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Adam Dunn Is Determined to Put 2011 in the Rearview Mirror

Monday, April 2nd, 2012

After getting signed to a big contract last offseason by the Chicago White Sox, there were high expectations that Adam Dunn was going to provide the Sox with a big bat in the middle of the lineup. Things didn’t work out that way. In fact, Dunn’s streak of 30-plus home ...

Paul Konerko: “The right moves have been made here”

Monday, March 12th, 2012

Going into last season there were high expectations for the Chicago White Sox in the AL Central. Unfortunately for the South Siders things didn’t go according to plan. After a season where they finished under .500 and 16 games back of the first place Tigers, the White Sox decided to ...

Miami Marlins Manager Ozzie Guillen: If Carlos Zambrano Is The Bull, I’m The Matador

Monday, February 13th, 2012

Ozzie Guillen was managing the team on the other side of Chicago while Carlos Zambrano pitched for the Chicago Cubs, but that doesn't mean he didn't realize the situation. He knows Zambrano personally and predicted he would win 15 games last year because he was passionate and wanted to prove ...

Robin Ventura Says Being the Manager of the White Sox Wasn’t on His Radar

Monday, October 10th, 2011

When the Chicago White Sox decided to let Ozzie Guillen go to the Florida Marlins, they immediately began their search for a new manager. The search didn’t last very long though as the Sox decided to stay in house and hire Robin Ventura as the new skipper. Ventura is a ...

A.J. Pierzynski Is Grateful for Seven Years with Ozzie Guillen

Wednesday, September 28th, 2011

Ozzie Guillen’s time in Chicago was eventful, it was colorful, it was tumultuous at times, but overall it was also successful as it brought World Series Championship to the White Sox. I can’t think of any other manager that is so identifiable when talking about his team. That was just ...

Frank Thomas On Steroid Use: “It was a secret society. I had no idea.”

Friday, June 3rd, 2011

Will Frank Thomas be a shoe-in for the Hall of Fame when he becomes eligible? His numbers sure would have been considered a lock to be enshrined in Cooperstown if you had asked that question ten or twenty years ago. But with so much uncertainty hanging over the Steroids Era ...

Ozzie Guillen Will Not Rest On His Past Success in Chicago

Friday, April 8th, 2011

Last year the Chicago White Sox finished with 88 wins and it was a pretty good season on Southside of Chicago, but it was the second straight year the White Sox missed out on the playoffs. This offseason it looked like the Sox added the big bat to the middle ...

Ozzie Guillen “If we stay healthy and we pitch well, I think this ball club has a great chance.”

Tuesday, February 15th, 2011

Spring training is in the air at Camelback Ranch in Glendale, Arizona for Ozzie Guillen and his Chicago White Sox. Kenny Williams had a few tricks up his sleeve this offseason over on the South Side of Chicago for White Sox fans. Chicago not only retained first basemen Paul Konerko for ...

Oney Guillen Should Practice What He Preaches

Thursday, December 30th, 2010

Once again, Oney Guillen is in the news. You probably know him as the son of Chicago White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen who was ushered out of the White Sox organization for making ill-timed and ill-mannered comments about the organization, mostly on Twitter. He was back at it again this week, ...

Paul Konerko Might Finish His Career With the White Sox After All

Thursday, December 9th, 2010

The White Sox made it pretty clear that their number one priority this offseason was re-signing Paul Konerko. They can check that off the list. It wasn’t easy to keep Konerko on the South Side , but he and the White Sox agreed to a three-year, $37.5 million deal which ...