The 2020 season, what with its hack-sawed schedule and fanless ballparks, wasn’t the kind of launch I anticipated for Sox Machine as a full-time job. The 2021 season was more like it, although with the uncertain start, the omicron variant…
Whenever December realizes that it’s supposed to be more about snow than tornado warnings, the Sox Machine store has just the item for you. Introducing a brand-new Sox Machine knit cap, a black beanie bearing the banner of Sox Machine…
The White Sox haven’t done anything before an impending lockout, but sometimes you need a labor stoppage in order to make an addition. For example, my family. The last 16 hours or so have been my first 16 hours as…
Welcome to the Sox Machine Offseason Plan Project. If you’re new to the OPP, it’s something we’ve done the last several winters, before and while my sites had a post-it-yourself option. Last year’s Offseason Plan Project cleared 100 submissions by…
Update (11:40 a.m. CT, Aug. 4): I believe I’ve worked out the major, persistent bugs: SSL certificate: The https:// domain should now be completely propagated and not throwing errors/stopping some functionality. Patreon connection: Logging in through Patreon should behave normally…
Wear what the pros* wear!** Introducing the first Sox Machine ballcap, available for preorder now at the Sox Machine store. It’s a black New Era 39THIRTY flex-fit cap with an embroidered pinwheel cog in front, and the Sox Machine banner…
Three site updates to close out my work week (which is already a lie, because I also work weekends)… No. 1: The pennants are here! Because we think White Sox fans deserve for enduring seven consecutive losing seasons, here’s a…
Good news: Sox Machine zip-up hoodies are now on sale in the Sox Machine store. Bad news: More than half of the initial run has been purchased by Sox Machine supporters who got an early heads-up on Patreon, and those…
As somebody who worked a lot of holidays over the last 15 years, I’ve tried to post something of substance on Christmas mornings for those who are on the clock, those who don’t celebrate Christmas, or those of you who…
Just a quick note: I upgraded the site’s commenting system to the newest version. I’d held off on it for a few versions since it changed the look of the discussions considerably, and had a few bugs that were in…