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.
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Big Z Is Miami's Problem Now
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.
Rays' Martinez at Top of White Sox Manager List
Martinez could be the type of hire Williams and owner Jerry Reinsdorf are looking for - one who has never managed before but comes with high praise. You know, just like Ozzie Guillen.
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?
Afternoon Box Score: White Sox Loss Ends Season
Well one of Our Town's baseball teams can finally call it a year.
Morning Box Score: Buehrle Wins Possible Sox Swan Song, Soriano Powers Cubs
If last night was Mark Buehrle's final game at 35th and Shields he made it a memorable one.
Extra Extra
Today's closing post is an all sports roundup, including more drama on the South Side of town.
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.
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.
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.
Morning Box Scores: Cubs Bullpen Lets One Get Away, Danks Finds Groove,
Carlos Marmol allowed the winning run on a wild pitch while John Danks was solid for the White Sox. In college football, Illinois is now 4-0.
Morning Box Score: Humber Beat Up in Cleveland
Philip Humber retired 14 straight at one point last night but wound up with the losss.
Morning Box Score: Cubs End Home Slate with Win, Sox Top Tribe
The Cubs close out their home portion of the season with a win while Mark Buehrle got untracked against Cleveland.
Morning Box Score: Sox Split With Tribe, Castro Makes Cubs History in Loss
Starlin Castro set a Cubs record for most hits in his first two seasons.
Afternoon Box Score: Sox Lose Game 1 of Day-Night Double Header
The White Sox are playing as though they're waiting for the last out of the season. Too bad for Sox fans there are nine games left.
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.
Morning Box Scores: Cubs Beat Astros in 12, Sox Now Going Through Motions
Matt Garza kept the Cubs in the game long enough for them to find a way to win in extras. The White Sox are now playing out the string, badly.
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.
Likelihood of Ozzie's Return to Sox Dugout Fading
As the White Sox drop yet another game to the AL Central-leading Detroit Tigers and their tragic number quickly approaches zero, the chatter grows louder suggesting that skipper Ozzie Guillen won't be back in 2012.
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