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Chris Sale combined with two relievers on a four-hitter Wednesday, lifting the Chicago White Sox to a 6-0 victory over Minnesota.

It began in earnest Monday night. Up until then, the city was distracted by Blackhawks playoffs, the Bears' draft, Bulls postseason and the Derrick Rose injury.

Members of the White Sox ''family'' - players, coaches, staff and former stars - spent part of their Monday attending the visitation for batting-practice pitcher and former reliever Kevin Hickey, who died last week at 56 from complications of a seizure in April that had left him in a coma.

About a year ago, Addison Reed still hadn't made the 7 1/2-hour drive from Class A Winston-Salem to Double-A Birmingham, where Nate Jones and Hector Santiago were polishing their skills.

If momentum - the idea that one good game can lead to another and another, thus kick-starting a team - does exist, it's avoiding Comerica Park like the plague these days.

CHICAGO – Mother Nature seemed to urge the Cubs and White Sox to score runs Sunday with a steady wind that blew from home plate toward the outfield bleachers.

Even when the Cubs and White Sox enter Interleague Play competition without a great deal of expectations, as they both have been classified in 2012, their head-to-head battles never lack in intensity or excitement.

The Chicago White Sox haven't really gotten any offense from second base, shortstop or third base in the couple of months of the season.A Now we know that Alexei Ramirez is just a slow starter and he always bounces back and has a really good last four months, so let's not worry about him.A A With Gordon Beckham , you have to take the good with the ... (more)

The TribuneA's Mark Gonzales answers readersA' questions about Matt ThorntonA's trade value, the improvement in stopping opponentsA' running game and several other trade proposals.

The White Sox visit the Cubs this weekend, with A.J. Pierzynski in the role of most likely instigator now that Ozzie Guillen and Carlos Zambrano have gone to South Florida.

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Relief pitcher Jesse Crain was reinstated from the 15-day disabled list by the Chicago White Sox prior to Tuesday's game against the Detroit Tigers, and 32-year-old LHP Eric Stults was designated for assignment in a companion move.

"If [Kevin Youkilis] returns in a week and is ready to go, he plays third base. He's been here.

Adam Hoge , Boston Red Sox , Brent Morel , Chicago White Sox , Conor Jackson , Dan Johnson , Jared Mitchell , Kevin Youkilis , Matt Thornton As the White Sox continue to hang around mediocrity, White Sox fans are naturally looking for answers and starting to wonder if the team will be buyers or sellers later this summer.

Ken Williams loves a fight more than any general manager in town. So it wasn't surprising that the White Sox' GM fired back at critics who wondered what the heck he was doing with left-hander Chris Sale last week.

Kansas City knocked the White Sox on their rumps Sunday, winning the rubber match of their series by a score of 9-1. David Banks/Getty Images In the first meeting of the season between the two teams, Chicago dropped two out the three games this weekend.

Once again, an Adam Dunn homer is enough to lead the team to victory while a White Sox starter felt they better go ahead and put up a stellar outing anyway.

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Talking baseball while feeling Omir Asik's pain: 1. Kevin Youkilis is expected to get back on the field at some point next week.

Talking baseball while wishing the Bulls a hot shooter or two to go with Taj Gibson's toughness: 1. So the White Sox might just be giving Chris Sale a little break from the starting rotation? It could turn out that way but this situation still doesn't add up, and the more the Sox try to explain it the more confusing it gets.