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Chicago White Sox 2012 Spring Training Schedule

The 2012 Chicago White Sox Spring Training schedule is out and these games should give fans an early look at what the team might do this year. It looks to become a re-building year for the White Sox, but there is always hope that the team can compete for an American League Central title again. It all gets started on Monday, March 5 against the Los Angeles Dodgers and works up to Opening Day on Friday, April 6 against the Texas Rangers.

Full Chicago White Sox 2012 Spring Training Schedule

Monday, March 5

Los Angeles Dodgers at Chicago, 3:05 p.m. ET

Tuesday, March 6

Chicago at Los Angeles Angels, 2:05 p.m. ET

Wednesday, March 7

Milwaukee Brewers at Chicago, 3:05 p.m. ET

Thursday, March 8

Chicago at Texas Rangers, 3:05 p.m. ET

Friday, March 9

Chicago Cubs at Chicago White Sox, 3:05 p.m. ET

Saturday, March 10

Texas at Chicago (SS), 3:05 p.m. ET

Los Angeles Dodgers at Chicago (SS), 9:05 p.m. ET

Sunday, March 11

Chicago at Colorado Rockies, 4:10 p.m. ET

Monday, March 12

Oakland Athletics at Chicago, 4:05 p.m. ET

Tuesday, March 13

Chicago at San Diego Padres, 4:05 p.m. ET

Wednesday, March 14

L.A. Angels at Chicago, 4:05 p.m. ET

Thursday, March 15

Chicago at Cleveland Indians, 4:05 p.m. ET

Friday, March 16

Chicago at Arizona Diamondbacks, 4:10 p.m. ET

Saturday, March 17

Seattle Mariners at Chicago, 4:05 p.m. ET

Sunday, March 18

Chicago White Sox at Chicago Cubs, 4:05 p.m. ET

Monday, March 19

Cincinnati Reds at Chicago, 4:05 p.m. ET

Wednesday, March 21

Chicago at Seattle, 4:05 p.m. ET

Thursday, March 22

Kansas City Royals, at Chicago, 4:05 p.m. ET

Friday, March 23

Arizona at Chicago, 10:05 p.m. ET

Saturday, March 24

Chicago at Milwaukee Brewers, 4:05 p.m. ET

Sunday, March 25

San Francisco Giants at Chicago, 4:05 p.m. ET

Monday, March 26

Chicago at L.A. Dodgers, 4:05 p.m. ET

Tuesday, March 27

Cleveland at Chicago, 4:05 p.m. ET

Wednesday, March 28

San Diego at Chicago (SS), 4:05 p.m. ET

Chicago (SS) at Colorado, 4:10 p.m. ET

Thursday, March 29

Chicago at L.A. Dodgers, 4:05 p.m. ET

Friday, March 30

Chicago at Kansas City, 9:05 p.m. ET

Saturday, March 31

Colorado at Chicago, 4:05 p.m. ET

Sunday, April 1

Chicago at Cincinnati, 4:05 p.m. ET

Monday, April 2

Milwaukee at Chicago, 3:05 p.m. ET

Tuesday, April 3

Chicago at Houston, TBA

Wednesday, April 4

Chicago at Houston, TBA

Source:

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White Sox’s Danks gets 5-year, $65M deal

New Chicago White Sox ace John Danks on Thursday agreed to a five-year, $65 million contract through 2016. The 26-year-old left-hander will earn $8 million next season and $14.25 million in each of the final four years of the deal.

A 15-game winner in 2010, Danks slumped last season and was 8-12 with a 4.33 earned-run average.

White Sox general manager Ken Williams said Danks’ signing means the White Sox will do some, but not wholesale, rebuilding for 2012.

“We are still in win mode,” he said. “But at the same time you’re in win mode you can be in a little bit of a rebuilding phase.”

– The Internal Revenue Service is suing New York Yankees managing general partner Hal Steinbrenner over what it calls an “erroneous” tax refund of more than $670,000.

The suit was filed Tuesday in federal court in Tampa, Fla.

The dispute dates to the 2001 tax year and involves a refund the IRS paid in 2009. The IRS said the refund claim was filed too late and has sued Steinbrenner and his wife, Christina, to recover $670,493.78.

Yankees spokeswoman Alice McGillion says Steinbrenner’s representatives hadn’t received prior notices regarding the matter from the IRS.

GOLF

Lehman is senior player of the year

Former University of Minnesota golfer Tom Lehman, who won three Champions Tour titles in 2011 and claimed the Charles Schwab Cup points title, was voted senior player of the year by the Golf Writers Association of

America.

Luke Donald was the overwhelming choice as male player of the year.

Donald, who won four times around the world and became the first player to win the money title on the PGA Tour and the European Tour in the same season, won 88 percent of the vote to easily beat Keegan Bradley, Webb Simpson and Rory McIlroy.

Yani Tseng received 94 percent of the vote as the female player of the year after winning 12 times worldwide, including two majors.

The winners will be honored at the GWAA annual awards dinner April 4 in Augusta, Ga.

MISCELLANEOUS

Mariucci Classic opens today

Niagara, Northeastern and Princeton will join the Gophers in the 21st annual Mariucci Classic men’s hockey tournament, which runs today and Saturday at Mariucci Arena.

The tournament opens with Northeastern playing Princeton at 4 p.m., followed by Minnesota and Niagara at 7 p.m.

Saturday’s games are scheduled for 3 p.m. and 6 p.m.

– St. Paul native Lindsey Vonn finished 18th in a World Cup slalom in Lienz, Austria, but retained the lead in the overall World Cup standings.

Austria’s Marlies Schild won the event; American teenager Mikaela Shiffrin finished third.

Gotta run!.

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White Sox Give Pitcher John Danks $65 Million…

The Chicago White Sox agreed to
terms on a five-year, $65 million deal with pitcher John Danks,
a 26-year-old left-hander who has a 54-56 record over five Major
League Baseball seasons.

Danks had an 8-12 record with a 4.33 earned run average in
27 starts for the White Sox last season. After losing his first
eight decisions, Danks went 8-4 with a 3.69 ERA.

Danks, who broke into the major leagues with the White Sox
in 2007, will receive $8 million in 2012, which would have been
his final season of arbitration eligibility. He’ll get $14.25
million each season from 2013 through 2016, the White Sox said
in a statement on their website.

Danks went 15-11 during the 2010 season and ranks fourth
among American League left-handed pitchers with 48 wins over the
past four years, trailing Jon Lester of the Boston Red Sox, CC Sabathia of the New York Yankees and former teammate Mark Buehrle, who signed with the Florida Marlins as a free agent in
December.

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Erik Matuszewski in New York at
matuszewski@bloomberg.net

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Michael Sillup at
msillup@bloomberg.net

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White Sox sign Danks to $65 million deal

Dec 29 (Reuters) – The Chicago White Sox have agreed
to a five-year, $65 million contract extension with starting
pitcher John Danks, the American League team said on Thursday.

Danks, 26, will receive $8 million in 2012 and $14.25
million in each of the next four seasons up until 2016, the
White Sox said in a news release.

The left-hander posted an 8-12 record with a 4.33 earned run
average and had 135 strikeouts in 27 starts for the White Sox
last season.

(Reporting By Gene Cherry in Salvo North Carolina; Editing by
Julian Linden)

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Paging Jimmy Kimmel: Young White Sox fan gets Cubs…

Nearly 14 million people have watched Jimmy Kimmel’s wildly funny bit in which parents bestow awful gifts upon their eager children and then record the hilarious reactions.

With that in mind, check out this young lady’s reaction when she receives a Chicago Cubs “Pillow Pet” meant for one of her relatives instead of the Chicago White Sox one that was presumably on her Christmas list.

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White Sox Rumors: Chicago Still Open To Dealing…

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CBS Sports’ Danny Knobler reports that the Chicago White Sox will continue listening to offers for starter Gavin Floyd, but the price tag is expected to stay high:

The belief now is that Williams will consider offers for Floyd and others, but that he will also continue to maintain a high price tag, as he has all winter. While Williams appears to be open to dealing Floyd, he also seems open to keeping him. Floyd is signed through 2012, but his contract carries an affordable $9.5 million option for 2013.

(Via.)

Since coming from Philadelphia to Chicago in the winter of 2006, Floyd has matured in a good, durable starting pitcher, and his contract is reasonable, which adds a bit to his trade value.

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