White Sox Team Report (Yahoo! Sports)
White Sox Team Report (Yahoo! Sports)
With the Rays putting the White Sox’s season to bed in Game 4 of the ALDS on Monday, it also ended the soap opera surrounding pitcher Javier Vazquez.
Manager Ozzie Guillen was asked on a daily basis about Vazquez and whether the team would go back to the right-hander in the postseason despite one dismal outing after another. Now, there are bigger questions surrounding the future of Vazquez, starting with: Does he even have one with the Sox?
Asked if the best therapy for Vazquez at this point would be a trade, Guillen didn’t hesitate to answer.
“No, no matter if he’s coming here or another place, he clears his mind up and shows people how good he is,” Guillen said. “He is good.
The Nail in the Coffin: Your 2008 Chicago White Sox (Yahoo! Sports)
As teams fall by the wayside and head home from the playoffs with dashed World Series dreams and disappointed…
Utley could have been a Dodger (AP)
Chase Utley grew up a Dodgers fan, so it wasn’t easy to turn them down after he was selected by Los Angeles in the second round of the 1997 amateur draft. Utley chose to go to UCLA and ended up being the Philadelphia Phillies‘ first pick (15th overall) in the 2000 draft. The three-time All-Star second baseman has no regrets about spurning his hometown team’s offer, and he’ll face the Dodgers when…
A capsule look at the AL championship series (AP)
A look at the best-of-seven American League championship series between the Boston Red Sox and Tampa Bay Rays: Schedule (All times EDT) Game 1, Friday, at Tampa Bay (8:37 p.m.); Game 2, Saturday, at Tampa Bay (8:07 p.m.); Game 3, Monday, Oct. 13, at Boston (4:37 p.m.); Game 4, Tuesday, Oct. 14, at Boston (8:07 p.m.); x-Game 5, Thursday, Oct.
