Javier Vazquez

The Tribune White Sox beat writer answers questions throughout the season. This week, in the second of two entries, he discusses Paul Konerko's slow start, the farm report, and more on Brian Anderson. I am wondering why there was not 100 percent response...

The White Sox will be seeking starting pitching depth to compensate for the dominance they lacked in 2007. "In 2005, we didn't have a clear-cut No. 1 pitcher," pitching coach Don Cooper said Friday between bites of a tough steak sandwich. "But everyone...

Chicago's monsoon season ended and the baseball season resumed Sunday at U.S. Cellular Field, with oars being replaced for bats. It was a successful, if somewhat bumpy, landfall for the White Sox, who swept a doubleheader from the Tigers 4-2 and 11-7...

The White Sox's offense is beginning to thaw. A.J. Pierzynski and Rob Mackowiak supplied the power Thursday night and Joe Crede took a big step toward breaking out of his slump with a tie-breaking single in the eighth inning as the Sox pulled away to a...

Jim Thome took a big load off his White Sox teammates and himself Thursday night. Thome snapped an 0-for-13 slump by hitting a two-out RBI single off Los Angeles Angels closer Francisco Rodriguez in the ninth inning to give the Sox a 4-3 victory....

After their toughest loss of the season, Javier Vazquez perfectly summed up the White Sox's forecast for Sunday. "We have to win," he said after the Sox blew a four-run lead Saturday that resulted in a 10-inning, 7-6 loss to Baltimore. "That's the bottom...

Cubs manager Lou Piniella played a game of rope-a-dope Saturday morning, declaring that Derrek Lee would not play until at least Tuesday night in San Diego. "We're not going to take any chances and jeopardize this young man," Piniella said during his...

For a season going nowhere, several White Sox have somewhere they want to be before it's over. First there's Jim Thome, who wants to reach 500 career home runs. He moved one step closer Saturday in an 8-7 victory over the Twins. It was Thome's second...

The postponement of Friday night's game against the Twins because of cold and wind was good for the White Sox's pitching staff, except perhaps John Danks. With the unexpected day off, Danks will make his major-league debut Sunday against Cy Young Award...

The White Sox's body language never looked so good to manager Ozzie Guillen as when Jim Thome rounded the bases Friday night. Thome launched a three-run homer in the third inning off Jeff Niemann that struck the second catwalk above the right-field...

The White Sox sarcastically hugged each other and manager Ozzie Guillen raised his arms after snapping a five-game losing streak Friday night with a 3-0 victory over the Blue Jays. "I even forgot how to shake people's hands," Guillen joked. But...

The Cubs and the White Sox emptied their holsters Saturday as if they were battling for a playoff spot on the last day of the season. And Cubs manager Lou Piniella hit the bull's-eye at the right time. Ryan Theriot's squeeze bunt scored pinch-runner...