Snobs vs. Slobs

I love Ken Griffey Jr. as much as anyone outside his family, but this looks very strange. The last thing the Sox needs is Griffey stumbling around centerfield.

Maybe he won’t approve it.

This makes me rethink my trip to Chicago in 10 days. Even if I do get to collect on a bet.

Please, Shorr. Don’t beat me within an inch of my life.

Sunday, Jose Contreras was placed on the disabled list, retroactive to 7/18, due to elbow tendonitis. Contreras currently sports a 4.60 ERA, but has struggled in his previous two starts. He’d given up 12 runs in 9.2 IP. (more…)

You’ve probably seen his work in the Chicago Reader and other various alternative weeklies, but if not, here’s soemthing frokm Robert Ullman. Ullman is an accomplished illustrator and is something of a sports fan. I know he likes the Penguins (Boo!) and maybe has a thing for the White Sox. (more…)

Two years ago, Taft came up with a system for using letter grades for first half team performance. I’m going to do the same thing here, both to honor him and—more importantly—because it’s a really good system. (more…)

Man, that was an exciting marathon All Star game last night. The AL won in 15 innings, 4-3, but that is besides the point. The game was exciting from the get go, with some great pitching from starters Lee and Sheets, great pitching from the next pitchers, and well, great pitching throughout. Of course, sometimes great pitching is not enough and mistakes happen, and so we were treated to bonus baseball. (more…)

It’s the day of the All-Star Game. The last one at Yankee Stadium. The team owned by your newspaper has seven players in the game. Seven. You are a sports columnist. (more…)

It’s times exactly like this that I know I am going to miss Taft’s masterful blogging capabilities.

On Monday the Brewers, who are roughly 4 or so games behind the Cubs, pulled off the trade of the year in acquiring last year’s AL Cy Young winner CC Sabathia for prospects. Then the Cubs pulled off the trade of the year, trading Matt Murton, Eric Patterson, Sean Gallagher, and some low level catcher to the Oakland A’s for Rich Harden and Chad Gaudin. Presumably Ross has already posted about this, but I don’t read Ross’s posts because what do I care what the White Sox are doing? (more…)

I’ll let Shorr take this later today—Cub fan that he is—but I wanted to throw my two cents in about the Cub trade for Rich Harden and Louisiana native Chad Gaudin. (more…)

I know we have a readership of, like, 10 people, but in case anyone reading this doesn’t know me, let me put forward a few things before a stranger reads this and thinks me something I’m not: (more…)