White Sox Season Ends (for reals this time) in ALDS

by The Cheat on Oct 6, 2008 9:52 PM CDT

The White Sox seemed to play their best baseball of the year with their proverbial backs to the wall. They had won 4-in-row (against 4 different teams) in elimination games, when a single loss meant the end of their long season. But winning their 5th elimination game in a row was too much to...

Danks, White Sox Beat Rays at Own Game

by The Cheat on Oct 5, 2008 7:08 PM CDT

White Sox ALDS Game 1 Fish Wrap

by The Cheat on Oct 2, 2008 11:55 PM CDT

Phil Rogers draws a parallel between the start of Mark Buehrle's career -- called up in July '00 to start, finished season in pen, came out of pen in playoffs -- and Clayton Richard's debut season with the Sox. Buehrle obviously had better numbers, and was just 21 at the time (Richard...

Vazquez Stinks, Sox Drop Game 1 to Rays

by The Cheat on Oct 2, 2008 7:38 PM CDT

What can you say that hasn't already been said about Javier Vazquez? He is what he is; an average pitcher who can't stand the heat in the kitchen. I'd be lying if I said I expected anything better than 4.1 innings and 6 runs allowed from Vazquez, but there was a small part of me that knows...

Red Sox ALDS roster finalized

by Randy Booth on Oct 1, 2008 1:56 PM CDT on Over the Monster

The Red Sox's ALDS roster is set and ready to go for Anahiem: Starters Jon Lester (L) Daisuke Matsuzaka Josh Beckett Relievers Tim Wakefield Paul Byrd Javier Lopez (L) Manny Delcarmen Hideki Okajima (L) Justin Masterson Jonathan Papelbon POSITIONAL PLAYERS Projected starting lineup Jacoby...

5 questions with Halos Heaven's Rev Halofan

by Randy Booth on Sep 30, 2008 6:00 AM CDT on Over the Monster

In anticipation of Wednesday's American League Divisional Series opener, Rev Halofan from Halos Heaven and I traded five questions about the ballclubs. Here are Rev's answers to my five tantilizing, earth-shattering questions: 1. The Red Sox know about John Lackey and Ervin Santana, but who...