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Ozzie Situation Needs a Dose of Objectivity
By: Mike DePilla - 01 September 2011 - 0 Comments

And, picking up where we left off last September, here comes the Ozzie Guillen contract drama. Do we really have to go through his hypocritical double-talk again? After everything that went down last year? [...]

Why The Sox Should Hire Jim Hendry
By: Mike DePilla - 30 August 2011 - 2 Comments

We’ve heard the ridiculous talk, for two years now, about how the Cubs should hire Ozzie Guillen as their manager, first to replace Lou Piniella and now to replace Mike Quade. It is a [...]

The Day Brent Lillibridge Has More Homers Than Adam Dunn
By: Mike DePilla - 27 August 2011 - 2 Comments

I would have thought it would be the same day Paul Konerko has more stolen bases than Juan Pierre, or the day Mark Buehrle flings more f-bombs than Ozzie Guillen. Basically, half past never. [...]

Waivers Present Only One Real Opportunity: Konerko
By: Mike DePilla - 25 August 2011 - 0 Comments

There seems to be a lot of smoke coming from the Sox camp this week dealing with the waiver wire. The Sox love Jim Thome, but didn’t claim him. They did claim Jason Kubel. [...]

Sox Need To Win Games, Not Series
By: Mike DePilla - 23 August 2011 - 1 Comment

Can the Sox still take the AL Central? With only 36 games left, the year-long question continues to get asked, still without a definite answer. At the Tribune, Dave van Dyck asks the “real” [...]

Playoff Revamping On The Way?
By: Mike DePilla - 22 August 2011 - 0 Comments

Time for an update on another of my favorite topics: revamping the Wildcard format of the playoffs. Adding a second Wildcard team to the playoff format was much-discussed in 2010. The topic has come [...]

How To Fire Greg Walker
By: Mike DePilla - 20 August 2011 - 3 Comments

A “Fire Greg Walker” post? Come on man, trot out some new material. I realize this subject has been beaten to death for the past, oh, four years, so I don’t blame you if [...]

Evaluating Brent Morel
By: Mike DePilla - 16 August 2011 - 2 Comments

Coming into Sunday’s game against the Royals, Sox rookie third baseman Brent Morel had an OPS of .587. That is, of course, not good. (The overall OPS of all AL hitters in 2011 is [...]

6 Reasons the Sox Should Stick With the 6-Man Rotation
By: Mike DePilla - 07 August 2011 - 1 Comment

While most Chicagoans were caught up in the great Soldier Field turf disaster that threatens to supplant the Chicago fire as the greatest tragedy in the city’s history, Zach Stewart earned his first major [...]

Only Days Later, Bet Kenny Wishes He Sold
By: Mike DePilla - 03 August 2011 - 1 Comment

Kenny Williams ought to be feeling a little silly right now. That, or angry. Only three days after the non-waiver trade deadline passed, the Sox’ GM might already be regretting his decision to stick [...]