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Yankee Practicality for Our Sox?
The 2009 Sox struggle to even climb over .500 but is all hope lost? A bit of Yankee practicality would go a long way towards resolving what has transformed the futility of what was the old loser Sox into the new championship Sox. WSI's George Bova has unique reasons to hope for the best!

On the Road with Senor Sock!
When you're "Hollywood Swingin'" and boring National League ball just won't cut it, where better than Anaheim to see Sox stars and Sock stars, too! Celebrity Sox Fan Senor Sock is the Toast of Argentina and your totally biased Sox Fan on the spot in southern California with this report from the road!

April Report Card
Nobody knows hosiery quite as well as a sock ever could so who better than WSI's Senor Sock to evaluate our Sox with the first month of the season now complete? The Toast of Argentina is back and wants to know who wrote this creampuff schedule and can the Sox handle the harder slogging still ahead?

Deja Vu All Over Again!
Certain ballplayers will make the Sox team while others must fight for a spot on the roster. Senor Sock has been a Sox Fan nearly as long as he's been a white sock so forgive him if he notes when history seems to be repeating itself with who the Sox fit on the roster and who gets sent off to the minors!

A Sox Truth
Sox Fans are a breed apart, causing lots of confusion for the outside world trying to understand what makes us tick. With the changing landscape of baseball both in Chicago and beyond, could 2009 prove to be the year the Sox finally break out and become appreciated for what they are -- and what fans of the team are not? WSI's George Bova notes those standing in the way of progress do so at their own peril!

Reunited!
Our Sox are reunited with starter Bartolo Colon... but are they feeling good? Yes, Peaches and Herb were happy together but WSI's Senor Sock has been a Sox Fan almost as long as he's been a white sock so he's not so sure about this Colon acquisition! Is this the second-coming of Pamela Anderson with Tommy Lee? Nobody would know better than the Toast of Argentina!

Warming Up?
While Sox news has been scarce this winter, it's also been amusing for Sox Fans to watch what else is going on! Selling newspapers is tougher than ever for a those who haven't already been cut from the payroll, but as WSI's George Bova notes trashing the Sox is always a sure-winner!

Payroll Follies
When the situation calls for fretting, Sox Fans are second to none! Sox payroll is likely to be significantly lower on opening day this spring than it was last year, but is this a bad thing? WSI's George Bova declares there are better things to spend Sox cash on than paying too much for aging and slow-footed ballplayers, but day-old churros can be found cheaper than everyday centerfielders!

Winter, Sox and Green Fields
Winter is hitting Sox Fans early and hard and the holidays are filled with snowdrifts and college football played on blue plastic fields. WSI's George Bova notes the days only get longer from here and the return of warmth, green fields and baseball to follow soon enough! Winning baseball has got nothing to do with loser shrines and least of all hockey!

TEN YEARS AT WSI!
When you start a website freely-admitting to the totally biased, utterly petty and completely unobjective viewpoint of a Sox Fan, you're a bit surprised to be celebrating ten years worth of effort! As it turns out another hundred Sox Fans have willingly helped out and thousands more have joined the fun, too. WSI founder and editor George Bova recounts the birth of your internet home devoted to the FANS of the Chicago White Sox. Happy Tenth Birthday, WSI!

Free Agents: The Good, The Bad and the Gimpy!
How is the Sox history of free agent signings to be compared to the likes of Jessica Alba or Kim Basinger? Who more than WSI's Senor Sock can provide the answer! The Toast of Argentina offers some insights into both the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat for Sox Fans during free agent season!

Second No More!
A Sox Fan has ascended to become the next President of the United States of America. Rooting for what most of America regards as that "other" baseball team from Chicago is rapidly losing its stigma -- along with a lot of other "Second City" inferiorities. More Sox Fan presidents than North Side baseball championships?

White (House) Sox!
2008 has delivered some notable firsts for Sox Fans but the biggest one might not yet have happened! Sox Fans keep growing an ever-larger national presence even as our local one just keeps getting ridiculed, but as WSI's George Bova notes, nobody has more powerful friends in high places!

Boys of Summer 2005
It has only been three seasons since our Sox did all of Sox Fandom proud, winning the city's first baseball world championship in 88 years! But as WSI's Senor Sock notes, many members of that team have scattered and the future of still more remains in doubt. The Toast of Argentina is a lover of women and a Hollywood celebrity, too, but at heart he is just a sentimental fool for our Sox. Any white sock certainly can relate!

A Look Ahead
The 2008 Sox season is over so all that is left now is to consider what the next Sox roster ought to look like come opening day, 2009. WSI's Mark Liptak looks at what worked well and what needs a tune up these next six months. It's never too early to look ahead, Sox Fans!

Man Up, Sox!
There is nothing quite like October baseball and no Sox Fan needs a remedial lesson on when to grasp championship glory! Our Sox have been playing do-or-die baseball games for over week and as WSI's George Bova notes, nobody in Chicago appreciates more just how sweet and glorious each post-season victory truly is for you're entitled to nothing!

Enjoy Every Minute
Pitchers versus live arms. Fundamentally-sound hitters rather than round-trip mashers. Each at-bat to score runs rather than deliver the 5-run homer. WSI's Hal Vickery knows winning baseball, and what the Sox have today might not be all it could be, but never forget championship success is always to be savored. Sox Fans know it better than anyone!

Playoff Time!
Major League Baseball begins its 2008 playoff schedule next week, but for our Sox and Sox Fans, the playoffs begin right now! The previous 155 games have all been played for just one reason: To award the Sox a 2-game advantage in this final six-game sprint to the finish line... and if necessary our Sox get an extra shot at winning it, too! WSI's George Bova notes it's time to close the deal, Sox Fans! It's been six months in the making!

It's News to Me!
Carlos Quentin is injured but what about the news surrounding it? Something is very wrong when the news story becomes secondary to the news storyteller! It's bad enough relying on facts offered from self-important bigger-than-life media personalities, but as WSI's Mark Liptak notes, what about the need to simply get the facts straight, too?

The Power of the Truth!
A certain pathetic excuse for a human being has quit his job at the Sun-Times and predictably the reasons surround our White Sox. But as WSI's George Bova notes, not predictably the reasons also surround the comments of a certain Sox Fan running for President of the United States! Yes for some people the truth hurts, but as every Sox Fan knows it will set you free!

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