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DETROIT -- Long before Robin Ventura even knew he wanted to manage, Chicago White Sox GM Ken Williams had written down his name as a possible candidate, among other names, in a folder that Williams updates and maintains. Ventura is understated and e...

Blog | September 02, 2012

Buster Olney writes that in Robin Ventura's first season as manager of the Chicago White Sox, he has proved to have all of the necessary qualities a big league skipper needs in the modern game.

Blog | Conversation | September 02, 2012

Little League memories and lost youth come to the fore on the occasion of the death of our writer's old coach.

In another installment of Insider's Second Look series, Kiley McDaniel breaks down Yankees prospects Mason Williams and Gary Sanchez.

Story | Conversation | August 07, 2012

Newly-acquired White Sox pitcher Francisco Liriano said Sunday he was surprised to be traded by the Twins within the American League Central, but he looked forward to helping the first-place White Sox make a push for the playoffs.

On Opening Day at Target Field this year, an Air Force B-52H Stratofortress bomber came roaring over the Minnesota Twins' ballpark perfectly in sync with the last note of the "Star-Spangled Banner." In 2009, before Game 2 of the World Series at Y...

Keith Law updates his ranking of the top 50 prospects in baseball.

Story | Conversation | July 10, 2012

As a young sportswriter covering the White Sox in the 1970s, Rob Gallas often talked with Chicago owner Bill Veeck. It was a bit like taking a graduate course in marketing and creativity from baseball's master promoter. Years later, when Gallas...

With only a few days left in May, the Chicago White Sox are in first place in the American League Central. There are only few people outside of White Sox general manager Ken Williams who can say, "I told you so." And you can't even be sure they trul...

Keith Law updates his top 25 prospects list, and he have a new top three.

Story | Conversation | May 23, 2012

ANAHEIM -- Jerome Williams is so quiet, you can barely hear him most of the time. He's so shy, he once went nearly two years without correcting the San Francisco Giants for calling him "Jeremy." But Tuesday night he practically shouted encourageme...

Jerome Williams earned his second major league shutout with a three-hitter and Torii Hunter homered for the fourth time in five games to lead the Los Angeles Angels to a 4-0 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Tuesday night.

ANAHEIM -- The Angels took another tentative step toward digging themselves out of the crater they created in April. Pitcher Jerome Williams pitched a shutout and the offense took another step forward against struggling starter Francisco Liriano a...

Through a quirk of the schedule, the Angels play the Minnesota Twins nine times in the first five weeks of the season, including tonight through Wednesday. Since Minnesota is one of only two teams in the American League with a worse record than the A...

Jerome Williams has played all over the world, and at almost every stop, he has angled to get the same number, not knowing for sure if he would get it. While playing in Puerto Rico, he was second in the pecking order for picking numbers, and the play...

Blog | April 15, 2012

Buster Olney writes that today is a day to remember the original No. 42, Jackie Robinson.

Blog | Conversation | April 15, 2012