White Sox News

White Sox don't deal Dye to Boston, both sides benefit
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October 12
Chicago Tribune
 
"White Sox general manager Ken Williams declined to trade right fielder Jermaine Dye to Boston before the July 31 trading deadline in 2007, partly because the Red Sox didn't want to part with pitching prospect Justin Masterson. That decision paid off for the White Sox as well as Boston, which is receiving a major contribution from Masterson at the back end of its bullpen. Masterson, 23, had a 3.16 ERA in 36 appearances with 68 strikeouts in 88 1/3 innings, and he induced Evan Longoria to ground into an inning-ending double play in the eighth inning Friday night to help preserve Boston's 2-0 victory in Game 1 of the American League Championship Series. "[The player development members] spoke ..."
Rays felt bad celebrating at U.S. Cellular
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October 11
Chicago Tribune
 
"The sight of watching Tampa Bay celebrate its American League Division Series victory at U.S. Cellular Field didn't sit well with White Sox fans. And Rays owner Stuart Sternberg admitted he felt a little awkward partying away from Tropicana Field. "It's easy to celebrate with everyone around you," Sternberg said Friday night before Game 1 of the AL Championship Series. "And here we are with one of the biggest celebrations in a foreign stadium, albeit they were wonderful people, but to step onto the field and look and everyone going up the aisles, it was a little surreal because I felt almost embarrassed to have us celebrating at that point. "It just didn't feel like the right forum but I ..."
A look back on a Chicago baseball season gone bad
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October 9
Chicago Tribune
 columnist Mike Downey
"I know thousands of you must have had a World Series with the Cubs on your bucket list—things to see before you croak. Sorry, my friends. It doesn't matter how much lipstick you put on this goat. Your Cubs are still baaaaad. Wednesday was the 63rd anniversary of the last World Series game won by the Cubs, for those of you at the assisted-living center in your "Party Like It's 1945" shirts and funny hats. Tradition matters. But don't you worry, if Mark Cuban does buy the Cubs, he will make sure that they continue to be total losers in the very same way his basketball team is. As for the White Sox, well, our Soxxies had an occurrence of their own. They were folded and put away neatly by ..."
Ron Santo, Ken Harrelson coping with teams' losses
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October 9
Chicago Tribune
 columnist Fred Mitchell
"Ron Santo and Hawk Harrelson, Chicago's most passionate and emotional baseball broadcasters, are feeling frustration, pride, resignation, optimism and the stunning realization that their teams have been eliminated in the first round of the playoffs. "I'm hanging in there?" Santo said Wednesday. "What can I say?" Santo's primal scream of "This is the year!" reverberates as a hollow proclamation now that his beloved Cubs have been swept for the second straight season, this time by the Dodgers. "Last year was disappointing, but not as much as this year, because we had a much better team this year, winning 97 games," Santo said. "I felt very good going into the postseason. I really didn't care ..."
Manny madness, a looming Rays-Red Sox rumble?
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October 9
Cleveland Plain Dealer
 
"Taking the advice of readers calling for an end to the bashing of Manny Ramirez, not a negative word will be heard today. From me. Instead, we dangerously give the floor to Tim McCarver, of whom it was once said that if you ask for the time he'll tell you how to build a watch. "It's extraordinary -- the dichotomy between what he was in Boston and what he is in Los Angeles," McCarver told the Philadelphia Inqurier. "I mean, talk about wearing out your welcome in a town, and it was a long welcome with the Red Sox. "But some of the things he did were simply despicable, despicable -- like not playing, refusing to play. Forgetting what knee to limp on. And now it's washed, it's gone." I ..."
Williams not sitting still
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October 8
Chicago Sun-Times
 
"Someday Ken Williams will heed his owner's advice. Tuesday wasn't it. Today won't be, either. Or tomorrow. As a matter of fact, start crossing days off on the calendar, one after another, and it won't change. There will be Williams filling out his ''big board,'' either physically or in his head, obsessed with it like Will Hunting solving a math formula. ''I know what I want to do,'' Williams said when asked about what tricks he has up his sleeve this winter. ''I've known what I've wanted to do for three months.'' It will start with speed. And if manager Ozzie Guillen has his way, it will also end with speed. ''We need speed, but they have to have talent,'' Guillen said over the weekend. ..."
Paul Konerko wants to be in better shape for 2009 White Sox
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October 8
Chicago Tribune
 
"After an injury-riddled season that marked his first stint on the disabled list as a major-leaguer, first baseman Paul Konerko knows that fitness will be a priority this off-season. "In a nutshell, my body was just down this year," said Konerko, who coped with thumb, rib and knee injuries en route to a .240 batting average, 62 RBIs and 122 games—all career lows. "That's the first time I can say that after 14 professional seasons. So when I go into the off-season, I'm not really worried about my swing or that kind of stuff. I'm more concerned about when it comes to the injury and body stuff that happens." Konerko realizes some of his ailments, such as his inflamed thumb that nagged him for ..."
Spending spree not in Sox GM Ken Williams' plans
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October 8
Chicago Tribune