Chris Getz asking himself, “A plan? I’m supposed to have a plan? What’s a plan?” | Ron Vesely/Getty Images As if you could ever actually have one In theory, in any business transaction, each participant should have a plan of how to benefit. That is, unless the White Sox are involved. Of course, what “benefit” means can be in the eye of the beholder. For us fans, the idea would be to form a better team that wins baseball games. By contrast, for the only person who matters where the White Sox are concerned — the owner — “benefit” just means more money stuffed in his pockets, less taxes paid (if ..read more

The red-hot Brooks Baldwin rounds third to score in Chattanooga versus the Lookouts. | S. R. Silver/South Side Sox Brooks Baldwin cannot be stopped, Lenyn Sosa continues to mash, and other storylines from the farm Lehigh Valley IronPigs 7, Charlotte Knights 6 (Gameday score) (Statcast box) Lenyn Sosa was demoted three days ago. He seems to have taken that personally. LENYN. SOSA. HOME. RUN. WOW. 3rd homer in 3 days! pic.twitter.com/ceujBEOBE5 — Charlotte Knights (@KnightsBaseball) April 26, 2024 The young infielder has been on a Danny Mendick-like tear at the plate, but unfortunately his t ..read more

The fourth White Sox player to hit a home run over the Comiskey Park roof? Buddy Bradford, on this day 55 year ago. | Chicago White Sox Buddy Bradford hits a massive home run 1951 White Sox slugger Eddie Robinson hit the first rooftop home run by a Chicago player at Comiskey Park. Robinson’s blast was off of Al Widmar of the Browns, in the third inning of an 8-6 White Sox win. It was the eighth all-time home run over the roof. Robinson hit 29 home runs that year and drove in 117 runs, as the Sox went 81-73-1. 1969 Speaking of roof shots, 18 years later Buddy Bradford put a home run over the ro ..read more

The tweet that started the madness. | @chrystal_ok / Twitter. What will you do to fix this team? Let’s live in a fantasy world for a bit. First off, Chris Getz has been ousted due to being terrible. While doing a quick-to-nonexistent search, Human Resources descended upon the ballpark to fill the spot. Someone taps you on the shoulder after seeing the way you managed to carry a beer, nachos, and a churro without dropping anything. The HR manager says to you, “Congrats! You’ve just been selected to run this Chicago White Sox team.” (Or maybe, “sorry.”) Now you’ve got to figure out your next ste ..read more

Who knew Rembrandt was a White Sox fan? | National Gallery of Art Join countless small animals as road kill Yeah, yeah, yeah, another game, another loss, 0-7 road trip, 3-22 season, yadda yadda yadda. But let’s try to forget all that and admire some actually good White Sox defense. First, there was a brilliant grab by Nicky Lopez with two on in the bottom of the first that would have been the sort of thing that inspires victory if he played for a team that can be inspired. That smash by Max Kepler was the hardest-hit ball of the day, more than 115 mph. The next nifty play, by Korey Lee, was ..read more

The beautiful city of Chicago and White Sox fans deserve better, and someday soon I hope we get it. | Patrick Gorski/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images How a historically bad start to the season tops off one of the most disappointing endings to a rebuild we have seen The timeline of the recent Chicago White Sox seasons looks like a movie trailer no one would want to watch: In 2017 and 2018, ESPN ranked the Chicago White Sox farm system third in baseball. In 2019, we saw those players slowly trickling in to make their debuts. The very next year, the Chicago White Sox were third in the league in ..read more

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 to see whether the White Sox start would end up even worse than that of the worst-ever Cleveland Spiders. Spoiler alert: It did. Watch as the game turns from a scoreless tie to an eventual loss imm ..read more

Crushed: Colson Montgomery’s solo home run propelled the Knights to a 5-3 victory. | Laura Wolff/Charlotte Knights Can you believe it? All four affiliates won again! Charlotte Knights 5, Lehigh Valley IronPigs 3 (Gameday box) (Statcast box) The Knights recovered from a slow start to take down the IronPigs for the second straight evening. Knights starter Jake Woodford struggled early on, allowing three runs on six hits during his first two innings on the mound. However, Woodford only allowed one measly hit during his final three innings, so he managed to salvage his start. Still trailing 3-0 wi ..read more

Korey Lee has earned the full-time backstop spot | David Berding/Getty Images Eight straight losses at Target Field for Chicago; South Siders on pace for just 20 wins in 2024 Whew, friends. This season has been UGLY. Honestly, my brain is a bit overloaded with abysmal baseball, and I’m running out of different ways to say, “Man, this team stinks!” Yet, here we are again — another evening of lousy play. And man, this team stinks. It didn’t take long for things to go south tonight. After a quick first inning, Garrett Crochet couldn’t buy an out in the bottom of the second. After a walk to Carlos ..read more

I make that face, too, Garrett, when watching White Sox baseball. | Mitchell Leff/Getty Images Can Garrett Crochet break Chicago’s five-game losing streak? Hey, White Sox fans! It’s Hump Day which brings with it another round of shoddy White Sox baseball. Tonight, the South Siders look to break their five-game losing streak, taking on their AL Central foes, the Minnesota Twins. Can the White Sox capture their fourth win? Will they blow another late lead? Can Andrew Benintendi actually catch a ball? Will Danny Mendick be the team’s 2024 All-Star? There are so many questions that likely have ver ..read more