Nostradamus May Have Predicted Future White Sox Winning Streak

Michel do Nostredamus the French apothecary and Seer may have written about the White Sox soon to be  winning streak in 1555 says top researcher and historian of the Frenchmen.
According to some obscured quatrains in a published book titled Les Proheties, Nostadamus writes that in a second city with the little bears and their many blind followers the pale colored wool will conquer the twin cities.  He goes on to write as the battle rages in early fall the twin cities fighters will drop like leaves from the big cotton wood tree. He concludes the Wizard of Oz will be watching as the Ramirez brothers choke down the enemy.

It seems according to this researcher that the Chicago White Sox who are known as the Pale Hose or pale colored wool will begin a winning streak in September and the Minnesota Twins will choke during that same time frame. The little bears he writes about must be referring to the Chicago Cubs.  He also mentions that one of the quatrains talks about the city by the lake losing their King which will be a surprise to its citizens. This no doubt refers to Mayor Daley leaving city hall.

So White Sox fans don't be surprise if the Sox win 9 of 11 games and the Twins lose 8 of 10 games in the near future.  Is the World Series almost a month away on the South side?

DON'T STOP NOW BOYS

One point must be made. This 2010 Chicago White Sox Club is an exciting team. Really. What Palehose fan has not aged 5 years this summer. Is it me or does every game seem like it comes down to the last pitch, the last at bat the last throw. I love having playoff type games in September. Only a few fans around the country can say their baseball team is in the race.
It's good to be talking about the games instead of the in house fighting. Be it between Ozzie and Kenny, Andruw Jones and Joey Cora, Oney and Kenny, AJ and himself. This six game winning streak is awesome. Of course the Twins are not losing either.  Can both teams continue to play winning streak baseball. The pressure on both teams has to be getting to them. What a year. With the Sox 3 1/2 games back with four more left on the road at Detriot the trip must be taking its toll.  It looks like Paul Konerko will be unable to play in tomorrows day game against the Tigers. Konerko's back has stiffin upped.  It looks like Kotsay will play first and Manny will DH.
As Hawk says, "Don't Stop Now Boys."

Jeff Cox and Andruw Jones shake hand after a Jones home run.

Peavy and Manny contracts

Manny Ramirez dh-lf


2 years/$45M (2009-10)

2 years/$45M (2009-10)

re-signed by LA Dodgers as free agent 3/4/09

09:$25M, 10:$20M (voidable)

Ramirez must decide whether to opt out of final year of deal before fifth day after 2009 World Series or Nov. 10, whichever is later

$30M deferred without interest:

for 2009, Ramirez receives $10M in 2009 and $15M in 3 installments of $5M paid each June 30, 2010 to 2012

if Ramirez does not opt out, he receives $5M in 2010 and $15M in 3 installments of $3,333,333 each on June 30, 2011 and 2012, and $8,333,333 on June 30, 2013

full no-trade clause

Ramirez to donate $1M to club charity

Ramirez exercised 2010 player option 11/6/09

claimed by Chicago White Sox off waivers from LA Dodgers 8/30/10

8 years/$60M (2001-08), plus 2009-10 club options
signed by Boston as free agent 12/00

$16M signing bonus paid over 5 years

01:$13M, 02:$15.5M, 03:$18M, 04:$20.5M, 05:$20M, 06:$19M, 07:$18M, 08:$20M, 09:$20M club option, 10:$20M club option

$1M bonus if traded

$31M deferred ($3M in 2001, $4M each 2002-08) (paid out in 16 annual installments of $1.94M, 2011-2026)

receives a no-trade clause if another Boston player receives one



award bonuses: $75,000 for All Star selection; $0.1M for Silver Slugger; $0.15M for ALCS or WS MVP; $0.2M for 1st place in MVP voting,$0.125M for 2nd, $0.1M for 3rd, $75,000 for 4th (2005), $50,000 for 5th

acquired by LA Dodgers in trade from Boston 7/31/08, with Red Sox paying remainder of Ramirez' 2008 salary (about $7M) and agreeing to eliminate 2009-10 club options in exchange for Ramirez not exercising right to block trade as 10-and-5 player

4 years/$10.1M (1996-99), plus 2000 club option

96:$1.1M, 97:$2M, 98:$2.85M, 99:$4.1M, 00:$4.25M club option

Cleveland exercised 2000 option 11/99



drafted 1991 (1-13)

agent: Scott Boras (formerly Greg Genske)

ML service: 16.033



Jake Peavy rhp

3 years/$52M (2010-12), plus 2013 club option

signed extension with San Diego 12/12/07

10:$15M, 11:$16M, 12:$17M, 13:$22M club option ($4M buyout)

full no-trade clause for 2010, may block trades to 14 clubs in 2011 and 8 clubs in 2012 (also earns 10-and-5 rights in 2012)

award bonuses: $0.1M for WS MVP; $0.1M each for MVP or Cy Young ($50,000 for 2nd, $25,000 for 3rd); $50,000 for All Star starter; $25,000 for All Star selection; $50,000 each for LCS MVP, Gold Glove

acquired by Chicago White Sox in trade from San Diego 7/31/09

4 years/$14.5M (2005-08), plus 2009 club option

signed extension with San Diego 2/05 (avoided arbitration)

05:$0.75M, 06:$2.5M, 07:$4.75M, 08:$6M, 09:$8M club option ($0.5M buyout)

full no-trade clause 2008-09

2008 salary increases to $6.5M with 600 IP 2005-07

2009 salary increases to $9M with 600 IP in 2006-08, with 200 IP in 2008

2009 salary increases by $0.5M with each top 3 finish in Cy Young vote in 2006-08, with top salary of $11M



2009 salary increases to $11M with Cy Young during 2005-07

$0.5M assignment bonus if traded

award bonuses: $0.1M for WS MVP; $0.1M each for MVP or Cy Young ($50,000 for 2nd, $25,000 for 3rd); $50,000 for All Star starter; $25,000 for All Star selection; $50,000 each for LCS MVP, Gold Glove or Rolaids award ($25,000 for 2nd in Rolaids rankings)



1 year/$0.35M (2004)



re-signed by San Diego 3/04

1 year/$0.305M (2003)

re-signed by San Diego 3/03



1 year/$0.2M (2002)

contract purchased by San Diego 6/02



drafted 1999 (15-472) (St. Paul's Episcopal, Mobile, Ala.)



agent: Barry Axelrod

ML service: 7.101

Palehose and Twins on track for another 1 game play in

As the sun rises on September first the Minnesota Twins are leading the White Sox by four games.
If the White Sox can go 19-11 in there next 30 and the Twinkies go 15-15 the two teams will find themselves tied for first in the central. Can you say Play In game? Target Field would be the host of this years one game play in game. The Twins would love to get sweet revenge for the White Sox play in win a few years ago at U.S. Cellular Field.
September first also brings in the first at bats for Manny in a White Sox uniform.  Can the locks bring the Sox good luck. They will need it to catch these hot Twins.

What the Twins need more of are some ex-Cubs to help with the choke factor so the Sox can catch them and pass them on there way to the 2010 Playoffs.

White Sox Come Home and Prepare to Take It Hard From the Twins

The White Sox will come home late Monday night or early Tuesday morning with many regrets from a bad 4 days in Balitmore. Buck Showalter the new O's manager has turned the last place O's into one of the hottest teams in baseball. Andy McPhail the GM for Balitmore made a manager's change last week and the team has responded. The players are playing for next year and they are out to impress Showalter for 2011.
Meanwhile the White Sox are playing for 2010 and are not impressing anyone after a miserable week on the road. Now with a huge 6 game homestand starting Tuesday night with the Twins the Palehose need to forgot how poorly they have played and try to at least take 2 of 3 from the Twins.  But as most White Sox fans know the Twins own the White Sox.  Year in and year out, no matter how much more talent the Sox have the Twins just beat them inning after inning. I don't see anything different this week at U.S. Cellular.

The Sox hitting has struggled.  GM Kenny Williams did his best to get Lance Berkman from  Houston but Berkman wanted to be on the same team as his good friend Andy Petitte.  The Sox could use Berkman's power right about now.  With Carlos Quentin playing thru pain and always trying to hit the home run his .234 average is killing the middle of the White Sox lineup.  That and a lack of  a DH that can hit makes the next 49 games the Sox have left to be awful frustrating to watch. The Sox pitching has been great since June 9 but now that the hitting is going south the Sox maybe headed South in the standings.

Beckham for Zambrano? Sox could use Big Z as a DH.

The word on 35th Street is that Gordon Beckham is now available for the right trade. In weeks past Beckham was no touchy. But  with the Sox desperate need for a DH that has more than warning track power from the left side the young infielder is now trade bait.
We all know the Sox would love to trade Mark Kotsay, Scott Linebrink, Mark Teahen and AA talent but who is willing to take these guys. The fact is Andruw Jones is a great price at 500K for a 4th outfielder with some pop.  But as a DH he is just not cutting the mustard.
Maybe the Sox could get Carlos Zambrano as a pitcher and a DH.  Really he would hit better than what the Sox have now as a DH.
With Dan Hudson have trouble finding the strike zone he too may be on the trade block. The fact that we have not seen Dayan Viciedo in awhile makes me wonder if he will be sent down when Teahan returns. Maybe Teahan will be the new left handed DH. Why not Harold Baines? With his new knees he maybe able to hit.

The White Sox will be willing to part with Carlos Torres, Randy Williams, Tyler Flowers and outfielder Stafan Gartrell from their minor league players who are on the 40 man roster.  

White Sox Going after Series Win Today

The new Go-Go White Sox need a win today to win the series from Oakland. The Sox have not had a very good record in Oakland the past 5-6 years. So a victory today would be huge boost for the surging White Sox.  The Sox come home for a four game series starting Monday against the Seattle Mariners.

White Sox Need A DH That Hits

For the 2010 White Sox to win the central they need to find a DH that can hit.  They need to find a way to beat the Twins. Hawk Harrelson can't blame this 3 game losing streak on the dome. The fact of the matter is the Twins have a world of confidence when they play Ozzie's nine.  The turning point of the series was in game two when Dayan Viciedo did not turn the double play to get Gavin Floyd out of an inning that had 6 Twinkies crossing home plate.  We haven't seen Viciedo play the field since that gaff.  When the Sox are counting on a 43 year old player to play  3B this team has problems.  Kotsay is such a weak hitter. I would feel better having Viciedo be your full time DH until we can get a real power hitter. Will Mark Teahan get another shot at third this year?
Paul Konerko looks tired. I wish he never went to the All-Star game. He could have used the rest.
As for Bobby Jenks blowing the 3 run lead in the 9th all you can say is it happens. He and J.J. Putz have been a great one two punch all year.
Now off to Seattle for 3. We need to take 2 of 3 but should get a sweep. With the Tigers falling to the Indians this weekend the big MO is in Minnesota's favorite.  The Twins are doing this without there All-Star firstbaseman and All-Star closer in Joe Nathan.

How soon till where hear about Ozzie and Kenny fighting again? Can this team come back for 3 big losses? Still a long way to go in the season  but I hate to be on that plane heading to Seattle.

Ozzie and A.J. White Sox

Did Peavy cost White Sox chance at Series?

The night Jake Peavy ended his 2010 season with the White Sox he was seen warming up for a total of 5 minutes. If you recall the White Sox and Angels were in a 2:45 rain delay.  As Angel pitcher  Jared Weaver warmed up in the outfield getting loose for the 8:45 P.M. start Peavy was no where to be found. Weaver was finished long tossing and nearling ending his bullpen session when Peavy emerges from the White Sox dugout. After a few short sprints in the outfield and about 10 tosses he heads to the bullpen mound. With every throw a grimance crossed Peavy's face. As Angels manager Mike Sciosa look out at the White Sox bullpen wondering why Peavy is not on the infield mound ready to throw he is astonished to see Peavy just finishing his pre-game throws around 8:44.  All in all Peavy warmed up,  from the first sprint to the last pitch and then  fist pumping the bullpen teamates was 5 minutes. 5 minutes of total warm up. In the second inning on a fast ball to home plate Peavy detaches a muscle in his shoulder and back ended his season and maybe his career.

With the amount of money the White Sox are paying this guy maybe he could have warmed up a little bit longer.

Of course if the White Sox keep on hitting like they have the past week Carlos Zambrano could pitch for the Sox and they will still win.  Carlos "No You Didnt" Quentin has hit 6 HR this past week. Including his third  grand slam of his young career. With Gordan Beckham warming up and AJ swinging a hot bat it looks like all those people who predicted the Sox to win the World Series maybe right after all.

The White Sox head into the All-Star break in first place.

They Can Never Take The 1908 World Series Away From You

As the Ozzie Guillien and Kenny Williams fued gets put on the back burner until the White Sox next 3 game losing streak the south side fans were whopping it up with the 6-0 white wash of the pathetic Chicago Cubs.
This current 10 game winning streak by the pale hose is surprising everybody. It has been 34 years since the White Sox have won 10 straight games. 
Ozzie is basking in all his glory as his team is doing what he always thought they could do. Ozzie never once lost faith in his players. With all the pressure of pre-season picks for the White Sox to win the World Series the Sox clubhouse never turned ugly as seen in the Chicago Cub dugout Friday afteroon at U. S. Cellular Field.
When Carlos Quentin hit Carlos "BIG craZy" Zambrano  0-2 pitch into the left field bleachers fans knew the Zambrano eruption was near.  Without Brad Barrett to sucker punch Big Crazy had to find another teammate to take out his frustrations.  Big Crazy. He Gone!
With two games left against the Cubs it will be interesting to watch to see if the Cubs can pull themselves out of the organization lowest point in 50 years. But wait Cub fans they can never take the 1908 World Series away from you. You will always have that.

White Sox Do What Was Expected

The Chicago White Sox the new owners of a 6 game winning streak against Pittsburgh and Washington come home on Tuesday night to face the Atlanta Braves.  The Pale Hose did what was expected of them when they left Wrigley Field last Sunday night after losing a tough game to the Chicago Cubs. They went into Pittsburgh and swept them and then went to D.C. and took on the outstanding rookie pitcher Stephan Straysburg on Friday night and beat him 2-1 with another outstanding performance by Gaving Floyd.  So with the White Sox at .500 for the first time since being 1-1 can they continue the streak against the Braves?

ChicagoPalehose: Floyd Says Two Can Play This Game

ChicagoPalehose: Floyd Says Two Can Play This Game

ChicagoPalehose: Jeff Cox the White Sox thirdbase coach points to the team that has won 4 straight

ChicagoPalehose: Jeff Cox the White Sox thirdbase coach points to the team that has won 4 straight

Jeff Cox the White Sox thirdbase coach points to the team that has won 4 straight

Floyd Says Two Can Play This Game

Gavin Floyd showed 40, 201 fans in Washington D.C. why he was a top 5 pick a few years ago by the Phillies. The crowd came to see the new rookie star Stephan Straysburg but came away with a better understanding on why the White Sox were so high on Floyd at the start of the season. In his last 3 starts Floyd has shown he has the stuff to put the Sox on the heels of the Tigers and Twins.

Jake Peavy vs. Clayton Richard

The big trade last year by Kenny Williams was sending Clayton Richard to San Diego for Jake Peavy.
Looking at the stats two months into the season lets compare and contrast.

C. Richard  ERA is 2.87
J. Peavy      ERA is 6.23

innings pitch are even Richard has thrown 69 innings while Peavy has 69.1

Richard has given up 62 hits and Peavy 72. Runs scored against Richard is 22 and Peavy is 48.

Richard has walked 27 batters and Peavy has walked 25, while striking out 62.  Richard has struck out 51.

So far this trade has not worked out for the Palehose.  I won't even go into what the White Sox have to pay Peavy and what the Padres are paying Richard. 

Beckham Head Down

Heads Down

Heads Down The Team Down

Body Language

Take a look at the White Sox players and their body language the next time you are at the park or watching on TV.

Konerko under pressure

As the White Sox continue to fall under .500 as quickly as British Petroleum stock fell from 58 to 36 dollars a share tension mounts in the clubhouse. With AJ and Paulie Konerko in their final years of big money contracts word on the street is they want another big contract. It may even be effecting their game. Last night after a line shot single to Texas centerfielder with AJ on secondbase mouth readers in the stands could see Konerko ask firstbase coach Harold Baines why didn't they send AJ home? Looks like Paulie is trying to pad his rbi totals in his final contract year. For the record King Konerko AJ would have been out by 5 steps.
The question is can this middle age baseball team come back from the depths they are in? As long as Kotsay is hitting .200 and Beckham .210 its easy to say, no.

Last night with men on second and third and Mark Buehrle at 103 pitches why didn't Ozzie take him out and bring in Santos. Santos the fire balling relieve pitcher would have been a much better match up facing the .188 right handed hitter that Texas had up. This .188 hitter got a single off of the tired Buehrle and knocks in two runs. Ozzie is being to loyal to his players by not taking Mark out of the game. It's time for this team to kick it up a notch or let General Manager Kenny Williams re-tool. This year cross town rivalry won't be much fun when both teams are in last place.

Finish The Game

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EdWjjkx9yA

Peavy preaches but does not Practice spoken word

CLEVELAND — Jake Peavy spoke up Monday night, and his teammates responded.

Hours after the White Sox's highly decorated pitcher emphasized the need to start winning series, the Sox responded with a four-run first inning en route to a 7-2 victory over the Indians.

John Danks (4-3) worked the first five innings, then the bullpen allowed no runs and one hit the rest of the way.

"There ain't no ifs, ands or buts about it," Peavy said before the Sox cruised to their third win in their last four games. "(Cleveland) has a few injuries. We have to win this series. I'm not sugarcoating anything. Hey, we've got to play good baseball. We've got to beat teams that we feel

Ball to Contact

Peavy struggles

As Jake Peavy continues to struggle in 2010 and Clayton Richard and Jon Garland do very well in San Diego the questions remains is Kenny Williams the right man for the GM job of the White Sox? Here is a guy that drafts his son and Ozzie's son too. Come on. Really? We have a DH starting tonight in the name of Carlos Quentin. He is batting .216, you know you have a bad team when your DH is hitting .216 and your ace pitcher Peavy can't mow down the weak ass Cleveland Indians.

Really if this team doesn't get to .500 soon this blog will be about the TV and radio announcers.

Thirdbase Coach Jeff Cox wish he had more action this year

Hey No Batter

Thus far in the season the White Sox have shown no signs of an offense. I miss the days of the South Side Hit Men. Zisk, Gamble, Solderholm, Bell and Lemon. It gets me thinking that Kenny Williams the White Sox General Manager may be thinking the same thing. This was the year that Manager Ozzie Gullien got his kind of team. The single guys who can bunt and run and take the extra base. Well 40 games don't make a season but it is what it is. I am not sure who thought Mark Teahan could be a 25 hr 90 rbi guy for the Sox but this third baseman would really need to go on a tear to reach those numbers by October. I wonder if anytime soon Kenny tells Ozzie enough with this "Ozzie ball" and lets bring back the South side hit men type of players.

Jack Peavy started tonight and gave up two quick runs in the first. When a team that can't hit see that 2 go up on the board before they grab their bats the pressing begins. That is probably the reason why A.J. tried to make a single turn into a double, only to get thrown out at second.

The State of the Sox address

May 19, 2010

WHITE SOX BLOG

It’s May 19 and many White Sox fans may be in shock at the awful start by their south siders. six and a half weeks into the season and little promise on the horizon. The big problem is the teams lack of hitting. I think I can count on one had how many times the Sox have had 3 hits in a row. When General Manager Kenny Williams passed over signing Johnny Damon to a two year contract and not pursing Scott Podsednik not many fans blinked an eye. They figured the Sox were secured in the outfield with Alex Rios, Andruw Jones and Carlos Quentin. Plus having Juan Pierre as a DH/OF made it easier that Damon went to Detroit. Also many fans were excited about Jordan Danks thinking he could come up and contribute. Plus in Chicago a name like Jordan gives fans some excitement. Even names that rhyme with Jordan. (See Gordon Beckham).

So basically is hard for me to sit here on May 19 and second the moves by Williams. The pitching looked solid. My only concerns were Mark Buehhrle’s shoulder and John Danks finger tips. So far so good for them. Jake Peavy struggles a little bit here and there. But I think he gets too pumped up out on the mound. He needs to control his emotions. Or as in Bull Durham breathe through his eyelids. To me Peavy, Buehrle, Gavin Floyd and John Danks seemed like a strong front four. Anything you got out of Freddy Garcia was frosting on the cupcake.

What kills me 38 games into the season is the bad base running. We have ran ourselves our of some potential big innings. I don’t see why they feel the need to take a chance going first to third on a single to CF after 3 solid hits against the pitcher. Like I wrote earlier we don’t get 3 hits in the same inning very much. So I hate to see a rally killed by giving the struggling pitcher an out.

But this blog isn’t about bitching and second guessing. This blog is going to be about exchanging ideas before this or that happens. Anyone can second guess and have 20/20 vision after the fact. Its what you do and say before that matters. Ozzie and Kenny don’t get second chances. So why should I when I blog about something.

So I say this hoping it never happens but it frightens me to death when I see Beckham turning a double play at second. He seems to not know how to get out of the way of a sliding base runner. Please I hope Joey Cora and Ozzie are working


with him. If not then there will be hell to pay from us White Sox fans. Plus lets give shout outs to the players that we love. Paul Konerko. His defensive play has been outstanding the last two years. Which brings me to this tough question. Do we sign Paulie to a 3 year contract? Or trade him now and get something for him? If we fall out by 10 games in July I say its time to trade and cut. My favorite player is Mark Buehrle. But if the Sox our out of it in July its time to trade him. He has thrown so many innings its only a matter of time before that shoulder is deader then a ASIAN carp in the Cal-Sac.

If we let Konerko go then we have to see what is on the farm. That means bringing Dayan Viciedo up and giving him a shot at first base. Lets see if this kid can hit in the bigs.

Well lets not jump ahead of ourselves. We have 5 home games coming up against LAA and FLA so lets sweep the Angles and get two of three from the Marlins and take it hard to Cleveland. While we are in Cleveland lets sign Lebron James too!
Go White Sox.

Danks for nuttin

Danks for nothing pitcher tells teamates. John Danks pitched a great game tonight at U.S. Cellular Field only to be stuck with the lost. The one bright spot Paul Konerko hit his 14th home run of the year.