Location: Chicago, Ill. | Ballpark: U.S. Cellular Field (40,615) | Spring Training: Glendale, Ariz.
Owner: Jerry Reinsdorf | GM: Ken Williams | Manager: Ozzie Guillen | World Championships: 3
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POWER RANKINGS
Power Rankings
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Ranking
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07/07/2009
16
15
The "who's better, the Twins or the White Sox?" debates that have long raged in these here parts will be settled definitively this weekend in Minnesota. Whichever team wins the series will, now and eternally, be able to claim triumphant superiority in all matters of baseballishness, and the losing fans will be required to sign an oath of fealty to the victorious ones.
06/30/2009
15
18
They play nobody but division foes, and only one of the competent variety, until the All-Star break. If they're going to make any kind of move, this'd be the time to do it ... If either the Cubs or Dodgers successfully retired Jermaine Dye last week, I didn't see it ... Holy moly, I love Ozzie Guillen. His latest bon mots: "Our fans are not stupid like Cubs fans" and "Wrigley Field is just a bar." I can't say I disagree with the latter.
06/23/2009
18
18
Buyers? Sellers? Your guess is as good as mine. Just when you think GM Ken Williams is faced with a choice of zigging or zagging, he'll do something beyond the realm of reason, like bring back Aaron Rowand ... Fine, I'll admit it: grass-stain magnet Scottie Podsednik has been less than awful since his ChiSox resurrection. Happy now? ... No more games in NL parks, so Jim Thome will be back in the lineup on a regular basis. That obviously can't hurt.
06/16/2009
18
18
This still looks to me like a team that oughta see what its most marketable commodities -- Jermaine Dye, Bobby Jenks, etc. -- can fetch on the free market. But they've got some pluck to 'em ... When the schedule comes out during the winter, one of the first series I circle is the Cubs/White Sox clash at Wrigley. It's not because I'm any more or less interested in the series than I am in any other interleague battle, but because I can't wait to hear how Ozzie Guillen will infuriate Cubs fans with his comments about Wrigley Field. He's already addressed the "charming" clubhouse and the "adorable" critters that scamper across its floors in search of crumbs; maybe this year he'll note the "rapturously lush" ivy or the "fragrant" across-the-way taverns.
06/09/2009
18
15
Jose Contreras looked like a major-league pitcher again on Monday night, but Bartolo Colon should be relegated to batting-practice duty. ... Gordon Beckham is the clumsiest, soccer-iest baseball name since Reid Brignac. From here on out, let's just call him "G.B." or "Kid Baseball" or something similarly bland.
06/02/2009
15
22
You knew they would hit enough to stick around. Now that the pitching has stabilized during the past two weeks -- with the exception of that allow-20-runs-to-a-team-that-usually-scores-that-many-in-a-full-weekend hiccup -- they have a better chance of challenging Detroit than any other team in the AL Central. ... In the wake of his 550th dinger, it's even more amazing that Jim Thome somehow gets left off the list of sure-fire Hall of Famers. I can only attribute this to his doughy torso, because the numbers are clearly there. Anyway, he'd get my vote if I had one, which I don't. Mostly I only get to vote on stuff like "what new flavor of Dr. Pepper would you like to see?" Democracy has wisely chosen to exclude me from most decisions that matter.
05/26/2009
22
22
They lost by 19 on the day Jake Peavy decided not to come to town. That's not a coincidence ... You could forgive your friendly neighborhood broadcaster if he prefaced his call of Jack Wilson's home run off Bobby Jenks with "I AM NOT MAKING THIS UP!" ... Every mention of Alexei Ramirez describes him as a "sparkplug." Hello, thesaurus.
05/19/2009
22
16
My list of "things the 2009 White Sox do well" starts and ends with "report promptly for treatment." ... Everyone's suggesting that the Sox should yank Gavin Floyd from the rotation, but it's not like the team has better options about now. ... They've lost 10 straight in Toronto -- which, sadly, can't be attributed to a spate of misplaced passports.
05/12/2009
16
13
Bobby Jenks throwing a "purpose pitch" behind Ian Kinsler: acceptable. Bobby Jenks labeling it as such publicly, rather than saying "it got away from me" and winking at the assembled media throng: not acceptable ... There's something different about Mark Buerhle this year, but I can't put my finger on it. A new romance? A baby on the way? Do tell!
05/05/2009
13
8
Rough week, with the team only having plated 20 runs over its last seven games ... Fear not, Chisox fans, for outfielder/mascot Scotty Podsednik is back in the fold! He's gonna motor around the basepaths like a motorized motor scooter! He's gonna run up a huge dry-cleaning tab with his balls-out slides into second base and dives for liners in the gap! He's gonna fill your heart with possibility and the promise of a new, sunny morning! ... Another of the heroes of 2005, Jose Contreras, is practically begging to be euthanized ... Thing number 2,746 to like about Carlos Quentin: he's not using protective body armor to shield his oft-plunked forearm.
Preseason Power Rankings
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Ranking
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02/16/2009
23
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Before you start sending cards and letters: I recognize that the White Sox were a playoff team last year. I also recognize that my calendar currently reads "2009," not "2008" or "2005." ... The rotation should be solid enough, even assuming some regression from 2008 surprise Gavin Floyd. It's the everyday gang that should give Chisox fans pause. I count one guy on the way up (Carlos Quentin) and four on the way down (Jermaine Dye, Jim Thome, Paul Konerko, A.J. Pierzynski), plus nobody seems to know who will man third base (a Fields/Betemit platoon?), second or center field. This could be ugly.
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