Archive for White Sox

What all of the cool kids will be wearing soon: The Chicago White Sox are aiming to release a President Barack Obama-themed version of their cap in time for the start of spring training. The club has developed two prototype designs of its club hat with Obama marks on the side and back. The hats […]

White Sox fans and owners of the 1983 Fleer set will be interested to know that Ron Kittle is alive and blogging. Only one post up in the last month — that being from yesterday, where he tells us that he’s in Belgium, consulting with Belgian (Belgi? Belgi?) baseball coaches. Not sure exactly what he’s […]

The Tribune’s John Kass, with the help of Jerry Reinsdorf, speculates about the implications of the president being a White Sox fan: “Well, maybe he could issue a presidential edict to get us another pitcher who could go 200 innings,” Reinsdorf said. “That might be nice.” As president, Obama could help our team in many […]

Lost in Transactions covers a very busy week in Las Vegas.

Lost in Transactions recaps the week that was, with the Braves snapping up Javier Vazquez and the Padres dumping Khalil Greene.

I’m not that good at handicapping trades right after they happened — I’m really more of a hindsight guy — but my sense of this is that the Reds may have gotten the better end of the Homer Bailey for Jermaine Dye deal. This may sound surprising in that, generally speaking, trading a 22 year-old […]

A couple of weeks ago I went on a bit about the Pirates releasing former first rounder John Van Benschoten. Today Van Benschoten has a new job: Right-hander John Van Benschoten, who was taken by the Pirates with the eighth overall pick in the 2001 First-Year Player Draft, has signed a Minor League deal with […]

Since I usually wake up at 5:30 AM, I am pretty whipped by, oh, 8 PM. As a result, I really couldn’t process all of the moving parts of the Javier Vazquez-to- Atlanta deal last night, and I still probably need a couple cups of coffee to think about it this morning. I do have […]

Rice may be a good side dish but Rock candy is a sweeter choice for Cooperstown.

Back for the third set of requests, with four more players: Tyler Chatwood (Angels), Jacob Jefferies (Rays), Zach Stewart (Reds), and Jordan Danks (White Sox).