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.
Peavy Wins AL Pitcher of the Month
Cubs, Sox Among Most Expensive Ballpark Visits
Let's just say we pay a lot for bad baseball on both sides of town.
One For The Road: RIP Moose Skowron
Baseball legend Bill "Moose" Skowron died today. He was 81.
Apparently Michelle Obama Is A Cubs Fan
Michelle Obama admitted today that despite being married to the most powerful White Sox fan in the world, she is actually a Cubs fan.
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.
Morning Box Score: Blackhawks Go Home, Peavy Shines, Cubs Win
The hockey meatheads are out in force this morning.
White Sox' Humber Throws Perfect Game
Humber needed only 97 pitches en route to his perfecto, threw first pitch strikes to 17 of the 27 batters he faced, struck out nine Seattle hitters, had 13 flyouts and only went to a three-ball count with three batters.
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.
Morning Box Score: Rios Homer Gives Ventura First Win As Manager
The White Sox got their first win under new manager Robin Ventura with a ninth inning home run by Alex Rios to beat the American League champion Texas Rangers.
Afternoon Box Score: White Sox Stumble In Texas
The White Sox have a new manager and hitting coach, but the same old problems driving in runs.
Please Remove Your Hats And Rise For The Chicagoist Baseball Playlist
We woke up this morning to John Fogerty's "Centerfield" blaring from the radio and haven't been able to get that damn catchy song out of our heads all day. We had to replace it with something else baseball-related, so we created this playlist of songs about baseball.
A Lot Of "If:" White Sox 2012 Preview
While the Cubs fans are in "half full" mode on account of Theo Epstein's hiring and his initial steps toward retooling the Cubs, White Sox fans are more "half empty" as they head into the new season.
Nick Offerman And Craig Robinson Exchange The Best Cubs vs. Sox Insults
Remember this photo from last month? Well now we have the hilarious deadpan video to go with it.
Nick Offerman And Craig Robinson Engage In A Deadpan Crosstown Baseball Fight
Nick Offerman and Craig Robinson showed off their Chicago baseball loyalties for a commercial for New Era Caps, as Robinson tweeted Sunday. We assume the commercial will involve them talking to the cameras of nonexistent documentary filmmakers.
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.
Fans Vote White Sox TV Announcer Crew Worst In Baseball
Sox fans already know that not even the talents of one of the best analysts in baseball can overcome the suck of Ken Harrelson. Now comes further validation.
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.
Big Z Is Miami's Problem Now
The rumors have been stewing for months. Last night the Cubs finally pulled the trigger and traded Carlos Zambrano's talents, his mercurial temper and his me-first attitude to South Beach, and they'll be eating a major portion of the $18 million owed Zambrano in the process.
Mother Plays Cruel Christmas Prank on White Sox-Loving Daughter
While you work your way through your Christmas leftovers and try to get to Macy Field's to exchange those gifts you don't want, here's a video that, in some neighborhoods, could be construed as child abuse, depending on your baseball allegiance.
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.
Bye-Bye: Buehrle Signs with Marlins
Buehrle signed a four-year, $58 million deal, reuniting him with Ozzie Guillen and making our chances of sitting alone at U.S. Cellular Field all season closer to reality.
Homeless Man Breaks Into Sox GM Kenny Williams' House, Likes What He Sees and Hangs a While
White Sox general manager Kenny Williams is probably changing his locks and the security codes for his downtown townhouse today after a homeless man broke into it over the weekend, liked what he saw, and made himself at home
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.
Buehrle Visits Marlins
Perhaps Buehrle just wanted a couple days away from the cold and rain in the Midwest on somebody else's dime.
Buehrle Wins Third Straight Gold Glove
Buehrle committed only one error last season and picked off six runners. Since 2001 Buehrle leads all major league pitchers with 85 pickoffs.
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.
Williams Considered Adding Manager to Konerko's Plate
Could Konerko have handled the double duty? We'd like to think so.
The Friday Flashback: Robin Ventura
The White Sox hiring of Robin Ventura as their new manager still has the readings of our "WTF" meter pegging the redline.
White Sox Name Robin Ventura New Manager
Kenny Williams pulls another "WTF" rabbit out of his hat.

