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Brett Ballantini news, rumors

  • Sox Populi Podcast 175 — Misery Commiserating
    • Sox Populi Podcast 175 — Misery Commiserating
    Malachi Hayes, Joe Resis, Dante Jones, Melissa Sage-Bollenbach, Hannah LaMotta and Brett Ballantini go live to address the record-breaking horribleness of the White Sox start In a live YouTube/Twitter/Facebook event as the game got underway last night, a group of us (Dante Jones, Melissa Sage-Bollenbach, Joe Resis, Malachi Hayes, Hannah LaMotta, Brett Ballantini) went watched the start of the game...2024
  • Sox Pop on the Farm Podcast 51 — The Charlotte Knights “hot” start
    • Sox Pop on the Farm Podcast 51 — The Charlotte Knights “hot” start
    Jonathan Lee joins Brett Ballantini to discuss the first few weeks of Triple-A baseball, the Chicago-Charlotte shuttle, and Justin Jirschele’s South Side prospects It’s an early check-in with our friend and Charlotte mainstay Jonathan Lee on all things Knights, including intriguing bats and the predictable breakdown of the Triple-A rotation: Jonathan’s take on the 8-12 Charlotte start: .400 ball,...2024
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  • Dugout Metrics Podcast 10 — A six-pack of young pitchers
    • Dugout Metrics Podcast 10 — A six-pack of young pitchers
    Malachi Hayes breaks down the pluses and minuses of the coming White Sox pitching talent with Brett Ballantini — plus deep dives into Garrett Crochet and Michael Kopech Yes, it’s been many months for our most, er, “exclusive” Sox Populi podcast. But Dugout Metrics is back, with a couple of pitching-themed programs ahead. First, it’s a deeper dive into the six players who are arguably (unquestiona...2024
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  • Today in White Sox History: April 20
    • Today in White Sox History: April 20
    Although the Comiskey Park upper deck is said to have opened as of Opening Day 1927, this newspaper excerpt makes it pretty clear the seats were not yet ready for prime time. | Chicago Tribune Comiskey Park’s upper deck opens — sort of 1927 Opening Day 1927 is traditionally given as the date that Comiskey Park’s upper deck expansion, but the seats weren’t quite ready to welcome baseball b...2024
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  • Sox Pop on the Farm Podcast 49 — Early season Birmingham Barons update
    • Sox Pop on the Farm Podcast 49 — Early season Birmingham Barons update
    Brett Ballantini welcomes the godfather of the White Sox system, Jonathan Nelson, back to talk about some impressive early returns from the jewel of the system To keep the Sox Pop on the Farm Podcast canon taut, we went back in time to fill in the phantom podcast 49, and in doing so created a doozy of a look at the jewel of the system, the Birmingham Barons. And in doing so, Brett Ballantini again...2024
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  • Today in White Sox History: April 17
    • Today in White Sox History: April 17
    STICK TALK 1906 The world championship season began in Detroit with the White Sox beating the Tigers, 5-3. Frank Owen, who’d win 22 games that season, picked up the victory. Just three days short of six months later, the Sox would close out the Cubs, winning the only all-Chicago World Series, in six games. Frank Hemphill, who played all three outfield positions in the game, drove in two runs for t...2024
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Brett Ballantini injury and suspension

  • • Sox Pop on the Farm Podcast 51 — The Charlotte Knights “hot” start
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  • White Sox Weekly Minor League Mailbag: April 9, 2024
    • White Sox Weekly Minor League Mailbag: April 9, 2024
    White Sox top prospect Colson Montgomery looks on from the dugout. | Salina Rae Silver / South Side Sox We discuss Edgar Quero’s defensive growth, Noah Schultz’s promotion trajectory, and other reader questions in our debut edition! Salina Rae Silver has been South Side Sox’s Director of Photography since late 2023. She offers comprehensive behind-the-scenes coverage of the White Sox farm...2024
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  • Today in White Sox History: April 1
    • Today in White Sox History: April 1
    On this day 15 years ago, the White Sox brought Sergio Santos back — to become a pitcher. | Set Number: X83844 TK1 R2 F73 Welcome back, Sergio — no joke, we’re gonna make you a reliever 1901 Following teammate Clark Griffith, Chicago Colts (Cubs) pitcher Nixey Callahan jumps leagues to the White Sox. Callahan, like many of his cohorts who fled the National League for the American, saw his...2024
  • Today in White Sox History: March 4
    • Today in White Sox History: March 4
    While dodging foul balls on the roof of Tempe Diablo Stadium, one of today’s authors shot this photo, 13 years ago. | Brett Ballantini/South Side Sox Jake Peavy’s amazing, unprecedented comeback season begins 1921 In the wake of the “Black Sox,” owner Charles Comiskey attempts to rebuild his team, and one of the first moves he makes is to acquire future Hall-of-Famer Harry Hooper from the...2024
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  • White Sox New Year’s Resolutions
    • White Sox New Year’s Resolutions
    Leslie Plaza Johnson/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Chrystal O’Keefe, Allie Wesel, Melissa Sage-Bollenbach, Malachi Hayes, Dante Jones, Joe Resis, Year of the Hamster and Brett Ballantini each pick the one thing the South Siders MUST do in 2024 On the heels of our Soxivus 2023 content comes our first group article and podcast of 2024, White Sox Resolutions. The title is pretty explanato...2024
  • South Side Sox’s Top 20 Stories of 2023
    • South Side Sox’s Top 20 Stories of 2023
    Trades, no-hitters, season-long pain ... and Jerry, Jerry, Jerry! Despite another devastatingly disappointing 2023 season, South Side Sox had a successful campaign by every metric. Our staff made some additions to help weather losses, and the bench remained deep and diverse. Even through the pain, there was some amazing analysis, humor, spot news, recapping, and regular features. This survey high...2024
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  • Sox Populi Podcast 161 — Goodbye, Tim. Goodbye, Liam
    • Sox Populi Podcast 161 — Goodbye, Tim. Goodbye, Liam
    Joe Resis, Dante Jones, Chrystal O’Keefe and Brett Ballantini say goodbye to the most prominent leaders on the White Sox, examine the front office’s decision-making process, and (gulp) look toward 2024 On the occasion of having to say goodbye to franchise leaders and stalwarts Tim Anderson and Liam Hendriks, Sox Pop 162 assembled with Joe Resis, Dante Jones, Chrystal O’Keefe and Brett Ballantini. ...2023
  • On The Horizon: Cubs vs. White Sox series preview
    • On The Horizon: Cubs vs. White Sox series preview
    Photo by Ron Schwane/Getty Images It’s the second half of the Crosstown Series. And one team has made lots of changes. The Cubs took a pair from the White Sox on the South Side last month. Right after that series, the Sox traded away seven players who were on their 26-man roster, six pitchers and infielder Jake Burger. So you might not recognize several of the Sox players coming to Wrigley...2023
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  • • Goodbye Lucas, goodbye Reynaldo
    Yes, friends, just 22 months ago, this was the state of the White Sox, with Lucas Giolito, Carlos Rodón and Reynaldo López celebrating a division title. They are all still chasing the playoffs in 2023 — on other teams. | Ron Vesely/Getty Images You deserved a little bit better than the White Sox It’s never easy saying goodbye, and certainly not so for two cogs of the White Sox, Lucas Giol...2023
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  • • On The Horizon: Cubs vs. White Sox series preview
    Photo by John Adams/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The first two games of this year’s Crosstown Classic are Tuesday and Wednesday. Hey, both these teams were supposed to contend this year, the White Sox more so than the Cubs, or so it was said when this season began. It hasn’t worked out that way for the Sox, no siree, not at all, and the Cubs lurk around the edges of contention. For mor...2023
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Brett Ballantini lifestyle

  • Know Your Enemy Cincinnati: Marge Schott and The Fine Line
    • Know Your Enemy Cincinnati: Marge Schott and The Fine Line
    Focus on Sport/Getty Images Remembering a polarizing owner Note: this year’s “Know Your Enemy” will take a few different paths. We’re not always going to examine the pitching matchups unless notable. Rather, we’ll look at the scoundrels, oddities, histories, and other elements that make our enemies interesting. Cincinnati is a surprise to the first-time visitor. If you arrive by car, fr...2024
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  • • South Side Sox Podcast 133 — Winter Meetings Review
    Jordan Hass, Dante Jones, Chrystal O’Keefe, Allie Wesel, Joe Resis and Melissa Sage-Bollenbach join Brett Ballantini to discuss deals made, and White Sox whiffs Brett Ballantini hosts Chrystal O’Keefe, Allie Wesel, Joe Resis, Dante Jones, Jordan Hass and Melissa Sage-Bollenbach in our new podcast that saves the sucky for the end — yeah, the White Sox non-moves — and gets downright silly in the fin...2022
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Timeline

  • 2024
    "I spoke to Brett Ballantini, editor-in-chief of our SB Nation White Sox site South Side Sox, about this proposal and here’s what he said: On the face of it, sure, I like it."

  • 2023
    "Brett Ballantini Jason:You are one of the greatest announcers in baseball today."

  • 2022
    "— Tommy Barbee Brett Ballantini: Fan-Blaming It first popped up at Rick Hahn and NBC Sports’ infamous “rooting for the rebuild to fail” appearance at Reggie’s and hasn’t abated since."

  • 2017
    "We also had former Cubs executive Chuck Wasserstrom interview GMs and draft prospects, and former White Sox beat writer Brett Ballantini interview Rick Hahn and Dave Stewart."

  • 2016
    "A look back at the original reporting and analysis found on MLBTR the last seven days: MLBTR was on hand for Cactus League action where Brett Ballantini caught up with White Sox GM Rick Hahn."

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Brett Ballantini trade rumors, contract, salary rumors

  • • White Sox Weekly Minor League Mailbag: April 9, 2024
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  • • Today in White Sox History: April 1
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  • Today in White Sox History: March 30
    • Today in White Sox History: March 30
    On this day 46 years ago, Pablo Torrealba came to the White Sox, at a pretty steep cost. | Topps A bad trade that helped doom the 1978 club 1970 In a swap of arms, the White Sox deal Jerry Nyman to San Diego for Tommie Sisk. Both players would throw their last in the majors in 1970, with Nyman making two starts (15.19 ERA, -0.4 WAR). Sisk did a lot of damage quickly, throwing 17 (1-1, 5.4...2024
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  • Opening Day Gamethread: Tigers at White Sox
    • Opening Day Gamethread: Tigers at White Sox
    The sun rises, perhaps for the final time for the White Sox as a .500 team in 2024. | Chicago White Sox Plus, your South Side Sox coverage guide for the season! The season sure did sneak up on me. But as I take my traditional leadoff spot in the batting order with the Opening Day game, let’s take a second to outline our South Side Sox season ahead, before getting to lineups and again scra...2024
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  • Meet the Players: International Women’s Day Edition with Ashley Sanders
    • Meet the Players: International Women’s Day Edition with Ashley Sanders
    Ashley with Lucas Giolito and Blake Snell at Petco Park. | Ashley Sanders/South Side Sox Batter up! Meet Ashley Sanders Now happily settled in her new city, Ashley Sanders has made her triumphant return to South Side Sox. Aside from former writers turned friends, Ashley is one of the first people I remember reading on this site. Yes, she predates me here. I always love it when women are c...2024
  • An update on the A’s and White Sox stadium situations
    • An update on the A’s and White Sox stadium situations
    Related Midwest You won’t believe some of this. (Yeah, actually, you probably will.) Earlier this month I wrote about a proposed new stadium for the White Sox, which would be located in “The 78,” a neighborhood in Chicago’s South Loop. The renderings — one of them is above — are pretty cool. The area proposed would include not only the stadium, but an entire new neighborhood with residenti...2024
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  • • White Sox New Year’s Resolutions
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  • • South Side Sox’s Top 20 Stories of 2023
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  • Soxivus Week 3 companion: Feats of Strength
    • Soxivus Week 3 companion: Feats of Strength
    He hates this team. Get in line, pal. | John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images Tommy Barbee, Melissa Sage-Bollenbach, Dante Jones, Joe Resis, Delia Ritchie, Allie Wesel, Malachi Hayes and Brett Ballantini make their picks for who survives intact through this next purge rebuild Welcome to Soxivus 2023! For those of you actively following the White Sox, it may fee...2023
  • Soxivus Week 1 companion: Why are you still a White Sox fan?
    • Soxivus Week 1 companion: Why are you still a White Sox fan?
    Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images Tommy Barbee, Melissa Sage-Bollenbach, Dante Jones, Leonard Gore and Brett Ballantini explain how it is they remain devoted to this club Welcome to Soxivus 2023! For those of you actively following the White Sox, it may feel like you’ve never left. Between exiling players and announcers, canceling the lone semblance of fan interaction, and the steaming pile of ...2023

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  • • Meet the Players: International Women’s Day Edition with Ashley Sanders
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  • SSS Staff Predictions 2023, revisited: Give it up for the names at the top!
    • SSS Staff Predictions 2023, revisited: Give it up for the names at the top!
    Some great picks, some terrible ones ... let’s review what we got right and wrong about this past summer We had one more prognosticator step with predictions than we did last year, which made a battle among 22 of us to see who was most prescient in picking the winners and losers of 2023. This was our third year of doing this, and no one was more surprised than I was to see who came out on top. Let...2023
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  • • A few thoughts about MLB’s same-city rivalries
    Photo by Quinn Harris/Getty Images Too many games? Too few? You make the call. Last week, I wrote about the fights I saw at the Cubs/White Sox game Wednesday, July 26 on the South Side. One conclusion I drew from that: Lastly, from time to time the subject of MLB realignment brings up the possibility that the Cubs and White Sox could be placed in the same division, and thus perhaps play a ...2023
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  • • Goodbye Lucas, goodbye Reynaldo
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  • • South Side Sox Player of the Week (July 7-21): Andrew Benintendi
    Mitch Ransdell/South Side Sox He’s no tenderfoot: Buckeye Benny scares up some extra-base fun in his return to the lineup Not usually known for his power hitting, Andrew Benintendi clubbed his second home run of the year in a 2-for-5 showing against the Twins last week, hoisting the Sox another rung up on the ladder to nowhere. Benintendi has also stolen 11 bases so far this season, his ...2023
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  • • Know Your Enemy: Chicago Cubs
    Tom Ricketts somehow ruined something already terrible. | Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images Our friendly rivalry to the north The Crosstown Classic. The Red Line Rivalry. The Fight For That Weird Trophy That One Team Gets When They Beat the Other Team, I Don’t Remember What It’s Called. Sox vs. Cubs. This is not one of those years where the city is bubbling with excitement over the Cubs headin...2023
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  • • Know Your Enemy: New York Mets
    The Mets — the White Sox of New York. We visit the second team in the first city The second team in their city. A perpetually underachieving and essentially unloved ballclub. An ignored fanbase, overshadowed by the media-driven hype around some of the most annoying people in baseball. A team that should have been good having themselves a massively disappointing, injury-ridden, luckless, j...2023
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  • • Aren’t baseball trades supposed to have a point?
    “I hate it here.” | Hannah Foslien/Getty Images You know, a big picture-y thing Baseball teams make trades for a variety of reasons. At least there are supposed to be reasons. And baseball trades get evaluated in many ways, most of them way too narrow. Most commonly, at least historically, are the fill-the-need types of exchanges. Team A needs pitching and has an extra outfielder, Team B ...2023
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Brett Ballantini parents, kids, wife / husband, girlfriend / boyfriend

  • • Dugout Metrics Podcast 10 — A six-pack of young pitchers
    2024
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  • • Sox Pop on the Farm Podcast 49 — Early season Birmingham Barons update
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  • • Today in White Sox History: April 17
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  • • Know Your Enemy Cincinnati: Marge Schott and The Fine Line
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  • Sox Pop on the Farm Podcast 48 — 2024 Birmingham Barons Season Preview
    • Sox Pop on the Farm Podcast 48 — 2024 Birmingham Barons Season Preview
    Jonathan Nelson joins Brett Ballantini to discuss the upcoming Double-A season, and site of the traditional epicenter of organizational talent Next up for our affiliate previews, after a look at Charlotte (and a talk with our first Jonathan), is the Birmingham Barons. Team president and general manager, Jonathan Nelson, took a moment out of his club’s busy season prep for a read of the 2024 Barons...2024
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  • • Meet the Players: International Women’s Day Edition with Ashley Sanders
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  • • Today in White Sox History: March 4
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  • • An update on the A’s and White Sox stadium situations
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  • The Daily Belli watch: 35 days to the Cubs Spring Training opener
    • The Daily Belli watch: 35 days to the Cubs Spring Training opener
    Charles LeClaire-USA TODAY Sports We’ve got more today than just Cody Bellinger. Today, since I have no real news about Cody Bellinger to share with you, I thought I’d make this post a sort of generic catch-all for a couple of things. First, I messed up the jersey poll in Thursday’s edition, so I’m repeating it here with the missing players added, and Miguel Amaya removed because he got ze...2024
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  • • South Side Sox’s Top 20 Stories of 2023
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Top Brett Ballantini news

  • An Open Letter to Jason Benetti
    • An Open Letter to Jason Benetti
    Ron Vesely/MLB Photos via Getty Images South Side Sox is hurting a little more today The White Sox released a statement Thursday morning that felt like a TKO of the already weakened White Sox fan base. As a staff, and fans of the team, we’ve all been flinching when we see any statement from the team, or when a Slack notification comes in. Losing the likes of Liam Hendriks and Tim Anderson...2023
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  • • White Sox select in RHSP Grant Taylor in second round (No. 51 overall)
    The White Sox selected Grant Taylor, who has already gotten his Tommy John surgery out of the way, in the second round. | Wesley Hitt/Getty Images Not an active member of the LSU title team this summer, as he was sidelined all year after TJS With the 51st overall pick in the 2023 MLB draft, the White Sox selected right-handed starting pitcher Grant Taylor from defending NCAA champion LSU....2023
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  • • The Daily Belli watch: 35 days to the Cubs Spring Training opener
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  • • A few thoughts about MLB’s same-city rivalries
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  • • On The Horizon: Cubs vs. White Sox series preview
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  • • Goodbye Lucas, goodbye Reynaldo
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  • • South Side Sox Player of the Week (July 7-21): Andrew Benintendi
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  • • Soxivus Week 1 companion: Why are you still a White Sox fan?
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Brett Ballantini schedule, game

  • • Today in White Sox History: April 20
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  • • Know Your Enemy Cincinnati: Marge Schott and The Fine Line
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  • • White Sox Weekly Minor League Mailbag: April 9, 2024
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  • • Today in White Sox History: April 1
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  • • Today in White Sox History: March 30
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  • Sox Pop on the Farm Podcast 47 — 2024 Charlotte Knights Season Preview
    • Sox Pop on the Farm Podcast 47 — 2024 Charlotte Knights Season Preview
    Jonathan Lee joins Brett Ballantini to discuss the upcoming Triple-A season, featuring the crown jewel of the system and an actual starting rotation We kick off a new approach to our Farm podcasts by going straight to the source in Charlotte, veteran journalist and broadcaster Jonathan Lee, for a read of the 2024 season for the Knights: Brett, as a veteran of dubious MacGyvering of video and file...2024
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  • • Opening Day Gamethread: Tigers at White Sox
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  • Sox Populi Pregame Podcast 9 — Opening Day 2024!
    • Sox Populi Pregame Podcast 9 — Opening Day 2024!
    Brett Ballantini sits down with Melissa Sage-Bollenbach and Malachi Hayes to address the 2024 season and swap favorite Opening Day stories Brett Ballantini invites Melissa Sage-Bollenbach and Malachi Hayes to chat about what is looking to be a chilly Home Opener against the Tigers on Thursday: The upside and downside of Garrett Crochet, Opening Day starter Breaking down the relatively sunny seaso...2024
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  • Today in White Sox History: March 13
    • Today in White Sox History: March 13
    Happy birthday, Bill Kennedy, you’re heading to the White Sox! | Bowman An early birthday gift for a solid reliever 1934 All-time White Sox playing and managing great Fielder Jones died, at age 62, in Portland. His 32.0 WAR for the club ranks 10th all-time among hitters and places him as the best center fielder in White Sox history. Jones was staggeringly good with the White Sox, never d...2024
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  • • Meet the Players: International Women’s Day Edition with Ashley Sanders
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Brett Ballantini rumors, scandals

  • • Today in White Sox History: April 1
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  • • Today in White Sox History: March 30
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  • • Opening Day Gamethread: Tigers at White Sox
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  • Soxivus Week 2 companion: The Airing of Grievances
    • Soxivus Week 2 companion: The Airing of Grievances
    Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images Tommy Barbee, Melissa Sage-Bollenbach, Dante Jones, Chrystal O’Keefe and Brett Ballantini get out the pitchforks and stick it to the White Sox Welcome to Soxivus 2023! For those of you actively following the White Sox, it may feel like you’ve never left. Between exiling players and announcers, canceling the lone semblance of fan interaction, and the steaming p...2023
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  • White Sox 6, Royals 4: A win, you say?
    • White Sox 6, Royals 4: A win, you say?
    Touki Toussaint delivered his first quality start for the White Sox. | Peter Aiken-USA TODAY Sports South Siders snap five-game skid on six strong innings from Touki Toussaint The White Sox mercifully ended their five-game losing streak with a solid win in Kansas City over the Royals that almost slipped away but, for the first time in what seems like ages, did not. It’ll bring them up to ...2023
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  • • A few thoughts about MLB’s same-city rivalries
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  • • Goodbye Lucas, goodbye Reynaldo
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  • • On The Horizon: Cubs vs. White Sox series preview
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  • • Know Your Enemy: Chicago Cubs
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  • • Know Your Enemy: New York Mets
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