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• Reinsdorf to White Sox fans — F.U.

Not the finger Jerry Reinsdorf is showing to fans. | andersons.com The strange hatred for people who made him billions It sure seems like it’s not enough for Jerry Reinsdorf to show his disdain for fans by putting a godawful product on the field. He has to lift his middle finger in a multitude of ways. Reinsdorf’s unremitting greed has long been recognized, but greed’s not an unusual tra...2024
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• Today in White Sox History: March 23

Oscar Gamble returned to the scene of his greatest season on this day, 39 years ago. | Focus on Sport/Getty Images The South Siders take a Gamble on Oscar 1955 Roberto Clemente made a huge splash with a spring training performance at Fort Myers, Fla. against the White Sox. The rookie clouts a third-inning triple some 425 feet off of the center field fence, the deepest spot in Terry Park. ...2024
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• Vote for the 2024 South Side Sox White Sox Hall of Fame!

Jack McDowell came the closest to being elected, without topping the 75% threshhold, in our last Hall of Fame election. | Otto Greule Jr/Allsport/Getty Images Let’s immortalize our sixth class of the best South Siders of all time Once upon a time, the Chicago White Sox had a team Hall of Fame — until they decided to put it in mothballs, in favor of an extended gift shop. Now the Sox have ...2024
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• Today in White Sox History: March 18

On this day eight years ago, dumb got dumber. | @BNightengale/Twitter On this day eight years ago, dumb things got much dumber for the South Siders 1942 White Sox manager Jimmy Dykes granted Black players Jackie Robinson and Nate Moreland a tryout with the White Sox, while the Pale Hose conducted spring training in Pasadena, Calif. Neither player made the cut. After also failing to make t...2024
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• Today in White Sox History: March 8

On this day 13 years ago, Kim Ng went from the game’s highest-ranking individual team executive to its highest-ranking baseball executive. | Alex Trautwig/MLB Photos via Getty Images On International Women’s Day, Kim Ng ascends to the MLB executive class 1942 Future White Sox MVP Dick Allen was born in Wampum, Pa. Allen set a franchise mark with 37 home runs in his 1972 MVP year, along w...2024
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• 2024 Cubs: Know your enemy, AL Central

White Sox manager Pedro Grifol (left) and bench coach Charlie Montoyo. Write your own caption! | Photo by Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images This division could be won by a team just barely over .500. Last year, the Twins finished first in this division with 87 wins and no one else had a winning record. I don’t see any reason this year will be any different in the AL Central. Chicago White Sox Ke...2024
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• Who is that guy? (Part 1: White Sox minor league deals)

Danny Mendick managed to be really bad for the Mets over just 33 games in 2023, so he’s back on a MiLB deal, hoping for another run on the South Side. | Adam Hunger/Getty Images The South Siders have brought a million players to camp, so here’s a breakdown of the guys on MiLB deals Immediately after signing on to be the general manager for the White Sox, Chris Getz took a different appro...2024
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• Today in White Sox History: January 31

For fans of age in the 1990s, seeing Frank Thomas wearing the green-and-gold was a shocker. | Jason Wise/MLB via Getty Images Bo Knows California — and Big Frank, too 1909 White Sox catcher Billy Sullivan secured a patent on the first chest protector. It contained a wind pad with compressed air and became the forerunner of the modern catcher’s chest protector. Sullivan was the White Sox c...2024
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• This Day in MLB History: January 29

Photo by Scott Halleran/Getty Images MLB History 1901 - The Rules Committee comprised of Connie Mack, John McGraw and Charles Comiskey reject a proposal that would have banned the bunt and recommends no changes to the game at this time. 1930 - The Boston Red Sox sell former home run champ Ken Williams to the New York Yankees. However after acquiring him, New York will release Williams bef...2024
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• Today in White Sox History: January 27

Thurman Tucker [right] left the White Sox for eventual World Series winners Cleveland on this day, 76 years ago. A center fielder punches his ticket out of Chicago — and to the World Series champs 1948 The White Sox acquired catcher Ralph Weigel from Cleveland for center fielder Thurman Tucker. Weigel played just one year on the South Side, seeing action in 66 games and putting up a .607 ...2024
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• Today in White Sox History: December 13

The White Sox would have been better served holding on to Kevin Tapani (who left the White Sox for the Cubs on this day, 27 years ago) than executing a de facto trade for Jaime Navarro. | Focus on Sport/Getty Images A day full of mostly poor moves 1969 The White Sox dealt their star lefthander Gary Peters and catcher Don Pavletich to the Red Sox for Syd O’Brien and Billy Farmer. (Farmer r...2023
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• Today in White Sox History: December 6

In an utter heist of a trade, Gavin Floyd came to the White Sox on this day, 17 years ago. | SetNumber: X77561 TK1 R1 F0 Four trades, including two steals 1959 In an effort to ensure the White Sox would repeat as American League champs, Bill Veeck and Hank Greenberg decided to make a series of moves to bring in hitters — at the expense of some of the top young players in the Sox system. ...2023
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• Today in White Sox History: November 21

Future Hall-of-Famer Ken Griffey Jr. was born on this day, 54 years ago. | José M. Osorio/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images On this day, a Kid is born 1969 Future Hall of Fame outfielder, and stretch-run addition to the 2008 White Sox playoff push Ken Griffey Jr. was born in Donora, Pa. His father, Ken Griffey, had just completed his first year of rookie ball in the Ci...2023
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• White Sox fandom: Finding new valleys

In free fall: The White Sox are in a rough spot, and Jerry Reinsdorf is asleep at the helm. | Orlando Ramirez-USA TODAY Sports The South Siders’ descent just does not stop In March, I ranked the enjoyment levels of my 20 seasons of being a White Sox fan. Back then, 2022 was last on my list, but needless to say, the 2023 season has surpassed 2022 for this dubious distinction. Before elabor...2023
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• Today in White Sox History: February 14

Kosuke Fukudome never reached his Japanese League stardom in the U.S. | Mike McGinnis/Getty Images The South Siders try to get lucky with a third Japanese veteran 2012 The White Sox sign former Japanese League star and Cubs veteran Kosuke Fukudome to a one-year, $500,000 contract. At 35, it turned out that Fukudome was well-cooked as a major-leaguer, earning -0.2 WAR over 24 games (follow...2024
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• South Side Sox Player of the Week (September 26-October 5): Lance Lynn
Mitch Ransdell/South Side Sox October dawns, and the dust of the pennant race has settled. What happens now? Where am I? On the South Side, this week feels a little like waking up during the second act of a Hangover movie: Tony La Russa is missing, empty bottles of Malört litter the clubhouse floor, and Ken Williams has a face tattoo. Rest assured, there’s one thing that hasn’t changed. B...2022
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• MLB Trade Rumors: Latest Scoop on Jeff Samardzija, Cameron Maybin and More
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"Last season when news broke of Rick Hahn and Ken Williams being let go, I had Melissa next to me among the chaos of emergency podcasts, stories, and editing."

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"Vice president Ken Williams and senior vice president and general manager Rick Hahn were fired by the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday, the team announced in a social media post, with owner Jerry Reinsdorf saying "this is an incredibly difficult decision."

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"More blame should be placed on Reinsdorf, executive vice president Ken Williams and Hahn for not giving La Russa an improved roster to help the team take that next step."

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"Ken Williams Discusses White Sox Pursuit Of Machado, Harper"

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"Since then, not only has Abreu delivered positive on-field results for the Sox, but he has emerged as a key leader for the young team, according to vice president Ken Williams."

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"But with the encouragement of executive vice president Ken Williams and owner Jerry Reinsdorf, he reloaded the team in 2016 for one more run at a title."

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"Chicago White Sox first baseman Adam LaRoche made the decision to retire on Tuesday after general president Ken Williams told him he couldn't bring his 14-year-old son, Drake, into the clubhouse, per Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports."

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"There is a reason why Ken Williams accompanied the White Sox to Minneapolis and Detroit as part of this three-city, nine-game road trip."

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"White Sox executive vice president Ken Williams respects the power of protest against oppression or injustice of any sort, and he is sensitive to the recent issues surrounding police brutality."

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• Today in White Sox History: February 19

On this day 39 years ago the White Sox dumped Roy Smalley, who had come at a cost of Doug Drabek. | Focus on Sport/Getty Images Not quite a Swisher series of deals, but not a great pair, either 1985 The White Sox traded Roy Smalley back to his longtime Minnesota Twins for minor league outfielder Ron Scheer and DH Randy Johnson. An all-time terrible trade had heralded Smalley’s arrival, a...2024
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• Today in White Sox History: January 29

Was Ozzie Guillén happy to be with Baltimore, and not the White Sox? Seeing as he was released a day after this photo, the answer is no. | Mitchell Layton/Getty Images Ozzie’s tenure comes to an end 1964 Jim Brosnan is given permission from the White Sox to seek a deal with another team, after GM Ed Short forbids any further in-season writing (Brosnan previously had authored the classic b...2024
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• Today in White Sox History: January 21

The 2011 season was a disaster, but on this day 13 years ago, spirits were high — and Ozzie Guillén was guaranteed the 2012 season. | Brian Kersey/Getty Images Ozzie gets a freebie 1985 The White Sox signed free agent pitcher Dave Wehrmeister. Wehrmeister was a No. 3 overall pick in the 1973 January draft, by the San Diego Padres. Still, players bypassed in the summer and grabbed later (b...2024
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• Today in White Sox History: January 6

The White Sox snagged sidearmer Tim Fortugno off of waivers on this day, 29 years ago. | Ron Vesely/Getty Images A sidearmer is sent to the South Side 1920 White Sox hurling hero Early Wynn was born, in Hartford, Ala. Wynn was a slow starter, making his debut in 1939 with the Washington Senators but really only finding his footing as a pitching star after World War II, primarily with Clev...2024
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• Today in White Sox History: November 25

The Adam LaRoche era was horrible — and that was before he abruptly retired in spring training. | Jennifer Stewart/Getty Images One of the weirder characters in team history signs on 1985 Ozzie Guillén of the White Sox was named AL Rookie of the Year by the Baseball Writers Association of America. Guillén, who came to the Sox in a deal involving 1983 Cy Young winner LaMarr Hoyt, didn’t d...2023
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• Today in White Sox History: November 7

Ken Williams was more responsible than anyone for bring the White Sox their first title in 88 years. Yet on this day, 18 years ago, The Sporting News refused to name him as the top GM of 2005. | Ron Vesely/MLB Photos via Getty Images Ken Williams gets absolutely robbed of a GM award 2005 In an utterly shocking and embarrassing move, despite going wire-to-wire in first place and sweeping t...2023
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• Meet the Players: International Women’s Day Edition with Melissa Sage-Bollenbach

Melissa Sage-Bollenbach/South Side Sox Let’s celebrate Melissa! According to the International Women’s Day website, March 8 is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating women’s equality. Women should be celebrated daily. I like to think that’s the case at South Side Sox as we consiste...2024
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• 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
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• 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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• 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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• Adam LaRoche Retired After White Sox Requested He Bring Son into Clubhouse Less
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• Chris Sale Scratched from Start vs. Tigers Due to Clubhouse Incident
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• Reinsdorf, White Sox fire EVP Williams, GM Hahn

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• White Sox fire vice president Ken Williams and general manager Rick Hahn amid awful season

The White Sox are going to replace their front office in the coming weeks...2023
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• LaRoche balked at reducing son's presence
The unexpected retirement of Adam LaRoche was brought about by a request from White Sox executive vice present Ken Williams to have LaRoche's 14-year-old son, Drake, become less of a presence with the team....2016
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• White Sox Fire Ken Williams, Rick Hahn
The White Sox are overhauling their front office. The club announced Tuesday evening that both team president Ken Williams and general manager Rick Hahn have been relieved of their responsibilities. “This is an incredibly difficult decision for me to make because they are both talented individuals with long-term relationships at the White Sox,” said chairman…...2023
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• White Sox Players Reportedly Considered Boycott After Adam LaRoche Retirement
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• Chris Sale Comments on Kenny Williams' Handling of Adam LaRoche's Son
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• Sharing Sox Podcast 91 — Phillies phulphil while White Sox phlail and phlunk
And who needs a manager, anyway? Trying to stay awake during what seems like a 5 1⁄2 -year break between LCSs and the World Series, SSS duty geezer Leigh Allan and his son and west coast correspondent, Will, indulge in a little nostalgia. That nostalgia ranges from the prospect of the return of Ozzieball to the new book that casts Frank Thomas as much more Big Jerk than Big Hurt in his playing day...2022
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• Sharing Sox Podcast 87 — Wait’ll next year
But what then? SSS duty geezer Leigh Allan and his son and west coast correspondent, Will, took a pass on maintaining hope for the 1/1,000 chance computer algorithms give the White Sox to win the AAAL Central (maybe we shouldn’t call it that any more, since Cleveland appears to be an actual major league team), did some of the mandatory lamenting about the horrible quality of baseball and spirit th...2022
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• Today in White Sox History: September 9

On this day, White Sox legend Luke Appling made it to the back to see the final out of a White Sox win; he’d be in the lineup for keeps the next day. Luke Appling arrives in town! 1917 It’s the only time the White Sox have ever won a forfeited game. In a game at Comiskey Park, Cleveland protested a close interference call that went against Jack Graney in the top of the 10th inning of a 3-...2023
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• Chris Getz named as White Sox general manager

Project Birmingham comes full circle with Chris Getz as Chicago’s new senior vice president/general manager. | Ron Vesely/Getty Images Although no one is really sure why In a move that is as disappointing as it was expected, the Chicago White Sox have officially named Chris Getz their new general manager and senior vice president. The insular, lazy, and questionable hire comes after what ...2023
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• Bird App Recap Special Edition: Hahn and Williams get the old heave-ho

The seat has been pulled out under Rick Hahn | @liddle_ktina The process of gutting the rot has begun Happy Hahn and Williams are FIRED day! It’s a time to celebrate Sox fans; change is coming! The resurrection of hope feels fantastic, and the staff at South Side Sox wanted to capture everyone’s emotions at this very moment. So enjoy our special edition of the Bird App Recap, readers! Le...2023
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