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Starting Five: Stealing Home All the Rage

Starting Five is our wrapup of the previous day's baseball action, with a quick nod to what is ahead.You Oughta Know ...That Sunday was a good day to steal home in the major leagues. With an assist from Carlos Zambrano, who airmailed a pitch to the backstop as Dewayne Wise attempted to suicide squeeze, Chris Getz was...

Checking in on Gordon Beckham

These Kids Are Alright is FanHouse's look at minor league prospects who could have a fantasy impact in the near future. Pay attention, we gave you Mat Gamel and Nolan Reimold the day before both were promoted.The White Sox are scuffling right now, and one of the several reasons is the lack of production from their middle...

Roto Rush: Teixeira Scorching in Bronx

Poppin' out the box scores and right into your cubicle, the Roto Rush is your double espresso shot of fantasy baseball advice every weekday.It was only a matter of time. As much as people want to talk about the New York pressure and how you can't continue to look at his career's worth of slow-starting seasons, all we had...

Ozzie, White Sox on Even Keel

BALTIMORE – "Some days it's gonna work, some days it's not," Chris Getz says. The diminutive White Sox second baseman – the most unlikely leadoff man in the major leagues this side of Alex Cintron – is coming off a 3-for-5, three-run Wednesday night that helped Chicago stay above .500 and knotted atop the...

Dewayne Wise Separates Shoulder

The battle for the White Sox starting center field job this spring wasn't exactly epic, but when the dust had finally settled, it was minor-league journeyman Dewayne Wise who had emerged victorious against Brian Anderson and Jerry Owens. And when I say victorious, I mean least harmful.Wise also won the leadoff job in Ozzie...

ChrisGetz News From the Web

05/22/12 Paulino never intimidated by an opponent Source: MLB Felipe Paulino's buddies are calling him the "Yankee eater."
05/22/12 Royals to platoon Falu, Giavotella at second Source: MLB - Kansas City Royals Irving Falu and Johnny Giavotella will platoon at second base while Chris Getz recuperates, Royals manager Ned Yost said Tuesday.
05/22/12 Royals put 2B Getz on 15-day DL, call up LHP Smith Source: CBS - KFVS12 - Cape Girardeau MO The Kansas City Royals have placed second baseman Chris Getz on the 15-day disabled list with a ribcage injury and called up left-hander Will Smith from AAA Omaha.
05/21/12 Getz exits after aggravating rib injury Source: MLB Royals second baseman Chris Getz left Monday night's game against the Yankees in the fifth inning after aggravating a previous injury to his left ribcage.
05/16/12 Getz leaves game with rib injury Source: MLB Royals second baseman Chris Getz left Wednesday night's game in the seventh inning with a left rib contusion.