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CHICAGO -- White Sox general manager Rick Hahn came up with a catchy phrase to describe his teams disappointing season.Chicago is 1-6 in the second half, tumbling to fourth place in the American League Central standings and 7 1/2 games back in the wild-card race. Since the White Sox had the second-best record in the majors at 23-10 on May 9, they have gone 23-39.Weve been wrestling with being a couple games over, a couple games under .500 for the last few weeks. Were mired in mediocrity, Hahn said Thursday before the White Soxs 2-1, rain-shortened loss to the Detroit Tigers. Thats not the goal. Thats not acceptable. Thats not what were trying to accomplish for the long term. It may well be a decent turnaround in a short period of time, but the goal was to put ourselves in a situation to win a championship.Hahn said the White Sox have ruled out adding short-term rentals through trades, but they are otherwise open-minded to altering the team.Were looking for multiyear fits and the ability to put us in a stronger competition to compete, ideally for this year, but certainly as important, if not more so, for the long term, Hahn said.The White Sox (46-49) continue their four-game series against the Tigers on Friday night.Right-hander Michael Fulmer -- a candidate for American League Rookie of the Year -- will take the mound for Detroit in his first career start against the White Sox. Fulmer is 9-2 with a 2.13 ERA overall, 7-1 with a 0.83 ERA in his last 10 starts. The 23-year-old allowed two runs in a career-high eight innings against the Kansas City Royals on Sunday.I dont think his heart rate changes, Tigers manager Brad Ausmus told the Detroit Free Press.The Tigers (50-46) are 4-3 after the All-Star break and four games back in the AL wild-card race.White Sox right-hander Jacob Turner (0-1, 18.00 ERA) will start Friday. Chicago purchased his contract on Sunday from Triple-A Charlotte, where he was 4-7 with a 4.71 ERA in 18 starts. He is filling in for left-hander Carlos Rodon, who went on the disabled list earlier this month due to a sprained left wrist.Turner allowed eight runs and seven hits in four innings Sunday against the Los Angeles Angels in his first major league start of the year.Obviously, you work hard to get back here, and you appreciate any opportunity you get, Turner said after the outing in Anaheim. From that standpoint, you realize all the work you put in to get back here. But you have to go out there to win the game and to execute pitches, and there were too many pitches today I didnt execute.Turner will be facing his former team for the first time -- Detroit drafted him ninth overall in 2009. He was 1-2 with an 8.28 ERA in six starts with the Tigers in 2011 and 2012.I had a lot of good memories there, Turner said. I obviously made my major league debut there, so Im always grateful for the opportunity they gave me in professional baseball, but I dont think at this point in my career theres anything extra in pitching against them.Los Angeles Clippers Jerseys . Reigning world champion Eve Muirhead of Scotland opened with a 12-2 rout of Winnipegs Jennifer Jones in a battle of teams bound for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. Jerome Robinson Jersey . 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During an eight-game losing skid in February, and a stretch during which Minnesota went 3-12-4, Yeo was fired and and John Torchetti was named interim coach.Last spring, it was the Dallas Stars who dispatched Minnesota in the first round. So the Wild made more changes. Torchetti was not retained and Wild general manager Chuck Fletcher hired veteran NHL coach Bruce Boudreau last May. Boudreau had spent a total of nine seasons between the Ducks and the Washington Capitals, winning eight division titles.Its pretty early to judge whether the changes will work in Minnesota.?Hard to make what kind of team they are [this early], said one Western Conference scout. Theyve had slow starts and their first periods have been awful, but they seem to wake up and play pretty well. Theyre scoring goals but need to give up fewer than they are. [Its a] funny team right now, and Im not sure what youll see from game-to-game.In the locker room and on the ice, the players are still getting used to Boudreaus system and personality.Its been a great transition. Its been a lot of fun around the rink, around the room, said Wild forward Zach Parise. As a team, theres still a lot we need to get better at, but were seeing it in spurts throughout games. The closer we can get to doing it more consistently, and more often throughout a game, its going to translate into more wins for us. It takes work, and weve got to continue to get better and keep learning. But, in the long run, its going to make us a better team.Gettinng used to a new coach is an adjustment for any team.ddddddddddddParise explained its been a unique challenge for the Wild this season because the majority of Minnesotas big-minutes players also participated in the World Cup of Hockey and werent around for the majority of training camp.Theres still that adjustment, but the quicker we can snap out of those old habits, itll be better for us, Parise said.Other than a new coaching staff, which also included assistant coaches Scott Stevens and John Anderson, the Wild signed forwards Eric Staal -- who won a Stanley Cup with the Carolina Hurricanes in 2006 -- and Chris Stewart during the offseason. The tweaks to the coaching staff and roster have already had a positive effect on the Wild.Its still early, but I think its been good, said Wild forward Charlie Coyle. Yeah, its a little different -- new coach, new staff -- but for the most part we have the same team, minus a few guys. Were still getting used to each other, still creating that chemistry, but its going well. Everyone gets along. Were learning a new system. Sometimes it takes a little [time] to get used to, but were doing a good job of it so far.Adapting to a new coachs personality can sometimes be a even more challenging than the Xs and Os, but Boudreau is already being heard loud and clear in the dressing room.Hes a great guy, Coyle said. Everyone is a fan of him. His track record speaks for itself. Hes been successful, and all his teams were always at the top of the league. Everyone respects that and knows we can learn from him, so its nice to have a guy like that, and the whole staff as well. It takes some time to get used to the system, but weve had plenty of preseason time to get those reps in, so it comes natural now and we can go out there and just play hockey. ' ' '