Chicago White Sox

Filed:June 28th, 2009

Well, it's official. The Cubs won't be getting the band back together, with the Cardinals instead acquiring ex-Cub Mark DeRosa in exchange for Chris Perez.

Every time I hear that Ozzie Guillen has said something, nothing seems to surprise me. His moments of childhood seem to be full to the brim, especially know as we still look back onto his Wrigley Field comments.

Ozzie is still a kid, and very probably will always be. His childhood-like mentality in the clubhouse has somehow worked though, he won the Chicago White Sox a championship in the 2006 season. They also made the playoffs last year, winning the AL Central division.

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Scott Podsednik lined a two-out single to center field to bring an end to a marathon 13-inning game on Thursday afternoon.

The Chicago White Sox (35-37) mounted threats more than once in the late innings, but Podsednik's single plated Gordon Beckham and finally gave them a 6-5 victory over the majors’ best team, the Los Angeles Dodgers (47-26).

The Chicago players say that they try to approach this series the same way that they would any other, and I'll try to do the same old White Sox recapping I've always done.

With that said, no one can deny the added feeling of fire in their bellies when they watch the White Sox and the Cubs go at it.

Perhaps John Danks is no different. Having been sub-par this season, at least as far as expectations were concerned, the southpaw came out to Wrigley Field sporting his A game, as did the rest of the Sox pitching.

• Date: June 17, 2009
• Time: 8:15pm
• Teams: Detroit Tigers at St. Louis Cardinals
• Park: Busch Stadium
• Weather: 88 and mostly sunny.  Chance of rain later.
• Starting Pitchers: Edwin Jackson (6-3, 2.24)  Todd Wellemeyer (5-6, 5.50)
• Records: Detroit (34-30)  St. Louis (35-30)
• Last 10 Games: Detroit (5-5)  St. Louis (4-6)

Last week (Sunday to Sunday), the Chicago White Sox went 4-5. They missed opportunities, failed to execute and threw away a chance to gain meaningful ground on the division-leading Tigers.

Then they went into Milwaukee and took two of three from the division-leading (albeit slumping) Brewers.

This week, that doesn't matter. The slate's clean, and the division race can take a backseat.

It's Crosstown Classic time.

• Date: June 10, 2009
• Time: 8:11pm
• Teams: Detroit Tigers at Chicago White Sox
• Park: US Cellular Field
• Weather: 64 and partly cloudy
• Starting Pitchers: Justin Verlander (6-2, 3.26)  John Danks (4-4, 5.10)
• Records: Detroit (32-26)  Chicago (27-32)
• Last 10 Games: Detroit (5-5)  Chicago (3-7)
• My Two Cents: This seems like a classic, over-confident game&md
  

A couple of weeks ago, Kenny Williams put together a package of four players that was acceptable to the San Diego Padres in exchange for ace starter Jake Peavy.

Peavy used his no-trade clause. The old, "I'm flattered, but not coming," routine.

Now in the last few days, reports out of Houston are that the Sox have had a scout following the Astros and watching their ace, Roy Oswalt, because of an interest in him joining Chicago's South Siders.

Date: May 31, 2009

Time: 1:35pm

Teams: Detroit Tigers at Baltimore Orioles

Park: Camden Yards

Weather: 77 and sunny

Starting Pitchers: Edwin Jackson (4-3, 2.58)  Jason Berken (1-0, 3.60)

Records: Detroit (27-21)  Baltimore (23-27)

Last 10 Games: Detroit (5-5)  Baltimore (7-3)

My Two Cents