Tag Archives: Chicago White Sox
Who to Target, and Why: Showdown at Wrigley Serves as Interleague Primer
For a vast majority of baseball’s history, much was made of the difference between the National and American leagues. AL: Based on the three-run homer. NL: Prefers to sacrifice. Recently, however, decades after the adoption of the designated hitter amplified … Continue reading
Filed under Retaliation
Celebrate Good Times, Come On!, Chris Perez Edition
Old school, meet new school. On-field celebrations in baseball have become commonplace, mostly in the form of home plate scrums around a guy who has just scored the winning run. It’s gone from unheard of to accepted with the span … Continue reading
Filed under Chris Perez, Showing Players Up
Man, There are a Lot of Things One is Supposed to do During the Course of a No-Hitter
In the wake of Philip Humber’s perfect game on Saturday, the Code-chronicling community (we’re small, but mighty) was left to look for peculiarities in the action. While there have so far been no earth-shattering revelations, assorted items have been mentioned … Continue reading
Filed under No-Hitter Etiquette, Philip Humber
Let’s Get Things Started! Parent Casts Season’s First Stone
Talk about setting a tone. There’s a new order on the south side of Chicago, and one of those taking charge, White Sox bench coach Mark Parent, wasted little time in establishing the team’s tenor this season. “You hit our … Continue reading
Filed under Mark Parent, Retaliation
Frustration Night in Canada: Bautista Sparks Showdown of the Irritated
If John Danks’ girlfriend broke up with him last season, when he won 15 games for the White Sox with a 3.72 ERA and finished seventh in the American League in WAR, he probably would have taken it a lot … Continue reading
Filed under John Danks, Jose Bautista, Showing Players Up
ChiSox Refrain from Retaliation, Lopez Exceedingly Happy About It
It may be over; it may be just beginning. After the White Sox took notable and on-field exception to the blatant bat flip by Tampa Bay’s Felipe Lopez last week, the teams squared off yesterday for the first time since … Continue reading
Filed under Felipe Lopez, Retaliation
Lopez Bat Toss Sparks Quick Confrontation, String of Ludicrous Denials and, Ultimately, an Apology
Most baseball retaliation looks the same: a pitcher throwing a ball as hard as he can at the backside, legs or ribs of an opposing batter. Sometimes, though, batters get theirs, too. Unfortunately for them, their actions rarely hold the … Continue reading
Filed under A.J. Pierzynski, Felipe Lopez, Joe Maddon, Ozzie Guillen, Retaliation
Oney Tweets, Ozzie Deflects, Baseball Stews
The primary reason that more players don’t talk about baseball’s unwritten rules is the first one on the list prohibits just such action. The clubhouse is a sanctified space, the rare—the only—place that ballplayers can communicate with each other, air … Continue reading
Filed under Omerta Code, Oney Guillen, Ozzie Guillen
Buehrle Drills Cuddyer (Yawn), then Almost Admits Intent (Really?)
That Mark Buehrle intentionally drilled Michael Cuddyer yesterday is hardly unusual. White Sox first baseman Paul Konerko had been hit on the upper lip by Carl Pavano in the first, and Cuddyer was Minnesota’s leadoff hitter in the second. Umpire … Continue reading
Filed under Mark Buehrle, Ozzie Guillen, Retaliation, Uncategorized
Sign Stealing on the South Side?
As White Sox pitcher Mark Buehrle headed to the mound for the sixth inning against Baltimore Wednesday, he had more than just pitching on his mind. Perhaps it’s that he’d given up two runs to the Orioles in the previous … Continue reading
Filed under Felix Pie, Mark Buehrle, Sign stealing
