Danny Richar

Before I get to your questions, I'd like to dedicate this week's Ask the White Sox writer segment to David Beck, a loyal White Sox fan who unfortunately passed away on May 17. I worked with David about 20 years ago but didn't know he was a Sox fan until I...

A deep look into the future is bringing pleasant results for the White Sox. That's an encouraging development for a team that wants to incorporate young pitching and speed as it tries to catch the elite teams in the American League Central. Gavin...

General manager Ken Williams got his message across Thursday in a 10-minute pregame meeting, but his words couldn't prevent the White Sox from losing their fifth consecutive game. Rookie Kurt Suzuki's three-run homer off Matt Thornton in the bottom of...

As fans cheered All-Star center fielder Torii Hunter for perhaps the last time in a Twins uniform at the Metrodome, the end of a cold season will hit the White Sox in steady doses this week. After completing their final trip Sunday with a 7-1 loss to...

About 24 hours after catcher A.J. Pierzynski and hitting coach Greg Walker expressed their differences in the dugout, the White Sox showed they still have some fight. Fueled by Pierzynski's leadoff home run, the Sox smacked four homers in Monday's...

Jim Thome, a baseball gentleman of the first order, solidified his stature as one of the game's signature sluggers Sunday when he walloped the 500th home run of his distinguished career, becoming the 23rd player in baseball history to reach the milestone....

Jim Thome knew his 500th homer would be special. He had no idea it would be a game-winner, too. Thome hit a two-run shot in the bottom of the ninth inning Sunday to give the White Sox a 9-7 victory over the Los Angeles Angels, becoming the 23rd player --...

The Tribune's White Sox beat writer answers reader questions throughout the season. This week, what the farm system looks like, hiring a hypnotist and Buehrle, Buehrle, Buehrle. Mark, we keep hearing about how the White Sox have no talented prospects...

White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen spoke patiently after agreeing to a contract extension that secures his services through 2012. His new contract could come in handy, considering some of the things that tested his patience in Tuesday night's 8-3 loss to...

And now again comes the question of what the White Sox should do with Gavin Floyd. Keep him in the starting rotation? Put him in the bullpen? Send him back to the minor leagues? The answer will not be easy after Saturday night's 7-6 loss to the...

Any deal the White Sox make before Tuesday's 3 p.m. non-waiver trading deadline could be just the start of an overhaul for next season. "We are going to do something different here, and obviously there's going to be new blood," manager Ozzie Guillen said...

After shutting out the Blue Jays 2-0 Saturday night, Mark Buehrle was saying that the White Sox winning their fifth game in six tries was "kind of the way we thought it'd be coming out of spring training." Style-wise, maybe. Personnel-wise, no....