Darin Erstad

In 1959 Mayor Richard J. Daley switched on the city's civil defense air-raid sirens when the White Sox clinched the pennant, sending Russian-fearing non-baseball fans into a frenzy. The Sox, up three games to one over the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in...

The White Sox assured themselves Friday night of at least one more postseason home game. Whether it's in the American League Championship Series or World Series remains to be seen, but the Sox regained much of their magical regular-season touch by...

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...

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 --...

Manager Ozzie Guillen yearns for the day when he will have pleasant problems, such as deciding which outfielders to send down to the minors when Scott Podsednik and Darin Erstad return from injuries. But after losing for the ninth time in 11 games, any...

The most lifeless plus-.500 team in the majors resembled a piñata Tuesday night. In losing their third consecutive game, the White Sox absorbed a series of embarrassing blows, falling 9-2 in Minnesota. The Sox (24-23) fell to one game above .500, but...

It has been six years since a team other than the White Sox or Minnesota has won the American League Central, and Twins closer Joe Nathan acknowledges the ramifications. "It's a pretty good wake-up call for both organizations to come in next year and get...

Tempers flared in the bleachers and upper deck Friday at U.S. Cellular Field, but Carlos Zambrano dealt the most convincing blows. Zambrano continued his mission since trading punches with now-departed Michael Barrett as he hurled eight innings of three-...

The White Sox resurrected their "Winning Ugly" theme to a wild extreme Tuesday night. They survived three errors and three wild pitches to pull out a 9-7 win at Kansas City. "A lot of good things happened, and a lot of bad things happened," Sox...

The Tribune's White Sox writer answers reader questions throughout the season. This week, Josh Fields' chances of spelling Joe Crede, a scouting report on Aaron Rowand and whether the Sox will show some fire in Minnesota. Mark, now that Joe Crede's...

General manager Ken Williams doesn't envision a mass overhaul of a White Sox team that will finish in fourth place in the American League Central when the season concludes Sunday. But he expressed the pursuit of a player who could provide more than...

The White Sox concluded their May misery Thursday with a series of season lows. Mark Buehrle's two-hit complete game resulted in a 2-0 loss at Toronto that equaled the club's longest losing streak at five games. The only two hits Buehrle allowed were...