greg walker Stories - South Side Sox
Worth watching: Indians fire Walkerish hitting coach
Back in 2005, the Cleveland Indians stumbled out of the gate while the White Sox sprinted away with a huge early divisional lead. In an attempt to shake things up, Eric Wedge cut hitting coach Eddie Murray loose in early June, replacing him with Derek Shelton. The changeup became Exhibit A for...
Carlton Fisk on White Sox woes, hitting coaches
We've spent a lot of time recently discussing Greg Walker's job security, as is the custom when a team is massively underachieving and it's too early to trade players. We throw this idea around without having much of an idea about the impact a hitting coach can make, and both sides of the argument...
It's Walker season, but don't expect change
At this time, the Sox have about a month and a half before any real changes can be seriously considered. There's no trade market. Last year, the Sox were similarly dismal over the first two months - more so, since the Twins held first place instead of fourth. Williams waited until the first week of...
Lerew Reminds White Sox: You're Still A Few Bats Short
Free from the pressure of trying to continue one of the hottest streaks in team history and no longer able to beat up on the lesser National League, the Royals were supposed to provide a soft cushion for the White Sox return to American League play. The Royals sent some guy named Anthony Lerew to...
Carlos Quentin Leads Offensive Explosion
That will even things up a bit. The struggling White Sox offense finally broke the seal on the run-scoring machine, ringing up 15 hits and 11 runs. I'm not going to read anything into the fact that the offensive outburst coincided with the first night that the chronic slow-starter Alexei Ramirez...
White Sox Bats: Mastering the Art of the Slow Start
.225, .237, .261 No those aren't the low batting averages that rode Jim Thome* out of town. Those are the White Sox batting averages for the last 3 Aprils. Three games into the season they're well on their way to repeating that trend with just 14 hits in 3 games, good for a .154 team average. And...
White Sox Chill High Expectations With Familiarly Feeble Offense
A few months ago, I met up with a group of old friends from high school. Some were married, had kids, a mortgage while others, cough, were living in their parents' basement and still stuck in college. We all carried around these new, updated identities and yet within the span of one beer we all...
Don't Worry About Alex Rios, Greg Walker is on the case
Alex Rios has $58.7M left on his contract, is coming off a season in which he hit .199/.229/.301 after joining the White Sox, and has, at times, appeared completely lost at the plate. But don't worry, Greg Walker is planning a special trip to Puerto Rico help turn Rios around. As the Sox slipped...
White Sox Offense Still Absent at Home
Paul Konerko hit a homerun and the rest of the White Sox offense put up about as much of a fight as Perez Hilton against Will.i.am, unless you count their usual 9th inning shutout-avoiding run. Maybe they had forgotten about the HR? Once again the Sox failed to put up much of an effort against a...
White Sox Comeback Bid Just Another Tease
Bad team finds way to lose to mediocre team Even though Ozzie Guillen might have had his worst game of the season, even though Dewayne Wise might have been safe at home in the bottom of the 9th, I can't get myself worked into a lather over the White Sox extra-inning loss to the Tigers Tuesday...
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