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1988 Helping to spur an upset in the 1988 Caribbean Series, José DeLeón started the Series-opening win for his Escogido Leones. Just six days later, the White Sox traded the right-handed workhorse to St. Louis for Lance Johnson, Ricky Horton and cash. 1996 To help fortify a comically-thin rotation (of the four core starters in […]
From South Side Sox | about 1 month ago | 2 reads
Rejoice! It’s February! That means baseball will be back before the month is over, and I’ll finally write about something besides “Hey, look at this young arm!” Unfortunately, Spring Training is still weeks away. Respite still eludes you, South Side Sox stan. The Pale Hose have another arm you haven’t heard of, Daniel Sandlin, and […]
From South Side Sox | about 1 month ago | 2 reads
The Chicago Cubs will play a kinda-sorta-almost baseball game this month. Several of them, actually! The first is February 20 at Sloan Park, as the Cubs kick off the Cactus League slate against the White Sox. The official first workout date for the club is still nine days away, but you know these guys are training just about year-round, and there’s no better place to do it than at the Cubs’ facilities in Mesa, Arizona. So you see lots of guys showing up pretty much from the flip of the ca...
From Bleacher Nation | Chicago Sports News, Rumors, and a Reasonable Level of Obsession | about 1 month ago | 11 reads
We are launching a new daily article here at South Side Sox, more prominently than our items that pop up on The Feed. It falls under the category of White Sox Discussions, which you’ll see in a few weeks will also be our new branding for Game Threads. Given recent events, there are more and […]
From South Side Sox | about 1 month ago | 4 reads
1950 In just the fourth transaction ever between the two Crosstown teams, the White Sox bought Herman Reich from the Cubs. Reich was coming off of what on paper looked like a very solid season for the ivy bumblers, slashing .280/.305/.360 over 108 games. However, in an offensively-charged 1949 season, those numbers were actually subpar. […]
From South Side Sox | about 1 month ago | 4 reads
The Red Sox swung a creative, financially motivated trade with the White Sox on Sunday that netted them salary relief, roster flexibility, and a new pitching prospect. In exchange for right-handers Jordan Hicks and David Sandlin, along with $8 million in cash considerations and two players to be named later, Boston acquired minor league righty … Continue reading "Which prospect did Red Sox acquire from White Sox for Jordan Hicks, David Sandlin?"
From Blogging the Red Sox | about 1 month ago | 4 reads
Despite a busy weekend hosting a fan convention Sox Fest Live at the Ramova Theatre on the South Side, Chicago White Sox GM Chris Getz was still making moves behind the scenes. Between interacting with fans and answering questions during a town hall, Getz was brewing up a trade with the Boston Red Sox to […]
From South Side Sox | about 1 month ago | 5 reads
Pitchers Jordan Hicks and David Sandlin are swapping the color of their footwear. ESPN’s Jeff Passan has reported that the Red Sox are shipping the pair of righties to the Chicago White Sox. In return, Boston will be getting another young pitching prospect: right-hander Gage Ziehl, a product of the University of Miami (the Florida […]
From Over the Monster | about 1 month ago | 4 reads
We are launching a new daily article here at South Side Sox, more prominently than our items that pop up on The Feed. It falls under the category of White Sox Discussions, which you’ll see in a few weeks will also be our new branding for Game Threads. A lot’s happened this offseason, and while […]
From South Side Sox | about 1 month ago | 3 reads
1914 In a story told in great detail in 2014 on site, the White Sox and New York Giants played an exhibition game in Cairo, Egypt. This stop on the 56-game World Tour ended in a 3-3 deadlock after 10 innings. You can’t blame the players for failing to find a victor, given the arduous […]
From South Side Sox | about 1 month ago | 5 reads
Chris Getz and Will Venable definitely seem to understand that earning fan loyalty is not an easy task. Fresh off one of the strongest offseasons in recent club history and a 19-game improvement from 2024, the White Sox front office must balance providing fans with hope for the future while keeping their focus on the […]
From South Side Sox | about 1 month ago | 3 reads
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 catcher from 1901-14. Sullivan gets the patent one day before his 34th birthday. 1956 Buck Weaver died in Chicago, at the age of […]
From South Side Sox | about 1 month ago | 5 reads
SoxFest Live kicked off Friday night at the Ramova Theatre, as the baseball offseason wraps up and pitchers and catchers prepare to report for Spring Training. The White Sox had a decent rebound season last year while sporting a very young team in 2025 and coming off a historically horrific 2024. However, the vibes were […]
From South Side Sox | about 1 month ago | 6 reads
1923 The man who would grow up to be nicknamed “Moose,” Walt Dropo, was born in Moosup, Conn. Dropo would grow to 6´5´´, 220 pounds (gargantuan for the time, still pretty big today!) and thus earn the double-meaning of his nickname. He came to the White Sox in time for the 1955 season, as part […]
From South Side Sox | about 1 month ago | 4 reads
The White Sox continue shuffling the deck, officially punching Seranthony Domínguez’s two-year, $20 million ticket to the South Side. Domínguez pockets a cool $1 million just for signing, plus a mutual option dangling for 2028. Domínguez, 31, brings a legit late-inning arm to a bullpen that’s been running on fumes, with a career strikeout rate […]
From South Side Sox | about 1 month ago | 3 reads
Winter officially has its grip on Chicago, but this weekend the White Sox once again are bringing the heat indoors with SoxFest Live at the Ramova Theatre, in the heart of the South Side. Now in its second year at the iconic venue, the reimagined fan experience unfolds across two nights and blends player access, […]
From South Side Sox | about 1 month ago | 3 reads
1900 Charles Comiskey received permission to relocate the Western League’s St. Paul Saints to Chicago, where they will become the White Sox of the American League. 1957 With air travel commonplace and MLB now stretching from coast to coast, the league considered drafting a plan to create a player pool to be used in the […]
From South Side Sox | about 1 month ago | 5 reads
Sure, it’s practically February, but the White Sox promised to be players in free agency. All it took was getting Luis Robert Jr’s $20 million salary off the books for the front office to suddenly get ‘very active’ at exploring roster upgrades. Of course, needing to dump Robert’s salary just to have operating income to […]
From South Side Sox | about 1 month ago | 6 reads
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 OPS. Tucker, on the other hand, played three years in Cleveland, starting with a strong, 1.2 WAR season over 83 games […]
From South Side Sox | about 1 month ago | 5 reads
After six months of intermittent rumors, the Mets finally completed a trade for Luis Robert. The 28-year-old center fielder heads to Queens in exchange for Luisangel Acuña and Truman Pauley, the Mets’ 12th-round pick in last year’s draft. Robert is under contract for $20M in 2026 with an additional club option for $20M in 2027. […]
From Amazin' Avenue | about 1 month ago | 4 reads
1963 With expansion resulting in an explosion of offense, the MLB Rules Committee decides to increase the strike zone to the top of a batter’s shoulders down to his knees. The results swing the balance of power so dramatically that in just five years and in spite of a four-team expansion looming, baseball will shrink […]
From South Side Sox | about 1 month ago | 6 reads
“We’ve got some financial flexibility now to continue to bring in talent.” Talk about a real knee-slapper. The White Sox GM sure knows how to tell ’em. Chris Getz made that remark after the trade of Luis Robert, Jr. to the Mets, a move that not only forced everybody covering the team to figure out […]
From South Side Sox | about 1 month ago | 5 reads
1985 The first Australian ever to play for the White Sox, Shane Lindsay, was born in Melbourne. Lindsay only had a four-game, 10-day major league career. He was called up as the season spiraled down the drain in 2011, with a solid debut in Detroit on September 4 (one scoreless inning, with a walk and […]
From South Side Sox | about 1 month ago | 5 reads
1939 It was the early years of the Hall of Fame, so voting results could still tend to be pretty weird. Case in point, Eddie Collins was voted into the Hall of Fame — on his fourth try. Collins, by his 124.4 WAR the best second baseman in baseball history, had fallen 110 votes short […]
From South Side Sox | about 1 month ago | 3 reads
Chicago White SoxSeranthony DomínguezThat’s the news, baby Today on the site, Josh will argue that the Yankees shouldn’t be too comfortable in handing over the leadoff spot to Trent Grisham and should instead seriously consider Ben Rice. Matt will offer up a 68th birthday tribute to former Yankees/Mets reliever Neil Allen, and for our 50 […]
From Pinstripe Alley | about 1 month ago | 4 reads