Poor pitching costly to White Sox -

Big League Stew found this 10/7/2008 on www.chicagotribune.com [flag]

Ozzie Guillen fussed and fumed. He spit between his teeth, barked at the umpire in a voice meant to be heard and waved his arms in disgust. He was sure Jeff Kellogg had missed more than his share of pitches and just about lost it when Kellogg didn't ring up Carlos Pena on a pitch near the top of ... [link]

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Postseason Papers: Red Sox celebrate another series win
Published 10/7/2008 by Nick Friedell at Big League Stew
... The Angles have a lot of critical decsions to make during the off-season. [LA Times] • Torii Hunter and company put together one last rally before it was all over. [LA Times] • The Angels won't topple the Red Sox in October writes Bill Plunkett [Orange County Register] • Phil Rogers believes that pitching doomed the Chicago White Sox this postseason. [Chicago Tribune] • Sox GM Kenny Williams says he has a plan to balance his lineup. ...

A whole lot of wrongness about pitching
Published 10/8/2008 by Jim at Sox Machine: Chicago White Sox blog
A whole lot of wrongness about pitching Under ordinary circumstances, I'd waste little time getting on my high horse in response to this Phil Rogers column : I don't get the obsession. By this definition, the Sox didn't have a No. 1 starter in 2005. The Tampa Bay Rays pushed aside the White Sox with relative ease without a No. 1 of their own. However, since I began looking at my preseason projections, I'm certainly not beyond reproach myself. And I set the bar pretty low. All I tried to do this season was top ...

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