Tagged: Chicago White Sox

Alex Gordon fools Hawk Harrelson, sets off fireworks with awkward approach to flyball

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The Kansas City Royals and Chicago White Sox are just playing out the string this weekend at U.S. Cellular Field, but at least they teamed up to give us one final unusual play and one last memorable Hawk Harrelson sound bite before they left the stage.

During the sixth inning of Kansas City’s 6-1 victory, White Sox shortstop Alexi Ramirez skied a fly ball to left field that played all kinds of tricks on Alex Gordon. As the ball carried, Gordon drifted back to the wall and momentarily lost sight of it as he changed directions. As the ball continued to carry, Gordon even climbed the wall to prepare for an impossible looking home run robbery attempt. Then he realized something — the ball had stopped carrying, or at least wasn’t going to carry into the left field stands.

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And That Happened: Sunday’s scores and highlights

HardballTalk|Craig Calcaterra
Rockies 4, Marlins 3: The Rockies won this game but the Marlins took the 1993 Expansion Cup for this season, closing out the year with a 4-3 record against Colorado. What — you don’t keep track of the 1993 Expansion Cup? There’s a great ceremony at the end of the series each year in which either…
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Chicago White Sox rally in ninth, 12th to complete sweep of Yankees

Alejandro De Aza’s two-run double in the 12th rallied the Chicago White Sox to a 6-5 victory against the New York Yankees on Wednesday night, hours after New York’s Alex Rodriguez appealed his suspension.
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Injured Derek Jeter: ‘This whole season has been a nightmare’

Just a week after returning from the disabled list, Yankees Captain Derek Jeter may be headed back to the DL again with a right calf strain. A painful Yankees’ season continues.
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