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Archive for the ‘Chicago White Sox’ Category

August 29th, 2008

Obama loves his White Sox, but has words for Cubs fans

Democratic Presidential nominee Barack Obama is a Chicago White Sox fan. But, if you watched the 2005 American League Championship Series, you might already know that. Obama threw out the first pitch of game two of that series, as the White Sox went on to win the World Series with a sweep of […]

By Tony Baldwin -- 2 comments

August 14th, 2008

VIDEO - White Sox go back-to-back-to-back-to-back

Whew… That’s a mouthful! The Chicago White Sox hit four consecutive home runs off two Kansas City Royals pitchers in the sixth inning of Thursday’s game.
Jim Thome, Paul Konerko, Alexei Ramirez and Juan Uribe completed the rare feat for the White Sox. Thome, Konerko and Ramirez all homered off KC hurler Joel Peralta, […]

By Tony Baldwin -- 0 comments

August 11th, 2008

The Race: American League Central

In case you haven’t noticed, the best pennant chase in Major League Baseball is not happening in the American League East. It’s actually happening in the AL Central, where the Chicago White Sox and Minnesota Twins are fighting for the top spot.
Coming into today’s games, the White Sox hold a slim one-half game lead […]

By Tony Baldwin -- 0 comments

August 4th, 2008

VIDEO - White Sox and Royals brawl

It wasn’t the greatest brawl and it didn’t even have enough punches to make it that entertaining, however, it was a brawl. The Chicago White Sox and the Kansas City Royals mixed it up a little after Miguel Olivo was hit by a pitch. Olivo charges the mound but does not swing or […]

By Tony Baldwin -- 0 comments

June 30th, 2008

VIDEO - Lou Piniella ejected

When Lou Piniella gets ejected, you know he’s going to get his money’s worth. In this clip below, Piniella is ejected for arguing after a check swing was called in favor of the Chicago White Sox.
You can see Piniella race out of the dugout and the first base umpire Chad Fairchild clearly telling him […]

By Tony Baldwin -- 1 comment

June 23rd, 2008

Poll results: Cubs-White Sox World Series?

According to readers of Inside the Ballpark, a Chicago Cubs and Chicago White Sox World Series match up is not likely. A 13-day poll on this blog resulted in 81% of fans stating that it will not happen.
It’s probably a good thing that a Chi-town showdown doesn’t happen. Especially since the Cubs just […]

By Tony Baldwin -- 0 comments

June 19th, 2008

Thursday 10 - Most disappointing players of 2008

It’s time for another ‘Thursday 10′ post at Inside the Ballpark. Today’s list looks at the Top 10 Most Disappointing Major League Baseball Players of 2008. It was tough to narrow the field to just 10 players, however these players have had the most disappointing seasons to date. Maybe one or two […]

By Tony Baldwin -- 10 comments

June 10th, 2008

Cubs-White Sox World Series?

We are just over two months into the 2008 Major League Baseball season. And what a season it has been so far. Teams that were expected to compete for pennants are in or near their division cellars (Detroit Tigers, New York Yankees) and teams that were expected to be no better than .500 […]

By Tony Baldwin -- 4 comments

June 4th, 2008

Q-Tips for Quentin

Carlos Quentin is hoping to be selected to the 2008 All-Star game either as a write-in vote or a reserve after a local newspaper launched the ‘Q-Tips for Quentin’ campaign.Photo: Newscom

How many of you have Chicago White Sox outfielder Carlos Quentin on your fantasy baseball team? Now, how many of you picked him in […]

By Tony Baldwin -- 0 comments