Week In Review: How The West Was Stupid

/

The White Sox's first pilgrimage to the Western time zone left a sour taste in my mouth for more than one reason. Slogging to a 3-6 record, including losing the last three games to the Angels, the White Sox offense brought back memories of 2013, scoring no more than five runs in any single game.

Read More

White Sox Month in Review: May Edition

/

With the month of May in the books, the White Sox still sit at .500, where they have hovered all season. On the one hand, they are the owners of a negative run differential. On the other, they have survived at .500 despite the loss of key players like Chris Sale, Jose Abreu, Avisail Garcia, Adam Eaton, and Nate Jones for varying lengths of time. Today the staff of The Catbird Seat take stock of the State of the White Sox as of the start of June.

Read More

Week in Review: The AL West is a Beautiful Place to Die

/

The White Sox have had 2-4 weeks already this season and I'll go out on a limb a predict they'll have another one--and not before long! But this somehow felt worse: the pitching was reliably bad, losing a series to Houston, while increasingly familiar, is also very bad, but it's more the hopelessness of the injury situation.

Read More

Week in Review: They beat the Cubs, so lay off, will ya?

/

The White Sox went 4-3 this week. This is my first week in review, but I imagine each has had the Sox go 4-3, or 3-4, or 3-3, or maybe 2-4, but quickly followed by a 4-3. They haven't been more than a game over .500 since Tax Day. Their longest winning streak ended this week at four games. It immediately followed a four-game losing streak. If they weren't coming off a 63-99 season, they might be the most frustrating team in the world. 

Read More