Jim Margalus

At the start of the ninth inning, excitable Mets reliever Jefry Yan jumped for joy in his trademark fashion when he’d thought he’d rung up Colson Montgomery on a 1-2 slider. The pitch was low enough that Mets catcher Francisco Alvarez didn’t even consider a challenge, and made a quick mound visit afterward. At the…

After pulling off one of their most thrilling victories in front of nearly 32,000 fans on Elvis Night, the White Sox will try for an encore during Puerto Rican Heritage Night. Also, the woman who accidentally emptied her purse while celebrating capturing the walk-off home run ball got everything back. TV: CHSN Lineups: Mets White…

The White Sox set out to take the rubber match against the Mets this afternoon, with Sean Newcomb opening and Erick Fedde in line to take the bulk of the innings afterward. The White Sox are 2-1 when Newcomb opens, including the 3-0 victory against the Cubs on Wednesday with José Urquidy following him up.…

The White Sox took two of three from the Mets, and they used the same template both times — a walk-off homer by the slimmest of margins. On Friday, Jake Rogers deposited a fly ball into the first row behind left center field, just out of the reach of A.J. Ewing, to end it. Today,…

The White Sox took two of three from the Mets, and they used the same template both times -- a walk-off homer by the slimmest of margins.

In what had been fairly tepid pursuits of second-half postseason berths, the Birmingham Barons and Winston-Salem Dash both did what they could this past week to earn a spot on the playoffs, rather than sneaking in through a technicality. The Barons pulled off a six-game sweep of the Chattanooga Lookouts on the road, which pushes…

The White Sox set out to take the rubber match against the Mets this afternoon, with Sean Newcomb opening and Erick Fedde in line to take the bulk of the i

After pulling off one of their most thrilling victories in front of nearly 32,000 fans on Elvis Night, the White Sox will try for an encore during Puerto R

The White Sox open a series with the Texas Rangers tonight, which will be their 14th, 15th and 16th consecutive days playing a game, but after Wednesday, the workload eases up a bit. There’s an off day on Thursday, and then rosters expand to 28 the following Tuesday, allowing teams to carry one extra pitcher…

A couple weeks ago on the Sox Machine Podcast, I offered the idea that Colson Montgomery hasn’t quite been right since missing a few games for a back injury in the first half of June, which Josh helpfully clipped. As a writer, podcast clips always make me a little uneasy. If I’m wrong in text…