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A Closer Look at Clayton Richard
Clayton Richard has been called up from AAA and will start for the White Sox on Wednesday against the Rangers. Here's a look at this little known prospect.
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President George Bush loves John Danks
President George W. Bush gets to meet all the best athletes. When Eli or Peyton Manning win a title, they meet the President. When the Celtics or Red Sox win a title, they meet the President. The only time the President seems to enter the sports ...

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 One Comeback To Few: Sox - Royals Game 3
One Comeback To Few: Sox - Royals Game 3
The Sox put up a good fight, but it is not enough to bring in a win against the Royals in one of John Danks's weakest outings of the year.
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Do the White Sox Need Another Starting Pitcher?
In a season where the White Sox starting pitching carried the team through the first few months, it feels like the wheels are starting to come off. I am not saying that it is time to panic (after all the club still ranks second in the league in ERA ...
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So Weak and Powerful
Best team in the land? These guys? Are you serious?
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 Good Signs From Konerko: Sox - Rangers Game 2
Good Signs From Konerko: Sox - Rangers Game 2
Paul Konerko eases into his third game since being back from his time on the DL by going 4-for-4 with a solo home run to help the Sox get their first win against the Rangers
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White Sox vs. Dodgers - Box Score - June 26, 2008
Chicago White Sox Hitters AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG O Cabrera SS 3 1 1 0 2 1 2 .273 B Anderson CF 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .221 C Quentin LF 3 0 1 1 1 0 2 .280 J Dye RF 3 1 1 0 2 1 3 .296 N Swisher 1B 2 0 0 0 1 0 4 .232 J Crede 3B 4 0 0 0 0 1 8 .270 A Ramirez 2B ...
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Indians vs. White Sox - Box Score - July 01, 2008
Cleveland Indians Hitters AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG G Sizemore CF 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 .261 J Carroll 2B 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 .287 B Francisco LF 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 .280 J Peralta SS 4 0 0 0 0 3 0 .253 C Blake 3B 4 1 3 1 0 0 0 .287 S Choo DH 4 0 1 0 0 2 2 .278 R Garko 1B ...
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 Ozzie Guillen Has No Complaints
Ozzie Guillen Has No Complaints
While the Twins and Tigers are busy throwing fastballs at each other's heads this week, the White Sox are taking advantage of it by beating up on the lowly Cleveland Indians, and adding some cushion to their division lead in the AL Central. Still, ...
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 Roto Chronicles: American League - July 7th
Roto Chronicles: American League - July 7th
Why you need to sell Daisuke Matsuzaka right now….. THREE UP/THREE DOWN Hitters Aubrey Huff, 1B/DH—BAL (UP) Very quietly Aubrey Huff is having a terrific season. As late as June 8th, Huff was hitting just .239, but still did have nine home runs. Since that date, Huff has hit .387 with eight home runs and 23 RBI. This gives him a .281 batting average with 17 home runs and 54 ...
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All-Star Selections and Snubbery
Discussing the all-stars with a White Sox slant to the analysis
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 Lucky Inning Number Thirteen: Sox - Royals Game 1
Lucky Inning Number Thirteen: Sox - Royals Game 1
A spotty at best outing by Contreras holds off a Sox win until the thirteenth inning despite great offense from the White Sox.
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 THT Live:What’s up with Danks?
THT Live:What’s up with Danks?
Mike Pindelski takes a closer look at John Danks' improvement this season , using various stats and Josh Kalk's PITCHf/x graphs and data. The bottom line: Danks is for real.
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The Emergence of John Danks
Part of baseball that we seem to love (and in many cases hate) so much is the unpredictability of pitcher performances. Cliff Lee, who spent a large part of last season pitching in AAA, is currently the American League’s top starting pitcher ...
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 THT Live:The Emergence of John Danks
THT Live:The Emergence of John Danks
Beyond the Box Score has an interesting analysis of John Danks' breakout this season, mostly using PITCHf/x data to tease out differences in pitch selection and velocity. I'm still not 100 percent convinced of the causality in cases like this—i.e. is he pitching better because of his pitch selection/approach, or is his approach different because he's in better situations because his ...