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I feel bad writing this after a win (the White Sox won today, 7-6 over the Yankees), but there is indeed no rest for the wicked, and this is a question that needs to be answered.
Let me get things started with this: I'm not an Ozzie "fan."
I think he is one of the more overrated managers in baseball, still riding high from can't-miss pitching and power hitting in 2005.
His blowups ...
The Top 10 Reasons You Can’t Be Critical of the Chicago White Sox
Posted: 12th April 2010 by 643 Sports in MLB
The baseball season has begun in earnest on the South Side of Chicago, and like every team that has not sprung ahead to a division lead in the five or six games since the season started, the White Sox have been met with criticism for their seemingly lackluster start to the 2010 season.
Admittedly, I am one of those prone to being critical of the Sox, sometimes undeservedly so. I ...
Cause for Concern? A Look at Jake Peavy’s First Start of 2010
Posted: 8th April 2010 by 643 Sports in MLB
Jake Peavy's first start of the 2010 season was if anything to me, concerning.
No, I am not calling for Peavy's head, wishing the White Sox did not acquire him, or anything of that nature. I was just concerned with the way the start went.
In actuality, Tuesday's start itself was not poor (5 IP, 7 H, 3 ER, 5 Ks, 44 Game Score, 104 pitches). Of course, it is not what White ...
On Monday, Mark Buehrle re-defined the phrase, "kick save, and a beauty," with his spectacular fielding play in the top-half of the fifth inning on the way to a win over the Cleveland Indians.
Buehrle was downright masterful in his seven innings on the bump for the Sox (still, the best pitcher in the Sox rotation was sitting on the bench,) and that dominance extended to the bats of the South ...
2010 Chicago White Sox: Has the Defense Really Improved?
Posted: 23rd March 2010 by 643 Sports in MLB
Baseball season is almost upon us, and I couldn't be happier.
There's Spring Training baseball broadcasts on the television and radio, newspaper pages are once again filled with daily box scores and matchups; and then there are the calendars, serving as the most definite of reminders that Opening Day is less than two weeks away.
As a White Sox fan, this winter has been especially brutal: I've had to watch as the ...
Brent Seabrook Victim of Vicious Hit: Is Fighting the Answer?
Posted: 18th March 2010 by 643 Sports in NHL
Chicago Blackhawks defenseman Brent Seabrook was the victim of a vicious and questionable hit on Wednesday in Anaheim, just days after teammate Brian Campbell was shoved head-long into the boards in Washington by superstar Alex Ovechkin.
Since those vicious hits, both coming in losses, many people in Chicago have been clamoring for a retaliatory strike on hard-play by the Hawks, with many fans (and even one Blackhawks broadcaster) ...
Inspired by recent thoughts of Steve Phillips (not the philandering former-ESPN baseball analyst, rather the philandering former GM of the New York Mets) and his unhealthy past obsession with Mo Vaughn and his contract, I started to think about current "bad paper" contracts in the MLB, and after some research I can confirm that horribly-structured contracts do exist.
Now, what follows is not what you would call an "objective" ranking ...