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A Few Thoughts on Donte Stallworth

Sox Record: 30-34; The Sox have a -27 run differential. Place in the A.L. Central and Games back: Third place and 4 behind the Tigers. Where I get on my Soapbox: I know this is a White Sox blog that usually has some random Chicago or US soccer thought at the bottom but... I'm flabbergasted and pissed off at the moment.Back in March, when Donte Stallworth killed a man while driving...
Via Views From Life on a Bench  |  June 17, 2009

Cubs, Sox, and Rossi, too!

Sox Record: 30-34; The Sox have a -27 run differential. Place in the A.L. Central and Games back: Third place and 4.5 behind the Tigers. Most annoying person in the Sox organization: Still Josh Fields.Member of the White Sox I love the most at the moment: Ozzie... because he called Wrigley what it is: a dump. Fans treat Wrigley like a dump. For all the ******** about how it'...
Via Views From Life on a Bench  |  June 16, 2009

Is there hope?

Sox Record: 30-34; The Sox have a -27 run differential. Place in the A.L. Central and Games back:  Third place and 4.5 behind the Tigers. Most annoying person in the Sox organization: Still Josh Fields.Member of the White Sox I love the most at the moment: You hit a home and keep the Sox in the game on the mound, you become my favorite player for the moment.  Come on down...
Via Views From Life on a Bench  |  June 15, 2009

The Writing is on the Wall

Sox Record: 28-33; The Sox have a -29 run differential. Place in the A.L. Central and Games back: Third place and 5.5 behind the Tigers. Most annoying person in the Sox organization: I am openly rooting for Josh Fields to strike out every time he steps to the plate. I'm not sure I've ever rooted against a Sox player like I've started rooting against Fields. I want...
Via Views From Life on a Bench  |  June 12, 2009

When ****** Baseball Players Cry: The Josh Fields Story

Sox Record: 27-32; The Sox have a -29 run differential. Place in the A.L. Central and Games back: Third place and 5.5 behind the Tigers.Most annoying person in the Sox organization: Josh Fields, who sucks but is upset that the White Sox brought up Beckham to replace him at third. Some advise for Josh Fields: if you could hit and field and this wouldn't be a problem. But Fields...
Via Views From Life on a Bench  |  June 10, 2009

GORDON BECKHAM!

Sox Record: 25-27; The Sox have a -17 run differential. Place in the A.L. Central and Games back: Third place and 3.5 behind the Tigers.Most annoying person in the Sox organization: The White Sox cannot hit pitchers the first time they see them. They turn bad AAA prospects into Randy Johnson. So after back to back games against a pitcher they've never seen and who isn'...
Via Views From Life on a Bench  |  June 04, 2009

Here Come the Sox!

Sox Record: 24-25; The Sox have a -14 run differential. Place in the A.L. Central and Games back: Some how the Sox are in second and four games back of the Tigers.Most annoying person in the Sox organization: The Sox are playing well, so it's hard to be that annoyed with anyone other than National League pitchers who refuse to pitch for the White Sox for reasons I can't...
Via Views From Life on a Bench  |  June 01, 2009

The AL East

Sox Record: 20-24; The Sox have a -28 run differential. Place in the A.L. Central and Games back: Fourth and 5 and a half out. Most annoying person in the Sox organization: Bobby Jenks. The only reason why the Sox aren't 21-23 and on a 6 out of 7 run.Member of the White Sox I love the most at the moment: Pods, who had like four hits (maybe three) yesterday proving that he doesn...
Via Views From Life on a Bench  |  May 26, 2009

Jane says no; Sox lose by a billion to Twins

Sox Record: 17-23; The Sox have a -193,392,847 run differential. I think the Twins scored again. My Lord that was embarrassing.Place in the A.L. Central and Games back: Fourth and 6 and a half out. The Tigers can't lose! GM is going bankrupt! The Wings are two wins from the Cup Finals! Most American cars are made in Canada! I love Detroit!Most annoying person in the Sox...
Via Views From Life on a Bench  |  May 22, 2009

Jake Peavy a Sox?

Sox Record: 17-22; The Sox have a -28 run differential. Place in the A.L. Central and Games back: Fourth and 5 and a half out. The Tigers have caught a bit of fire... I'll take a look at them in a few days. I'm just happy the Royals are doing what I told you they'd be doing. Losing. But it's amazing what a two game winning streak can do.Most annoying person in...
Via Views From Life on a Bench  |  May 21, 2009

Old Time Hockey

Sox Record: 15-19; The Sox have a -27 run differential. Place in the A.L. Central and Games back: Fourth and three games out. This season is fadingfast.Most annoying person in the Sox organization: All the bums.Member of the White Sox I love the most at the moment: No one. Let's just get to the Hawks...Rhetorical Question of the Day: I'm at a Marriott in Trumbull, CT at...
Via Views From Life on a Bench  |  May 16, 2009

The Second Worst Offense in the American League

Sox Record: 15-18; The Sox have a -22 run differential. Place in the A.L. Central and Games back: Fourth but only 2 out of first.Most annoying person in the Sox organization: There comes and time and place to rip a guy for sucking. Even if it's not his fault that he's playing, injuries have destroyed this team in center field, but Brent Lillibridge flat out sucks. He stinks...
Via Views From Life on a Bench  |  May 15, 2009

After A Month... A Quick Look at the Central

Sox Record: 13-14; The Sox have a -5 run differential. Place in the A.L. Central and Games back: They're in third. Everything about the White Sox after almost 30 games screams 80-82 wins, their run differential, their run production, their pitching... there is no reason for anyone on Earth to think other wise. Stats, observation, whatever... but yet, they're in the most...
Via Views From Life on a Bench  |  May 08, 2009

An Early Loss That Really Hurts

Sox Record: 12-14; The Sox have a -11 run differential.  Place in the A.L. Central and Games back: They suckMost annoying person in the Sox organization: That's it.  I'm done with Alexei Ramirez.  Sent him back to Cuba.  He's hitting .210, he doesn't walk, and doesn't score runs.  He's a disaster after a month of the season.  A complete and utter...
Via Views From Life on a Bench  |  May 06, 2009

I'm Starting to Hate Them...

Sox Record: 12-13Place in the A.L. Central and Games back: Fourth and fallingMost annoying person in the Sox organization: Everyone. I hate the White Sox right now. They stink. Everyone good is hurt. Jose Contreras shouldn't have come back. They have scrubs at second, third, right, and in center. Alexei Ramirez may single handily change my policy position on Cuba (i.e. keep...
Via Views From Life on a Bench  |  May 05, 2009

(Sox) Bulls and Blackhawks

Sox Record: 11-10 (in the process of writing this they won today)Place in the A.L. Central and Games back: Third I'm pretty sure. Is there anything worse than third place? In first, awesome. Second, come on guys! Fourth, bums. Fifth, ******* losers. Third? Meh. I hate third. I could careless about the White Sox right now.Most annoying person in the Sox organization:...
Via Views From Life on a Bench  |  April 29, 2009

Greatest Chicago Sports Day Ever (even though it wasn't)

Sox Record: 7-6Place in the A.L. Central and Games back: Second? Tied for first? Did the Royals lose? Did the Indians score a lot of runs again? Oh yeah, the Tigers are doing okay too. I should start caring soon...Most annoying person in the Sox organization: The Forkball that Jose Contreras used to throw. I miss that forkball. It used to get batters out. Now it Contreras...
Via Views From Life on a Bench  |  April 22, 2009

Three of four in a Dome? Hawks in playoffs? Bears have a QB? Is this Heaven or Iowa?

Sox Record: 7-5Place in the A.L. Central and Games back: They were tied for first.  I think they still might be after Farnsworth sucked it up again for the Royals yesterday.  Most annoying person in the Sox organization: Since no one is going to miss Dewayne Wise or Mike McDougal, I can't pick them (though Wise doesn't bother me.  He is what he is).  Member of the...
Via Views From Life on a Bench  |  April 20, 2009

Sox... and Blackhawks

Sox Record: 4-4Place in the A.L. Central and Games back: They're behind the Royals. More importantly, the Tribe is(are?) now 2-7. The A.L. Central is gonna be wide open unless someone goes on a 10-1 stretch. Most annoying person in the Sox organization: No one is annoying me at the moment. Ozzie is pushing it with his "lets have guys who can't hit or walk lead off...
Via Views From Life on a Bench  |  April 15, 2009

After the First Home Strech of the Year...

Sox Record: 3-3Place in the A.L. Central and Games back: Not sure... the Tribe was 0-5 on Sunday morning that made me happy. However, they won yesterday which is a bummer.Person with the Sox player I hate the most at the moment: No one at the moment. A two game winning steak will do that. Member of the White Sox I love the most at the moment: I shouldn't say this out loud...
Via Views From Life on a Bench  |  April 13, 2009

Your 2009 Chicago White Sox!

We are three games in to the White Sox season and I haven't written a word. I've been thinking about just running turning this blog into a "Year in the life of a White Sox fan" blog. And seeing that I could talk about the Sox for about twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week... as every good Chicagoan asks them self, "Why not?".So this blog has new...
Via Views From Life on a Bench  |  April 09, 2009

Who isn't doing PEDs?

So this NHL prospect, Alexei Cherepanov, who died a few months ago in Russia was doing PED it now appears.MOSCOW -- New York Rangers prospect Alexei Cherepanov was blood doping for several months before he died during a Russian league game in October, investigators said Monday.Investigators added that during his last year the 19-year-old player suffered from myocarditis, a condition...
Via Views From Life on a Bench  |  December 29, 2008

White Sox/Rays -- Game Four -- ALDS

4:01 p.m. central -- You are reading LIVE from Hyde Park here in Chicago! We figure since we aren't going to the game we'll live blog this sucker. Sure it didn't work out in Game One, but we weren't wearing black! Today, we're in full black out gear and the Cubs hadn't finished off one of the biggest flops in playoff history. Plus our soul attention was...
Via Views From Life on a Bench  |  October 06, 2008

White Sox/Rays -- ALDS -- Game One -- Second Post

Live blogging... for the first part go here.3:07 -- The Sox ran themselves out of the last inning... sigh. But I've got to say, I'm loving the return of Harold Reynolds. He's doing a great job as the color guy. ESPN was stupid for firing him considering what goes on over there.3:15 -- Reynolds is telling us that Vazquez's body language sucks right now... and Longoria...
Via Views From Life on a Bench  |  October 02, 2008

Links

I've had like five articles linked up on Firefox for the last week and I've very slowly read them. Anyway, they're all worth the read if you ask me.Because you can never have too much Chuck Klosterman in your life. I was thinking about Chuck the other day... he's only 9 years older than me, but he ...
Via Views From Life on a Bench  |  March 13, 2008
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