Chicago White Sox

The White Sox will once again play a Spring Training charity game in Tucson, Ariz., taking on the Dodgers during 2012 Cactus League action on Friday, March 23.

Barons' new park coined Regions Field

For a White Sox team fighting for a chance to compete, a feeling of togetherness might be as crucial as any powerful cleanup hitter or lockdown eighth-inning reliever.

Dan Johnson, whose dramatic pinch-hit homer in the 2011 regular-season finale helped the Rays reach the playoffs, has signed a Minor League contract with the White Sox, according to the Tampa Bay Times.

Addison Reed's fast track through the Minor Leagues in 2011 has landed the young right-hander, drafted in the third round by the White Sox in the 2010 First-Year Player Draft, in the mix to be the closer on Chicago's South Side this season.

New bench coach Mark Parent is determined to get the White Sox away from their typical station-to-station approach on the basepaths as well as help limit the opposition's ability to run wild.

Philip Humber is intent on following his breakout 2011 season on Chicago's South Side with an even better performance this season. Despite being annointed the club's fifth starter, the right-hander is not taking anything for granted.

Eager to start the 2012 season with a clean slate, Adam Dunn doesn't believe handling last year's failure with grace necessarily translates into success this season.

Count White Sox general manager Ken Williams among the optimists, one of the many in the organization who hasn't been shaken by low preseason predictions for his team.

Brent Lillibridge, a super-sub defensively in the outfield and a potential middle infielder, isn't considered a starter going into the 2012 season, but he's the sort of valuable player any contending team needs to have.

The White Sox will begin Spring Training for the second straight season without an experienced closer, but leading candidates Matt Thornton and Adddison Reed insist they aren't going to be distracted by the competition.

Ken Williams spoke with great pride in the way his son, Kyle, has handled the aftermath of last Sunday's personal misfortune during the 49ers overtime loss to the Giants in the NFC Championship game.

Saturday's SoxFest Town Hall Meeting featured manager Robin Ventura, bench coach Mark Parent, pitching coach Don Cooper and hitting coach Jeff Manto taking questions at a crowded Red Lacquer Room in the Palmer House Hilton.

Any doubts about Addison Reed breaking camp with the 2012 White Sox were pretty much put to rest by pitching coach Don Cooper on Saturday at SoxFest.

The uncertainty regarding Chris Sale's move to the 2012 White Sox starting rotation has nothing to do with his ability to handle -- or quite possibly excel -- with the change.

It's understandable why Adam Dunn would want to forget about his historically bad debut with the White Sox in 2011. The only problem for Dunn is that getting away from it wasn't quite as easy as he imagined.

John Danks has no idea if the combination of his immense talent and new five-year, $65 million deal makes him the White Sox staff ace.

One bit of "breaking" news for those in the social media world came Friday at SoxFest when Gavin Floyd told MLB.com the @GavinFloyd Twitter account does not belong to him.

When the White Sox went into their modified rebuilding mode, GM Ken Williams consulted captain Paul Konerko about the team's new direction.

Almost 19 months removed from surgery to re-attach his lat muscle, Jake Peavy seems more than ready to test what he has left in his right arm.