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FutureSox Podcast ft. Beef Loaf of From the 108: How did it get this bad for the 2022 Chicago White Sox?
Mike Rankin and James Fox welcomed on ‘Beef Loaf’ of FromThe108.com to get his assessment on all that went wrong with the Chicago White Sox in 2022. The group discussed roster issues, individual player inconsistencies, front office disconnects and much…
Tending to the Farm: Oscar Colás makes his Triple-A debut
This series will recap the performances of each White Sox minor league affiliate throughout the previous week. Here is the 25th installment of the 2022 season. Charlotte Knights (58-89) Weekly Record: 3-3 As the lone affiliate still in play, Oscar…
Following up: The White Sox are paying Tony La Russa real manager money
The funny thing about Bob Nightengale’s coverage of the drama with Tony La Russa is that his stories often work in one small detail the White Sox have never divulged themselves. For instance, Nightengale’s the only reporter who plainly states…
White Sox Minor Keys: Sept. 25, 2022
I wanted to wait until Colson Montgomery’s ride had completely stopped before noting that he was named Baseball America’s White Sox 2022 Minor League Player of the Year. Montgomery finished the season hitting .274 over 96 games between Kannapolis, Winston-Salem…
Podcast: Mailbag Episode Vol. 2 – 2022 Edition
Record Date: 9/25/2022 Chicago White Sox mailed it in over the weekend against Detroit. Finishing a six-game homestand winless and falling back to being below .500. Instead of recapping that brutal display, Josh and Jim decide to have a 100%…
Tigers 4, White Sox 1: Central goes to Cleveland
Give the White Sox credit: They didn’t harm Dylan Cease’s Cy Young chances. Then stop giving the White Sox credit. Cease dodged traffic over six scoreless innings to keep Justin Verlander honest, and the White Sox led 1-0 behind a…
First Pitch: White Sox vs. Tigers
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Following up: Liam Hendriks has his limits
Following the White Sox’s season-sealing 11-inning loss to the Cleveland Guardians, I wrote about how Liam Hendriks’ descent into standard closer usage was so intractable that the pattern couldn’t even be broken in a last-stand situation. The only question was…
White Sox Minor Keys: Sept. 24, 2022
It took Oscar Colás four whole games to hit his first homer at Triple-A, so he made up for lost time by hitting two. He hit a two-run shot in the sixth, then a solo shot in the eighth to…
Tigers 7, White Sox 2: .500 and falling
I chose to spend tonight teaching curling instead of watching the White Sox take on more water, so here’s a bullet-point recap after catching up: *For those invested in a respectable end to Davis Martin’s wonderful breakout season, there wasn’t…