Why wasn't struggling closer Bobby Jenks in Thursday night's game against the Yankees, when Nick Swisher hit a two-out solo homer in the ninth off Matt Thornton to tie the game at 2?
Jenks is not at the game tonight. Pass along more information later.
Bruce Miles and Scot Gregor
Bruce Miles has been covering the Chicago Cubs for the Daily Herald since 1998, and major-league baseball since 1989. He grew up in Chicago and is one of those rare birds who followed both the Cubs and White Sox.
Along with Cubs radio announcer Pat Hughes, Bruce co-authored the book, "Harry Caray: Voice of the Fans."
He checks in on the fan blogs and is a daily reader of Baseball Prospectus.
Scot Gregor has been covering the Chicago White Sox for the Daily Herald since 1994, and major-league baseball since 1990.
He grew up in Pittsburgh, where he idolized Roberto Clemente. Scott graduated high school in 1979, when the Steelers and the Pirates were both the best in the world.
He often checks out whitesoxinteractive.com and southsidesox.com, and contributes to Street & Smith’s Sporting News baseball guide.
Kidney stones? Interesting. Hawk and Stoney said his unavailability was due to "family issues."
for Jenks. But he is expected to be with the White Sox Friday. Must be a mild case, or maybe he passed them, because people I know that have had the condition were miserable for days.