CLEVELAND -- With the Chicago White Sox looking to fight off their second-consecutive sweep, manager Robin Ventura remains confident that his team is not pressing at the plate and will start to win games as they had during the first week.
CLEVELAND -- Chicago White Sox starter Chris Sale set out to be the stopper, be the man to stop his team’s current four-game skid and do so against a divisional opponent. Instead, the 6-foot-6 Cy Young hopeful left Cleveland with his worst outing as a professional, allowing eight earned runs in 4.
CLEVELAND -- With the season still young and the weather still cold, All-Star first baseman Paul Konerko will be the White Sox designated hitter on Saturday afternoon as they look to even up their series with the Cleveland Indians.
WASHINGTON -- The Washington Nationals have a lineup that doesn’t mind taking pitches or fouling them off. They want to make a pitcher work early in the game in order to wear him out later. That’s just what happened to Chicago White Sox right-hander Dylan Axelrod Thursday night.
WASHINGTON -- The White Sox couldn’t come through with clutch hits in the first two games of the Washington series. They didn't do much better in the series finale. Chicago was a combined 1-for-15 with runners in scoring position in losses on Tuesday and Wednesday.
WASHINGTON -- Chicago White Sox starter Gavin Floyd looked sharp during his first time through the Washington lineup. He didn’t fare as well the second and third time around, the fate of many pitchers who face the Nationals.
CHICAGO -- The Chicago White Sox are not concerned with how it looks, only that the desired result is achieved. If that sounds a lot like the “Winning Ugly" season of 1983, well that’s only fitting since the White Sox wore those old red, white and blue jerseys to honor the former American League West champs for the first of 13 home Sunday games this season.
CHICAGO – Although they will represent the 1983 “Winning Ugly” White Sox team on Sunday, the current squad feels like it will look pretty sharp. The White Sox will turn back the clock to the 1980s each home Sunday, wearing the pullover jersey with red-and-navy accents and the block-lettered S-O-X across the front.
CHICAGO – Just because he was a third baseman during his playing days, doesn’t mean that Chicago White Sox manager Robin Ventura can’t throw a sneaky curveball. Whether or not this one is a hanging curve out over the plate will be determined soon.
CHICAGO -- Chicago White Sox manager Robin Ventura joined many former and current athletes in saying that Chicago Bulls star Derrick Rose should take the safe route over the quick one in his return from a surgically repaired ACL.
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