On Garza and the Taco King

by The Cheat on Oct 22, 2008 10:56 PM CDT

I know they weren't exactly huge factors in the game last night, but the continuing narrative that the Matt Garza/Jason Bartlett acquisition was a driving force behind the Rays post-season drive--a na...

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 t...

Danks, White Sox Beat Rays at Own Game

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

White Sox ALDS Game 2 Recap: By the Numbers

by The Cheat on Oct 3, 2008 8:22 PM CDT

12 hits -- All singles 2 walks and a HBP -- 15 baserunners 0 extra bases taken -- 0 first-to-thirds, 0 2nd-to-homes 3 total bases advanced on an out -- a 1st inning sac fly, and a 5th inning ...

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 debu...

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 bet...

Why the White Sox Will Beat the Rays

by The Cheat on Oct 2, 2008 12:17 AM CDT

The following piece was commissioned--well, commissioned would imply that money had changed hands, so that's not the right word--by The Hardball Times. They wanted the story crafted around the title "...