Sox had a 3-game win streak in the alternate black, but they couldn’t wear those today as I’m sure the road gray jerseys were made up well ahead of time… You gotta ride the hot jersey.

this is off topic but through 5 innings wakefield has given up no hits against oakland, but the amazing thing is he’s only thrown 39 pitches!

1st Road Trip + Rain Out + Windsor = 9-0

I’m sure they were passing the aspirin bottle around the locker room before the game.

The San Francisco Giants are looking to unload the $44 million they still owe Aaron Rowand through 2012. The one problem? The Giants would have to be willing to pick up a big chunk of the deal to even get Williams on the phone.
Another option coming from the demented mind of yours’ truly? How about pitching starved Washington getting Lance Broadway from the Sox for … drum roll please … Willie Harris? At least once Harris gets off the DL with a strained oblique.

http://blogs.suntimes.com/whitesox/2009/04/rumor_to_ponder.html

Sox got shout out for the 24th time since 4/14/07, and 2nd time in 8 games this season.

They were shut out 21 times in Guillen’s first 3 seasons as manager

On 3B Jon Gilmore: “Gilmore, he’s a typical young kid. He has a ton of upside. Right now, he just needs his reps, man. He’s 20 years old and he’s facing guys with college experience and once he gets it and once he begins to learn the strike zone and learn himself, his ceiling is very, very high. The way he runs, the way he moves at third base, we’re definitely happy with what we got there. When he gets it, it’s going to be exciting. With the wind blowing in, he hit a few home runs and several balls off the wall today during batting practice and he’s as strong as that indicates. His raw power is definitely exceptional and once he gets it and once he figures it out and once he gets all the information we’re giving him and gets it all lined up, he’s going to be a real good player.”

http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects/?p=3360

A lot of other notes on Beckham/Viciedo/Flowers/Allen/Danks in there, but I thought the Gilmore note was the most interesting.

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2009/04/giants-looking-to-unload-rowand.html#comments

Discuss.

DETROIT – The White Sox have been given three options for the make-up game with Detroit, and didn’t like two of them.

Team captain Paul Konerko was e-mailed possible dates from the Tuesday rainout, with the first being an April 30 off day, the second being a June 22 off day, and the final scenario being a doubleheader played on July 24.

If the club has any say, it will be a doubleheader on that Friday.

http://www.670-thescore.com/blog/2009/04/15/make-up-game/

DETROIT – Great job by the entire "Mully and Hanley Show’’ this morning in tracking down Scott Podsednik – the new king of Charlotte now that Joe Borchard has moved on.

In listening to the interview, there were some key points that stood out, specifically Podsednik discussing what he and general manager Ken Williams said about the situation of signing him to a minor-league deal on Tuesday.

"[General manager] Kenny [Williams] and I had a couple of good conversations, he didn’t promise me anything,’’ Podsednik said. "He just said, ‘Let’s go to Charlotte, get me some at-bats and see where you are, and kind of just go from there.’

"That’s all I can do, go out there and play, have some fun and try and create an opportunity for myself. I kind of feel like a rookie again, like I was five or six years ago, trying to open some eyes and create an opportunity.’’

The other point Podsednik kept reiterating was how healthy he now is. His health issues were the reason that manager Ozzie Guillen called him "unreliable.’’ He obviously went on the offensive, doing all he can do to ease the club’s mind on that front.

The fact is if Podsednik shows any sort of spark with the Knights, especially as their leadoff hitter, he will put himself into a situation to get the call. Brian Anderson is the No. 1 option, and will be given time to either sink or swim, but even if Guillen isn’t saying it, the leash is a short one for B.A.

http://www.670-thescore.com/blog/2009/04/15/the-on-going-center-field-drama-and-macdougal/

I thought the Sox were going to keep it close untll Field’s error, but with our anemic offense the error turned out to be irrelevant.

http://insider.espn.go.com/mlb/insider/news/story?id=4067950&action=upsell&appRedirect=http%3a%2f%2finsider.espn.go.com%2fmlb%2finsider%2fnews%2fstory%3fid%3d4067950

Punto is powerless? NNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

In the midst of the White Sox’s search for a productive leadoff hitter, they have discovered an effective No. 2 hitter.

That’s Josh Fields, who has thrived in the second spot since Chris Getz was elevated to bat leadoff after Dewayne Wise struggled at the top of the batting order.

“The biggest thing I can rest my hat on was that I was there in 2007 for nearly the entire time I was up,” said Fields, who hit 14 of his 23 home runs that season from the second spot. “I’ve been there before and had success there. Just keep playing and do what I can do to help the team win.”

Manager Ozzie Guillen has been extremely pleased at Fields’ pitch selection, as evidenced by his five walks, .308 batting average and .438 on-base percentage.

“He’s the type of guy who’s not going to chase bad pitches. That’s why it’s ideal for him there,” Guillen said.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/whitesox/chi-16-white-sox-bits-chicago-apr16,0,6515871.story

Although Brian Anderson was thrown out stealing by Gerald Laird in the third inning of Wednesday’s 9-0 loss, he intends to be more aggressive on the basepaths when he has the chance. “Ozzie wants me to utilize my speed,” Anderson said. “In the past, I just didn’t have a lot of confidence. Now, it’s not that I don’t care, I just have to trust it. I have to use it or lose it.”

http://chicago.whitesox.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090415&content_id=4286646&vkey=news_cws&fext=.jsp&c_id=cws

Swisher has been on fire to start the season, leading the majors with a ridiculous .682 wOBA. 9 of his 11 hits have gone for extra bases, as he’s quickly registering 2008 as an aberration rather than some kind of downward trend. With the way he’s swinging the bat, there’s no way the Yankees can keep him out of the line-up.

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/swisher-taking-over

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVZh4EqUcAk

Has any team chocked away more than the Bulls the past 3 years? Once again all they need is a win against an inferior openent at home to move up in teh playoffs. And just like 2007 they chocke it away.

I am sick as dog, took the afternoon off (left the office at 2) and way hoping to fall asleep to the white sox winning. Instead I just took a nap.

I’m seriously pissed about this bulls choke. the only upside is they will avoid the dreaded NBA TV series now.