According to numerous published reports, the White Sox have named Joe McEwing as their new third base coach. McEwing, 38, earned high praise for his work in Triple-A Charlotte, where he managed each of the past four seasons with the organization. His maco-management style was vaunted by many players who are expected to land featured roles for the White Sox in 2012 in addition to veterans who made rehab assignments with the Knights.

Alexei Ramirez collected two of just five White Sox hits in an 8-0 loss to the Angels on Wednesday evening. He was the only White Sox player to rope more than one hit this evening. Batting .261 on the season, Ramirez is hitting just .226 in August and .227 since the All-Star break.

Alexei Ramirez's solo home run would be all the offense the White Sox could muster in a 4-1 loss to the Indians on Wednesday. He took Fausto Carmona deep in the second inning. Ramirez's 13th bomb of the year was his fourth of the month. For the season, he's now hitting .266/.331/.410.

Alexei Ramirez singled and belted a two-run homer in Thursday's win over the Orioles. Ramirez to this point has left his bat at home at the All-Star break, entering the night with a .217/.305/.325 batting line. Hopefully this gets him going in the right direction. He'll go into the weekend series against the Royals with a .265/.328/.405 batting line.

Alexei Ramirez's two-run homer off of CC Sabathia in the fourth inning would be all the offense the White Sox could muster in a 3-2 loss to the Yankees on Monday. Ramirez finished his night 2-for-4, giving him back-to-back two-hit efforts after he went 13 games without one. For the season, his triple slash now rests at .271/.334/.408.

Alexei Ramirez went 2-for-5 with a double and an RBI in Chicago's loss to the Red Sox on Sunday afternoon. The two-hit effort was Ramirez's first in 13 games. Batting a quiet .269 on the season, Ramiez hit just .220 in July.

Alexei Ramirez went 3-for-4 with a home run and a walk-off RBI single in Saturday's 4-3 win over the Twins. A big day for Ramirez. He put the White Sox out in front early with a solo homer in the first inning and later played hero, driving in A.J. Pierzynski with the winning run. Ramirez is right where we thought he'd be in home runs (nine) and RBI (40), but he has just three stolen bases in five attempts this season. He has stolen 13 or more in each of his previous three seasons in the big leagues.

Alexei Ramirez hit a two-run homer Friday to help the White Sox beat the Cubs 6-4. Ramirez's homer and Juan Pierre's two-run triple were the big blows as the White Sox scored four times to take the lead in the seventh. Ramirez will be looking to shake off a down month of June in which he hit .263/.311/.343 with just six RBI. He drove in 30 runs between April and May.