

In my mind McCarthy is the better pitcher. He worked a few long innings last year, going 2 full in some cases. But Floyd was a big piece to the Phillies' success in '06.

Im still wondering why the Sox traded Freddy to the Phils. Im gonna miss that guy. He was a horse. Look at how horrid he looks in... red and... white pinstripes.

I CANT TAKE IT!!!!!!!!

Sox Trade Gload, Sign Toby Hall

Hall pictured here

Now the Sox have traded away another player! This time it was Ross Gload who was sent away. To the Royals little Ross goes and from those Royals comes Andrew Sisco a sophmore, left handed relief pitcher who was 1-3 last year.

Also in the White Sox news (you like that?) I have seen that they have signed Toby Hall to be A.J. Pierzynski's backup catcher. They inked him for a 2-year deal with an option for '09 (boy thats weird to type...).

Sox Re-sign MacDougal

Relief pitcher, Mike MacDougal re-signed his deal with the White Sox. HOORAY!!!!! Mike is the most talented pitcher on the Sox relief staff, and he can reach the 100-MPH mark.

The deal is 3-years, $6.45 million. With an option for 2010 (4th year). If they choose to buyout his contract at anytime it will cost $350,000.

Sox Trade Garcia To Philly For 2 Pitchers

Floyd Pictured Here

Freddy Garcia, one of our horse's has been traded to the Philedelphia Phillies. The deal was final on Thursday night. We traded him for a pitcher by the name of Gavin Floyd.

Floyd was 4-3 last year with a 7.29 ERA. That is a really high ERA for a guy who only pitched in 11 games last year.

We also acquired, ironicly, Gio Gonzalez. Gonzalez was part of the trade that sent Aaron Rowand to the Phil's and brought Jim Thome here.

Now we got him back on our side. Gio is a good looking young pitcher, wit a lot of talent. Look for him in the starting rotation in years to come.

Ex-Sox Carlos Lee Signs with Astros

Lee third from left

Carlos Lee has signed with the Houston Astros on friday, and Im a little late on the report, he signed a 6-year $100 million deal. Carlos Lee played for the Sox for a long time and he patroled left-field real well. He had a few 40 home run seasons for the Sox. I hope he does well, and Im sure you do too.

Crede and Dye win Silver Sluggers

Third baseman Joe Crede of our beloved White Sox has won his first Silver Slugger award. He batted .283 on the 2006 season with 30 home runs and 94 RBI. 544 at bats clearly made him avaliable to win an award. While Jermaine Dye, on the other hand, won his first Silver Slugger. Dye batted .315 on the season, with 44 home runs (team leader) and 120 RBI (also, team leader). Dye had 7 stolen bases surprisingly.

YOU GUYS CAN PUT THOSE PUPPIES ON YOUR MANTLES!!

Sox acquire David Aardsma from Cubs for Neal Cotts

As the subject (clearly) states. The White Sox have offered and made a deal with the Chicago Cubs (northside scum!). Our fine relief pitcher has been sent from the Sox all the way (some 12-15 miles) north to the ivy covered Wrigley Stadium. They have acquired the rookie pitching "sensation" David Aardsma from those blue titans 'o' Chi Town. He is a flaming right hander capable of throwing missles up to 98 mph. We also acquired pitching prospect Carlos Vazquez whom nobody knows anything about. WHY COTTS!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?! (5.17 ERA, 37 Earned Runs... IN 70 GAMES!!!). Ohhhhhhhhhhh, thats why.

Jim Thome awarded comeback player of the year!

The title says it all!

Breaking Injury News: Jose Contreras

Pitcher Jose Contreras, our big horse, has sadly but truly been injuried. He was chasing out a ground ball in the 2nd inning, ran to first, and for somereason slid into first! And the runner ran right into his shin and I believe he has a leg injurie, well of course he does. I am not sure if he has a leg injurie or a shin injurie. As I post this, the Sox are losing in the 9th, and as soon as that game ends I will post my post game report and my, highly rated, Visiting the Central.

INJURY REPORT: Pablo Ozuna

In last nights game, Pablo Ozuna got hit in the head by a ball. He was checked out last night and the x-rays turned out negative (meaning that he's ok). So Pablo is fine, hes back on the bench and is ready to contribute.

Tonights Lineup

*I am now only doing the White Sox part of the lineup*

Pods, LF
Gooch, 2B
J.D., RF
Jimmy, DH
Paulie, 1B
A.J., C
Fields, 3B (New favorite player)
Uribe, SS
Anderson, CF

Pitching - Jose Contreras

Sox lose to Mariners in game 1

The Sox got shutout in game 1 by a final score of Mariners 9 - Sox 0. The M's scored 8 times in the 8th inning. Javier Vazquez didnt pitch as well as he should've, but the only thing that matters is the Sox lost and they only have a few games left in the season to make up for. The thing that bothered me most last night is the fact that we could'nt score any runs off of Jake Woods. I mean, you read the name: Jake Woods and you say "Who?" and the Sox could not score any runs off of a nobody! The Sox need to start scoring off the guys who most people dont know of. Now I know who he is, Im a Baseball freak! And I know that Woods was an avergae rookie last year. And the Sox who are a great offensive team, lost to a nobody! Raul Ibanez recorded his 1,000th hit last night on a home run. And that is not acceptiable. The Sox's pitching needs to come through sometime, their bullpen is not as consistive as it was last year. And I know that people have to stop refrencing to last years "Dream Team" and criticizing this years team. But until they do something about it, we are going to keep refrencing last years team and criticizing this years team. The Mariners do not deserve to beat the Sox but somehow thay did and that reason is their horendous bullpen. Im sorry, but I needed to vent o.k.?

Sox v.s. Mariners: Pitcher Preview

The Sox open up a series against the Seattle Mariners tomorrow/tonight. This is my pitching matchup preview...


Game 1

Pitching Matchup: Mariners - Jake Woods (5-3, 4.19) Sox - Javier Vazquez (11-9, 4.70)
Jake Woods is putting up great numbers. He has faced the Sox twice as a relivever but never as a starter. His ERA is 10.38! The Sox have "Lit him up". And Javier Vazquez is a great new pitcher for the White Sox. He has faced the Mariners once, and beat 'em! He is 1-0 against the M's so lets hope he dosent lose his first game against them.
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Game 2

Pitching Matchup: Mariners - Gil Meche (11-8, 4.34) Sox - Jose Contreras (13-8, 4.08)
Well, Contreras has the better ERA, and also has won more games than Meche. All time against the M's, Contreras is also 1-0 against the Mariners. Gil Meche is an old All Star who has not pitched as great as he should be. He has faced the Sox , you guessed it, once. And has a record of 0-0 against the Sox. So who do you think will win?
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Game 3

Pitching Matchup: Mariners - Felix Hernandez (11-4, 4.68) Sox - Mark Buehrle (12-13, 4.70)
O.k. Felix Hernandez was the highest ranked rookie coming into the season. What do you think of him now? He has won 11 games yes, but his ERA is WAY higher than expected. Mark Buehrle is just 1 win under .500 for the season. He needs this win, but if his bullpen dosent hold up, like it will, he might remain under .500 for awhile.
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Game 4

Pitching Matchup: Mariners - Ryan Feierabend (0-0, 0.00) Sox - Freddy Garcia (15-9, 4.63)
Nobody cares who this Ryan Feierabend is so I'll get right to Garcia. In his last 2 outings, Freddy has only given up 2 hits in 16 innings pitched. That is the sign of a new ace in the Sox pitching staff, next to Jon Garland. But this year he has only allowed 101 earned runs. And he has struck out 129 batters.

Tigers beat Sox, and take series

The Sox have lost to the Tigers in 9 innings. Jon Garland sadly took the loss (17-6) and now might decrease his Cy Young candadicy. Jeremy Bonderman pitched a great game, moving his record to 13-8. Magglio Ordonez, again, played a big role in tonights game, hitting another homer. Ivan Rodriguez also hit a home run. Juan Uribe & Tadahito Iguchi homered for the Sox. The Tigers are still leading the Central division over the Twins who beat the Red Sox tonight. The Sox are now only 10 games away from the end of the season. The Sox elimination number is now 6. So any combonation of 6 Sox losses and/or Twins wins will eliminate the Sox from playoff contention.

Sox Player of the Game: Mike MacDougal, 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 K
Sox player of the Series: A.J. Pierzynski, Grand Slam game 2

Lets look at the past series


Game 1
Kenny Rogers v.s. Mark Buehrle
The Sox tragicllay lost this game and they did not need to. The Tigers scored 8 runs to take the victory over Buehrle. Magglio Ordonez hit 2 home runs and drove in 2. The Sox only managed to score 2 off of Detroit pitching. The final Tigers 8 - Sox 2

Game 2
Freddy Garcia v.s. Justin Verlander
The Sox beat the Tigers this time. Riding the shoulders of A.J. Pierzynski's grand slam and Freddy Garcia's 1 hit shutout. The Sox beat the Tigers by a final score Sox 7 - Tigers 0

Game 3
Jon Garland v.s. Jeremy Bonderman
The Tigers take the series with a win. Magglio Ordonez hit another home run as did Ivan Rodriguez. On the Sox side, Juan Uribe hit a home run and so did Tadahito Iguchi. The Tigers take the win and the series by a final score Tigers 6 - Sox 2


Tomorrow the Sox open up the 1st of a 4 game set against the Seattle Mariners. WE NEED MORE WINS!!!!!!

Tonights Lineup

For the Tigers

Granderson, CF
Pudge, C
Casey, 1B
Ordonez, RF
Guillen, SS
Infante, 2B
Monroe, LF
Thames, DH
Inge, 3B

Pitching - Jeremy Bonderman
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And the Sox

Pods, LF
Gooch, 2B
J.D., RF
Jimmy, DH
Paulie, 1B
A.J., C
Sweeney, CF
Uribe, SS

Pitching - Jon Garland

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SPECIAL REPORT:

In Boston. DH David Americo Ortiz hit his 50th home run of the season against the Minnesota Twins. He is the 2nd player in Red Sox history to do so.

Sox send Garland to the mound for game 3

Tonight the Sox are going with Jon Garland (below, left). Jon is 3-1 all time against the Tigers with a 4.50 ERA. He has given up 14 runs, all earned. The Tigers are sending Jeremy Bonderman, who is 1-1 versus the Sox. Garland is putting up a Cy Young season with a 17-5 record, and an ERA of 4.30. And Bonderman (right) has carried the Tigers through a great season. The Tigers won game 1, and the Sox took the win last night by a final score of

Sox 7 - Tigers 0.




[Game Info]

The game is, again, on AM 670 The Score in Chicago, and again, at 7:05 PM CST. The pre and post-game shows, at 6:30 PM CST, are hosted by Chris Rongey. And the game is broadcast by Ed Farmer and Chris Singleton.


Visiting The Central

The Twins play tonight against the Boston Red Sox. Pitching for the Twins is Boof Bonser and for the Red Sox is , future hall of famer, Curt Schilling.