Chicago White Sox Timeline

The White Sox didn't waste any time setting themselves up for their second series win of the year Wednesday night, breaking out the bats early and jumping on Kansas City Royals starter Br...

Last spring it was Gordon Beckham getting the rookie star treatment, the top White Sox prospect called up in early June to energize the team and perhaps validate the standing of the organ...

Five rough starts might have had many wondering if the White Sox really did have the Jake Peavy they thought they acquired from the San Diego Padres last season. Ozzie Guillen never wa...

Minutes after what he called the most ''heartbreaking'' loss of the season, White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen was thinking out loud Sunday about the possibility of giving closer Bobby Jenks...

MINNEAPOLIS -- Say what you want about manager Ozzie Guillen, but he believes in his players. Whether that will be the key to the White Sox turning their season around or someday will ...

MINNEAPOLIS -- The White Sox were designed to play small ball, pitch their butts off and play defense. That was the plan, at least on paper. ''Break your hearts'' was never mentione...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Jake Peavy isn't about to start playing the blame game. Actually, the White Sox pitcher said Friday that his mechanics getting out of whack were more bad luck than ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- In 2004, the Boston Red Sox had their ''idiots.'' Now, White Sox right-hander Jake Peavy wants his team to start playing like ''dirtbags.'' As Peavy sees it, if the...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Brian Bannister pitched six strong innings, Jose Guillen drove in three runs, and the Kansas City Royals beat the Chicago White Sox 5-3 Sunday. Bannister, who had l...

DETROIT -- If general manager Ken Williams is poised to make changes in the wake of the White Sox' disastrous start, a source said Monday it will start with members of the coaching staff ...

DETROIT -- White Sox reliever Scott Linebrink can't think of just one reason for why a season with so much anticipation and hype has gone so very wrong. He has 25 reasons, to be exact....

John Danks was the hard-luck loser Wednesday night, as the Los Angeles Angels squeaked out a 3-2 win over the White Sox. And if you hadn't noticed, 'hard luck' is being put in the same...

Wednesday was just wrong in so many ways -- the big ol' batch of Kool-Aid that White Sox general manager Ken Williams stirred with his hand, the way media members slurped it up. The on...

There's nothing wrong with White Sox right-hander Gavin Floyd that throwing strikes won't fix. ''I don't see why he has trouble with the stuff he has,'' manager Ozzie Guillen said Satu...

CLEVELAND -- The Cleveland Indians limped into Monday's series opener with the White Sox beaten, short-handed and with three victories in their last 10 games. In other words, just wher...

CLEVELAND -- There was no talk of mechanics gone wrong or video polluting his mind. Jake Peavy wasn't looking for excuses after the White Sox' 7-3 loss Tuesday to the Cleveland Indians...

CLEVELAND-The Cleveland Indians picked a fine day to have buses of children brought in for the finale against the White Sox on Wednesday. The kids were entertained with a "Learning the...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Have Jake Peavy and Don Cooper been on the same page? Not exactly. Call it ''an adjustment period,'' as the White Sox pitcher put it on Thursday. Is there a ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Through the first two months of the season, Sergio Santos' climb from struggling White Sox infielder to dominant relief pitcher has all the makings of a Disney mov...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Bobby Jenks doesn't need to storm into the office of Ken Williams and ask the general manager what's going on. Not that it would make the trade rumors swirling ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- It has become a South Side trilogy: ''The Sitting of Gordon Beckham Part III.'' White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen's hope is that the latest benching of the second...

The clock may be ticking on this season, but there is no ''deadline'' ticking on the White Sox as far as general manager Ken Williams is concerned. Their nine-game homestand will be a ...

The captain of the ship has to worry about the whole crew, not just the helmsman. Commodore Ozzie Guillen already was in that mode of thinking Wednesday as White Sox starter Gavin Floy...

The sight of Gavin Floyd laboring through a terrible first inning Wednesday, unable to get past even the next two, might have set the wheels in motion for the closed door meeting manager ...

Pitching was supposed to be the White Sox' strength this season and the reason they're supposed to challenge their American League Central rivals for a playoff spot. And pitching has b...

Even a good game wasn't good enough for the White Sox on Saturday, making it ever harder to put the yesterdays behind them -- and to try to stop the rising doubts about what may happen to...

There were many good things about Sunday's 8-7 comeback victory for the White Sox over the Cleveland Indians, not the least of which was avoiding getting swept at home by a team that trai...

One of them has to go. It's time for White Sox chairman Jerry Reinsdorf to step in and decide which. The struggle between general manager Ken Williams and manager Ozzie Guillen was cut...

There's still a to-do list for Ken Williams, now that the White Sox general manager stated the obvious on Wednesday that ''some changes need to take place.'' In between an infatuation ...

Before they even threw a pitch in this Sox-Cubs series, the verbal punches started flying. Between Lou Piniella and Steve Stone. The Cubs manager, in his angriest public rant since tak...

It's not the cage match between manager and general manager going on across town, but it might be only a matter of time before something gives on the Cubs' side of town, too. A lost ro...

PITTSBURGH -- It was hard to guess which was more shocking to several players as they headed to Pittsburgh on Monday night: General manager Ken Williams on the team flight, making his fir...

PITTSBURGH -- That bachelor's degree in political science from Stanford isn't holding much weight for Carlos Quentin. He should have thrown in a few psychology classes along the way. M...

PITTSBURGH -- At this stage in his career, White Sox slugger Paul Konerko isn't easily impressed. Then again, he hasn't exactly seen too many prospects like Washington Nationals phenom...

WASHINGTON -- If it were up to manager Ozzie Guillen, Jake Peavy would be sitting on the bench right next to him this afternoon, nothing more than a spectator. Peavy, however, has deci...

WASHINGTON -- White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen said all the talk about his relationship with general manager Ken Williams is over. Damaged or not, Guillen and Williams are pushing forwa...

Beating the Pittsburgh Pirates and Washington Nationals was sort of like being the valedictorian of summer school. There were some shallow hugs from the family for the accomplishment, fol...

Joe Mauer, Miguel Cabrera, Justin Morneau, Magglio Ordonez ... just a list of names that leaves one White Sox player unimpressed. Then again, pitcher Freddy Garcia said he's ''not the ...

One more trophy can go into the White Sox' display case -- if the Crosstown Cup dares to share space with the World Series hardware gracing the main lobby of U.S. Cellular Field, that is....

A suspended Cubs player having dinner with the other team's manager. The Cubs manager calling a team meeting and inviting the players to take free shots at him. And this: Eight Cubs cr...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Throughout the SoxFest convention last winter, White Sox general manager Ken Williams proudly walked from ballroom to ballroom and back to his suite with a list of lef...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- While the Detroit Tigers and Minnesota Twins continued trading haymakers for the American League Central lead Tuesday at Target Field, the White Sox quietly were going...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A few years ago, Ken Williams was discussing himself in his seat as the general manager. After a long self-assessment, he concluded: ''I guess I'm still a work in prog...

ARLINGTON, Texas -- Juan Pierre knows how it works in Chicago. Perform and they'll love you. Play below expectations and the hooting rains down from the left-field bleachers at U.S. Ce...

ARLINGTON, Texas -- Those in the know project rookie third baseman Dayan Viciedo as a middle-of-the-order hitter. Sox manager Ozzie Guillen has mixed feelings about that. ''I hope not,...

ARLINGTON, Texas -- The scoreboard watching can wait till after the All-Star break. But when you're this close, after being that far back, the White Sox deserve a pass for casting an occa...

The White Sox showed through the first two-plus months of the season that they could take a punch to the jaw, pick themselves up off the canvas and stay sturdy enough to withstand an eigh...

White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen and second baseman Gordon Beckham have yet to have ''that talk.'' Not that Guillen would have any problem telling the second-year player exactly why he ...

White Sox general manager Ken Williams better have one more trick up his sleeve. Heading into the week, Williams had a short to-do list he was looking to fill before the trade deadlin...

The Cliff Lee sweepstakes are over, with the one-time Cy Young winner heading to Texas from Seattle -- and White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen couldn't be happier. For one thing, it means ...