A.J. Pierzynski's unceremonious departure from the White Sox after eight sterling seasons didn't even land him a floral arrangement. Instead, it's the White Sox who get Flowers -- Tyler Flowers, 27, who is taking Pierzynski's job, taking Pierzynski's spring locker and is embarking upon the biggest baseball opportunity of his life. ... ...more

Saturday was a big, big day for the White Sox. Potentially, a take-control-of-the-division kind of day. Adam Dunn returned to the lineup. Francisco Liriano reverted back to the guy the White Sox thought they were acquiring. ... ...more

CHICAGO -- Verlander vs. Sale ... and pray for no hail? Turns out, the last head-to-head matchup between the Tigers and White Sox is not this week. In a baseball season chaotically careening toward the finish line -- here come the Phillies and Brewers? Where did the Athletics and Orioles come from? -- Mother Nature threw a sharp breaking ball Thursday night into the AL Central race. ... ...more

He's all skin and bones, just 23, and he looks more like a guy who would show you around a college campus than a fire-breathing lefty pitching monster with the second-best ERA in the American League. ... ...more