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Crosstown Classic Preview

Crosstown Classic Preview

With NATO in town, perhaps this would've been a good weekend for Major League Baseball to have scheduled road games for both the Cubs and White Sox. Instead, this weekend is the first installment of the annual meeting between our fair city's two ballclubs. more ›

Should the Cubs Tear Down Wrigley?

Should the Cubs Tear Down Wrigley?

As Sox fans, we've long enjoyed watching the Cubs implode. And we'd certainly like to level much of the neighborhood that surrounds their ballpark. But tear down Wrigley Field? more ›

Peavy Wins AL Pitcher of the Month

Peavy Wins AL Pitcher of the Month

Peavy compiled a 3-1 record and a 1.67 ERA while striking out 33 in 37 innings pitched during the first month of the season and is finally pitching like the Sox had hoped he would when acquired in 2009. He also pitched back-to-back complete games during the month. more ›

White Sox Humber Goes On <em>Late Show</em>, Gets Phone Call From Obama

White Sox Humber Goes On Late Show, Gets Phone Call From Obama

When you pitch a perfect game, you make the media rounds. And that's what Chicago White Sox pitcher Philip Humber is doing now after pitching his perfecto in Seattle Saturday. more ›

Maybe The Cubs <em>Can</em> Find A Bullpen On Craigslist

Maybe The Cubs Can Find A Bullpen On Craigslist

If you can find a futon, a bicycle or a date on Craigslist, why not a relief pitcher? more ›

Free Stuff: Rockit Burger Bar Gives Away 200 Cubs Tickets

Free Stuff: Rockit Burger Bar Gives Away 200 Cubs Tickets

Rockit Burger Bar unveils a photogenic new menu with a side of Cubs tickets. more ›

Ozzie Guillen Already Drawing Heat in Miami

Ozzie Guillen Already Drawing Heat in Miami

The Cuban-American group Vigilia Mambisa is calling for Ozzie Guillen to step down, and plans to boycott and demonstrate against the Marlins until he does so. The protests stem from recent comments Guillen made to Time magazine, stating his love for former Cuban dictator Fidel Castro and praising his 50-plus years in power. more ›

Thursday Morning Diversion: There's Something About An Aqua Velva Man

Thursday Morning Diversion: There's Something About An Aqua Velva Man

Opening Day has us with baseball on the brain. While Bill Murray throws out the first pitch at Wrigley Field in an hour and the Cubs take the field for yet another "wait till next year season," we found ourselves thinking of Pete Rose's old Aqua Velva after shave commercials from the 1970s. more ›

MLB's New Playoffs Are Too Much Of A Good Thing... Or Not Enough

MLB's New Playoffs Are Too Much Of A Good Thing... Or Not Enough

By adding another wild card team in each league, MLB is guaranteeing a "win-or-go-home" game every year. more ›

Cubs and Red Sox Finally Agree on Epstein Swap

Cubs and Red Sox Finally Agree on Epstein Swap

After months of bickering, the Cubs and Red Sox agree on the players Boston will receive in exchange for letting Theo Epstein head to the North side. more ›

White Sox Add Fukudome

White Sox Add Fukudome

Fukudome becomes a low cost insurance policy for a team that will have two outfielders slotted into the starting line-up as everyday players for the first time in their careers. more ›

Yankees Hire Former Cubs GM Jim Hendry

Yankees Hire Former Cubs GM Jim Hendry

The New York Yankees rummaged through the Cubs' trash and pulled out former Cubs general manager Jim Hendry. more ›

Cubs Convention Give Wrigley Faithful Genuine Optimism For The Future

Cubs Convention Give Wrigley Faithful Genuine Optimism For The Future

The Cubs held their 27th annual Cubs Convention this weekend, filling the Hilton Chicago with blue and red for three days that very well could have been renamed Theo-pallooza. more ›

Looking Like Cubs, Wood To Part Ways Again

Looking Like Cubs, Wood To Part Ways Again

Wood wants to be paid fair market value to stay with the Cubs after the team has slashed payroll and entered a rebuilding phase. more ›

Danks Makes Bank With New Deal

Danks Makes Bank With New Deal

While Derrick Rose's five-year, $94 million contract extension was the largest chunk of change committed to by Jerry Reinsdorf, the Bulls and White Sox chairman also opened up the purse strings to keep another of his employees under contract for the next half decade. more ›

Cubs Set to Hire Sveum

Cubs Set to Hire Sveum

Did the Cubs find their man? Or at least a man willing to manage the team next season? more ›

Buehrle: No Hometown Discount for Sox

Buehrle: No Hometown Discount for Sox

In addition to visiting Ozzie Guillen and the Marlins earlier this week, as many as 10 teams are interested in the services of the durable, Gold Glove-winning southpaw. more ›

Buehrle Visits Marlins

Buehrle Visits Marlins

Perhaps Buehrle just wanted a couple days away from the cold and rain in the Midwest on somebody else's dime. more ›

Couple Buys Field of Dreams

Couple Buys Field of Dreams

People will come to Iowa for reasons they can’t even fathom. Or maybe just to work on their curve ball. Field of Dreams' new owners are pretty sure if they build it, people will come. more ›

Are White Sox About to Get Rent Increase?

Are White Sox About to Get Rent Increase?

Currently, the ChiSox pay a seemingly modest $1.5 million annually to the ISFA, which works out to about $18,000 per game or $0.75 per fan who passed through the turnstiles this season. more ›

Senate Takes Aim at Tobacco in Baseball

Senate Takes Aim at Tobacco in Baseball

Baseball players dipping is no news. Shoot, the term "bullpen" came to existence when Blackwell Tobacco Company released Bull Durham brand tobacco in 1860. more ›

White Sox Name Robin Ventura New Manager

White Sox Name Robin Ventura New Manager

Kenny Williams pulls another "WTF" rabbit out of his hat. more ›

Are A Change of Sox in Francona's Future?

Are A Change of Sox in Francona's Future?

Could the White Sox and Cubs benefit from the Red Sox' collapse in the AL Wild Card race? more ›

Ozzie Finished With White Sox

Ozzie Finished With White Sox

We sensed this day was coming, but even with that feeling of inevitability we were caught off-guard by the timing of the announcement. more ›

Morning Box Score: Cubs Lose, Sox Send Ozzie Off a Winner

Morning Box Score: Cubs Lose, Sox Send Ozzie Off a Winner

Whatever the future holds for Ozzie Guillen, he left Sox Park a winner last night. more ›

Morning Box Score: Sox Seal Losing Season, Cubs Keep On Losing

Morning Box Score: Sox Seal Losing Season, Cubs Keep On Losing

The White Sox assured themselves of a losing record yesterday and their 7-11 record against Kansas City is one reason why. more ›

Morning Box Score: Sox End Skid, Cubs Lose Wild One

Morning Box Score: Sox End Skid, Cubs Lose Wild One

An umpire trumped Wrigley field's ground rules yesterday while the White Sox need to go on a run if they want to finish the season above .500. more ›

Morning Box Score: Buehrle's Slump Continues, Walk-Off Homer Beats Cubs

Morning Box Score: Buehrle's Slump Continues, Walk-Off Homer Beats Cubs

Mike Quade is happy with the Cubs' effort this season (he's the only one). "Wait Till Next Year" officially came to the White Sox last night. more ›

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