Blake Tekotte

Baseball: Clippers charge back for a doubleheader split

2013-05-08 04:04:02

Prospect status is going to trump a game situation every time in minor-league baseball, especially when a potential ace is involved in the hand dealt to a manager. A case in point occurred in the opener of the Clippers' doubleheader agaisnt the...

Rash of injuries doesn't get Ventura down

2013-04-28 17:36:00

Early-season injuries to Gavin Floyd, Gordon Beckham, Dayan Viciedo, John Danks, Jeff Keppinger and others could easily discourage Robin Ventura. But the Sox manager is inclined to see the glass as half-full. "It can always be worse," Ventura said....

Sox-Twins battles no longer for Central supremacy

2013-04-20 00:00:00

From 2002 through 2010, the Twins and White Sox occupied first and second place in the AL Central five times. And three more times they were first and third. Some of the battles were classics, prompting former Sox manager Ozzie Guillen to label Ron...

Mistakes cost White Sox in another loss

2013-04-22 21:18:00

The White Sox's latest enemy? Themselves. Enough offense to hold a lead against Indians ace Justin Masterson wasn't enough Monday night, as a baserunning gaffe by pinch runner Blake Tekotte and a throwing error by reliever Matt Thornton were the...

Viciedo joins group on DL

2013-04-20 17:27:00

Outfielder Dayan Viciedo on Saturday became the fifth White Sox player on the disabled list, which doesn't count pitching coach Don Cooper, who returned from a bout of diverticulitis. "I don't remember an April where we had five guys on the DL but that'...

Scoreboard -- April 20, 2013

2013-04-20 22:13:00

|TV SPORTS| |SUNDAY| Auto Racing--Formula One, Bahrain Grand Prix, 6:30 a.m. (NBCSN); NASCAR Sprint Cup, STP 400, 11:30 a.m. (FOX); American Le Mans Series, Long Beach Grand Prix, Noon (ABC); Indy Racing League, Indy Lights Grand Prix of Long Beach,...

Sox place Viciedo on DL, recall Tekotte

2013-04-20 08:20:00

The Chicago White Sox placed outfielder Dayan Viciedo on the disabled list, with Jordan Danks getting the first chance to replace him Saturday against the Minnesota Twins. Viciedo injured his left oblique muscle Thursday in Toronto. To take his place on...

Scoreboard -- Feb. 22, 2013

2013-02-22 22:32:00

|TV SPORTS| |SATURDAY| Soccer--Premier League, Stoke City at Fulham, 6:30 a.m. (ESPN2); MLS, Preseason, Desert Diamond Cup, Championship Match, 7 p.m. (NBCSN) Men’s College Basketball--Iona at Indiana State, 10 a.m. (ESPNU); Clemson at...

Roster squeeze for Sox's backup OFs

2012-12-04 18:02:00

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Jordan Danks may find himself as a victim of a roster squeeze in 2013 despite showing flashes of promise in 2012. With the re-signing of Dewayne Wise at $700,000, the Sox could opt for Wise as their only backup outfielder unless Danks...

Player development key to Hahn's thinking

2012-11-07 20:22:00

INDIAN WELLS, Calif. — Four more years! Four more years! Only four years! Only four years! The White Sox's most powerful fan has been re-elected, which means one thing: Rick Hahn better get cracking. As great as it was for White Sox fans to see...

Scoreboard -- Nov. 2, 2012

2012-11-02 22:48:00

|TV SPORTS| |SATURDAY| Soccer--Premier League, Arsenal at Manchester United, 7:30 a.m. (ESPN2); MLS Playoffs, 7 p.m. (NBCSN) College Football--Oklahoma at Iowa State, 11 a.m. (ABC); Texas A&M at Mississippi State, 11 a.m. (ESPN); Temple at Louisville,...

Scoreboard -- October 4, 2012

2012-10-04 23:38:00

|TV SPORTS| Major League Baseball—Playoffs, St. Louis Cardinals at Atlanta Braves, 4 p.m. (TBS); Baltimore Orioles at Texas Rangers, 7:30 p.m. (TBS) College Football—Pittsburgh at Syracuse, 6 p.m. (ESPN); Utah State at Brigham Young, 9:15 p....

Blake Tekotte throws in a triple off the bat of the Giants' Brandon Belt during the fourth inning at Camelback Ranch.

2013-03-04 00:00:00