Paul Konerko News

From bad pinch running, to being picked off at second base, to the manager defending his starting catcher, things just seem to be in disarray for this team.

The Chicago White Sox will continue their 10-game road trip Tuesday with the first of three straight games against the Minnesota Twins at Target Field.

For the first time in nearly five weeks, the White Sox return Tuesday night to American League Central play, where they thought their offensive struggles had been cured.

The Sox were able to release some tension by finally defeating the Houston Astros 4-2 on Monday night, avoiding a four-game sweep and halting a four-game losing streak.

The circumstances may be very different, but the Houston Astros are one win away from sweeping the same Chicago White Sox team that handed them a World Series sweep back in 2005.

The Chicago White Sox are continually morphing from a lowly underachieving team with a disastrously poor offense and a bloated payroll to a literal laughing stock, especially after dropping their fourth straight game, their third straight to the lowly Houston Astros .

Box W:D.Keuchel L:H.Santiago S:J.Veras HR: CWS- A.De Aza HOU- J.Castro Chicago WSox Top 1st - UMPIRES: Home,Jordan Baker; First, Dana DeMuth; Second, Paul Nauert; Third, Doug Eddings; - Alejandro De Aza struck out swinging.

The state of the White Sox is such that in losing a couple of games to the Astros I find myself wishing Houston was still in the national league, and that this was an interleague game.

We're halfway to revenge of the Chicago White Sox, as the Astros took the second game of a four game set 4-3.

Newsworthy Chicago baseball headlines happen about as often these days as Starlin Castro draws a walk - few, and painfully far between.

The White Sox vs. Astros with Mitch Williams on the broadcast team: Strictly for the hard core.

Only Paul Konerko can remember the smell of cigars and champagne in the Astros locker room.

Manager Robin Ventura views his invitation to join the American League All-Star team as a coach as an "honor obligation."

Erik Bedard outmatched Chris Sale and the Astros out-executed the Chicago White Sox on Friday, collecting a tight 2-1 victory at Minute Maid Park before an announced crowd of 20,496.

White Sox vs. Astros at Minute Maid Park, Houston in the opener of a four-game series.

May 14, 2013; Minneapolis, MN, USA; Chicago White Sox relief pitcher Jesse Crain delivers a pitch in the eighth inning against the Minnesota Twins at Target Field.

Going by the clock, the Chicago White Sox decided that catcher A.J. Pierzynski wasn't worth keeping around for a ninth season.

MLB Team Report - Toronto Blue Jays - INSIDE PITCH Chien-Ming Wang is on a start-to-start basis with the Blue Jays.

Sean Doolittle says he hasn't lost confidence, not even after giving up three more runs and taking the loss as the Chicago White Sox took a 4-1 victory Saturday.

While Paul Konerko and Adam Dunn aren't quite hitting full stride, manager Robin Ventura sees moves in the right direction from his accomplished middle-of-the-order sluggers.