South Side Sox Sep 14, 2019
Moncada mauls M’s
YoYo goes gogo: A homer short of the cycle, Moncada mauled the M’s. | Jennifer Buchanan-USA TODAY Sports YoYo go-gos an offensive assault in 9-7 win What a fun game to tip off a long road trip! Fueled by a ton of offense — much of it of the extra-bases variety — the Chicago White Sox powered past the Seattle Mariners in a drawn-out, 9-7 win. Yoán Moncada paced the assault, going 3-for-4 with a single, double and triple, four RBIs, pushing his average to .305 and OPS to a delightful .898. Unlike in recent games on the homestand, the White Sox didn’t minimize their 15 hits by...
South Side Sox Sep 13, 2019
Gamethread: White Sox at Mariners
Nailed: It was a rough homestand for the South Siders. | Photo by Quinn Harris/MLB Photos via It’s a late set from Dylan ... Covey, hoping to strum his way through a few innings out west Grab another cup of coffee - here are your #WhiteSox starters for tonight's late-night matchup: pic.twitter.com/fl8iP2mp9K— Chicago White Sox (@whitesox) September 13, 2019 J.P. Crawford returns to the lineup as the Mariners kick off a three-game set vs. the White Sox. #GoMariners pic.twitter.com/W4L8yfvu8y— Seattle Mariners (@Mariners) September 14, 2019 It’s a 9:10 tilt, WGN all the...
South Side Sox Sep 12, 2019
Flashback: September 12, 1900
Door prize: Charles Comiskey’s gift from his team to celebrate their 1900 pennant? A five-foot, red bat. The ‘forgotten’ champs are celebrated in the return of our history series It’s sort of hard to recognize, because in 1900 the American League was not viewed as a “major league” and there was no World Series yet, but the Chicago White Sox hold a unique distinction: The first AL pennant winners. (To their credit, the White Sox themselves recognize it, with a pennant flying at Sox Park, alongside the 1906 World Series champions.) And that pennant was earned 119 years ago...
South Side Sox Sep 12, 2019
Giolito Ks eight straight, loses 6-3
Crazy 8: Giolito tied a White Sox franchise record with eight straight strikeouts — seven of them swinging. | Photo by Jonathan Daniel/ White Sox lose series — and season series — with a whimper Well, rather than focusing too much on all the bad that happened in the Chicago White Sox’s 6-3 loss to the pitiful Kansas City Royals on Thursday. Before the game even started, there was a super-cool moment where 112-year-old CP Crawford, attending his first White Sox game, met Harold Baines, got a custom No. 112 jersey, and just generally was the most awesome guy born in 1907 in the...
Call to the Pen Sep 12, 2019
Chicago White Sox: For Yoan Moncada 2019 was just the start
The Chicago White Sox are still very much in their rebuild. But this season has yielded some exciting bright spots that signal the light at the end of the tunnel for Chicago. Tim Anderson and Lucas Giolito have broken out and Eloy Jimenez has shown solid development as a hitter. While all solid players that […] Chicago White Sox: For Yoan Moncada 2019 was just the start - Call to the Pen - Call to the Pen - A Major League Baseball Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
South Side Sox Sep 12, 2019
ReyLo dethroned
Mystery solved: Yolmer, Reynaldo and the rest of the White Sox were getting their Ultimate Frisbee on, while the Royals were playing traditional baseball. | Photo by David Banks/ Royals pummel White Sox with five homers, hold on for 8-6 win As was made all-too-evident by the one-man lynch mob in tonight’s gamethread, Reynaldo López had one of those games tonight, in an 8-6 Chicago White Sox loss to Kansas City. López was brutal, surrendering four home runs in 4 2⁄3 innings to a decidedly awful Royals club. Six earned runs went on his tab, off of nine hits. With the temperature...
Royals Review Sep 11, 2019
Royals smash five homers in 8-6 win over White Sox
Mike DiNovo-USA TODAY Sports Jorge Soler continues to extend his team record. September has been the Royals’ best month of the year by wins, and it’s also featured one of their biggest power surges. That continued on Wednesday night, as Kansas City beat the Chicago White Sox, 8-6, to even a three-game series. Jorge Soler opened the scoring with a two-run homer that just got over the left-center wall. It was his 42nd homer of the year. The White Sox immediately took the lead in the bottom of the first, as Eloy Jimenez hit a three-run bomb off Glenn Sparkman. This wound up being the...
South Side Sox Sep 11, 2019
September heat feeds 7-3 Sox win
Big Baby dinger: Eloy’s first-inning grand slam would prove to be the GWRBI. | Photo by Jonathan Daniel/ Eloy’s first career grand slam triggers a home run derby Tonight’s powerful, 7-3 win over the Kansas City Royals can be told in just a few clips, to let’s get right to it, because while seeing balls flying out of Sox Park is always tasty, having them fly out in support of a Chicago White Sox win is a pure delight. The first big fly proved to be the game-winner, as Eloy Jiménez came to the plate with the sacks packed and just one out. As he’s done several times this season,...
Royals Review Sep 10, 2019
Royals lose to White Sox 7-3 in slugfest
Yoan Moncada #10 of the Chicago White Sox hits a two run home run in the 7th inning against the Kansas City Royals at Guaranteed Rate Field on September 10, 2019 in Chicago, Illinois. | Photo by Jonathan Daniel/ Homers, homers everywhere In a game in which what seemed like roughly nineteen home runs were hit every inning, the Kansas City Royals lost a slugfest to the Chicago White Sox, 7-3. Adalberto Mondesi, Ryan O’Hearn, and Alex Gordon hit homers for the Royals. That was the entirety of the Kansas City offense. The White Sox did more. Rather than write the recap of this game, I...
South Side Sox Sep 10, 2019
Gamethread: Royals at White Sox
Masterpiece: “Cordy” gets a rest after his big catch on Sunday. | Photo by Ron Vesely/MLB Photos via Very little to play for, so all eyes are on Zack Collins in the No. 7 slot Tonight's #WhiteSox starters: pic.twitter.com/fYa014TmqL— Chicago White Sox (@whitesox) September 10, 2019 We begin a three-game series against Chicago tonight on the South Side.#AlwaysRoyal pic.twitter.com/9DsPREoKWm— Kansas City Royals (@Royals) September 10, 2019 Gametime 7:10 p.m., TV NBCSCH and WGN-AM radio.
Royals Review Sep 10, 2019
Chicago White Sox Series Preview: The second city welcomes some royalty
Sep 5, 2019; Cleveland, OH, USA; Chicago White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson (7) celebrates after hitting a double against the Cleveland Indians during the ninth inning at Progressive Field. Mandatory Credit: Ken Blaze-USA TODAY | Ken Blaze-USA TODAY Sports It’s one last series between the Royals and White Sox for the teams to hate each other for reasons. The Royals take on the Chicago White Sox for one last time in 2019 with a three-game set at Guaranteed Rate Field. You can see below that the two teams have played to a draw so far, so this will decide the season series between the...
Call to the Pen Sep 10, 2019
Chicago White Sox historically bad right field production
The Chicago White Sox are on pace to make history with their production in right field. It just is not the kind of history they would want. In theory, Jon Jay was supposed to help the Chicago White Sox land Manny Machado. That obviously did not work, as Machado ended up in San Diego, much […] Chicago White Sox historically bad right field production - Call to the Pen - Call to the Pen - A Major League Baseball Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
South Side Sox Sep 9, 2019
FanPulse: Confidence in White Sox direction? Trepidatious
Morale over the team’s future is at a season-long low Welcome to SB Nation FanPulse, a survey of fans across MLB. Each week, we send 30 polls to plugged-in fans from each team. Chicago White Sox fans, sign up HERE to join FanPulse. Gulp. This week’s deep cut takes a look again at the confidence Chicago White Sox fans have in the direction of the team. Well, the news is not good; perhaps fueled by losses in 10 of the last 13 games, confidence in the White Sox is at a season-long low. The previous low of 50% came in Weeks 2 and 21, and this new mark pretty well blows past...
South Side Sox Sep 8, 2019
Mendick homers, Sox win
Too cool: Fan favorite grinder Danny Mendick hit his first career homer on Sunday, helping to ice a White Sox win. | Photo by Jonathan Daniel/ 5-1 win salvages the series Last week, we reported that Danny Mendick was getting his call-up as an audition for a role on the 2020 Chicago White Sox. Now, Mendick does profile as a AAAA guy, and while that sort of player is valuable as a 25th man on a roster (or, next year, 26th), by definition several players fit there. Yolmer Sánchez carries a large pricetag, but has clubhouse gravitas. Leury García is due for a nice raise, and tends to get...
South Side Sox Sep 8, 2019
Covey’s crater caves Sox
Milestone HR: Abreu’s three-run clout in the seventh brought the White Sox within one, and marked the first baseman’s 30th on the season. | Photo by David Banks/ South Siders rally, fall short in 8-7 loss to Angels The good news on Saturday night was that the Chicago White Sox bullpen, all five members of it in this contest, ushered in just one earned run over 6 1⁄3 innings. The bad? Well, starter Dylan Covey was tagged for seven earned runs in nary three innings of work in the 8-7 Angels win over the White Sox. Covey again proved that he is at best an opener or six-out middle...
