Posts Tagged ‘all star game’

The Sox head into the All-Star break in 1st place

The White Sox go into the All-Star break with a 47-38 record, and in first place in the Central Division. They lead the Indians by 3 games, and 3.5 over the favorite Detroit Tigers. Through 85 games this season has gone better than even the most optimistic White Fans could have expected. The Sox even [...]

New beginnings for the Sox, or is it the beginning of the end.

Wow, what an All-Star game. It is really surprising that the rating were down by almost 13% from last year–not!. The yawnfest was won by the NL for the 2nd straight year, but who really cares? Did you see how happy Carlos Quentin was in the introductions? It was nice to see. I wonder when [...]

KC is a Royal pain in the A**

You can only hope that what the Sox saw out of Eric Hosmer isn’t a preview of things to come in future years. Hosmer batted .500 with 2 home runs in the 4 games as the Royals took 2 of 3 from the Sox by winning today’s rubber game 4-1. The Sox were done in [...]

Minding their P’s and Q’s, Baseball sets All-Star roster.

Paul Konerko is not an All-Star. I thought it was a foregone conclusion as the man is having an All-Star season. It got me thinking, as both teams full rosters were announced today. Yes, they were announced today! Now the only way you can see Konerko in Arizona, on the 12th, is the ‘Final Say’ [...]

Sox have tough time time brushing away Nats

First off, you won’t have John Danks to push around for 15 days, as the Sox placed the lefthander on the disabled list today. Danks suffered an oblique injury yesterday. The Sox replaced Danks with double A lefthander Hector Santiago. Santiago started in Birmingham, but he will be the last man in the pen with [...]