Have hope, White Sox fans! Or at least fairly young White Sox fans. AI is on your side! Yep. Or, at least, the ChatGPT version of AI. My son, Will, sent me a link to an intense bit of research that shows the Chicago White Sox will indeed win the World Series. Maybe even sooner […]
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1942Future 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 with 113 RBIs. His 8.6 WAR in 1972 ranks second all-time among White Sox hitters (Eddie Collins, 9.4, 1915) and 14th all-time among all White Sox players. Perhaps most […]
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It’s certainly nice to watch a White Sox game where the team that looks like it has no idea how the game is supposed to be played is the other guys. It was the supposedly good Mariners (yeah, yeah, they’ve got 18 guys playing in the WBC, but so what?) who misplayed two bunts, started […]
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The White Sox hit the road to face a Mariners team that’s a whole lot better than its spring record, so they may be doing a whole lot of experimenting so far. The Sox can hope the experimenting continues, which is likely given all the players the Mariners have on international rosters at the moment. […]
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This week, we asked you which White Sox rookie you are most excited to see on the South Side in 2026. Each player in the survey stands a feasible chance of getting at least a September cup of coffee with the club. Braden Montgomery is the heir apparent to center or right field, and has […]
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1890 Pioneering reliever and spitballer Dave Danforth was born, in Granger, Texas. A relative rarity as a college-educated (Baylor University) player in the 1910s, Danforth was signed by the A’s in 1911, and while bouncing back and forth between Philadelphia and minor-league Baltimore, Danforth completed a dentistry degree at the University of Maryland. After two […]
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If you are going to produce few hits, might as well make them count. The White Sox chased a morbid offensive effort on Thursday night with one not much better on Friday. The difference? Two of the hits left the yard, and with the sacks close to packed. Or, in other words: Five-hit games don’t […]
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We got another game today, a quick turnaround from last night’s massacre at Camelback Ranch. Matchups and injuries later in March aside, the top two-thirds of this lineup could be close to what you see on Opening Day in Milwaukee: Anthony Kay, top lefty on the staff at least for the moment, gets his third […]
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1914 The White Sox returned home from their around-the-world series of exhibition games against the New York Giants. The Sox went 24-20-2, but the added 46 games took their toll when the regular season began in late April. For the year, the Sox would end up in sixth place, 30 games out with a record […]
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Somehow, despite at last check this was a Spring Training game, the White Sox were held to one hit, a Brooks Baldwin single, through seven innings. But then, given the state of Chicago pitching tonight, the lack of offense wasn’t the major concern, just an embarrassing one. The game opened with three straight doubles cracked […]
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For you night owls in the readership, today’s game is for you: The first night game of 2026. For you aspiring broadcast consumers in the readership, however, this game is not at all for you, with no options beyond play-by-play on Gameday to follow the action. Yes, it’s unlikely you’re going to stay up until […]
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The White Sox are back to work at Spring Training, which means it’s time to overreact and make season predictions based on limited data. It’s fun to be optimistic and bold when there’s nothing to lose, and everyone’s just happy the sun is out after 6:00 p.m. Even if you don’t believe these will happen, […]
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1907 The White Sox departed Chicago on the Sunset Limited train, en route to Mexico City for spring training — the first-ever Spring Training held outside of the United States. The traveling party for the defending World Series Champions consisted of 49 people, with five others (including Nick Altrock) picked up at stops along the […]
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For the 2026 Chicago White Sox, the arrival of Opening Day isn’t just a celebration of a new season; it’s also a deadline for a game of “Roster Tetris.” With a front office focused on a deep rebuild, the team finds itself with a critical mass of “bubble players.” Guys who are talented enough to […]
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We’re past the “pitchers and catchers reporting” glow. The early box scores are rolling in, and the results have been somewhat hopeful. The roster picture is… forming-ish. And while the front office has made its share of moves, we all know this thing is far from finished. So if you were sitting in the chair […]
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1921 In the wake of the Black Sox, fortunes were going to turn hard against the fortunes of the South Siders — but don’t blame future Hall-of-Famer Harry Hooper. Charles Comiskey attempted to rebuild his team, making the acquisition of Hooper from the Red Sox as a cornerstone move. The trade didn’t prevent the three-decade fall to come, […]
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Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the MLB. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in White Sox fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. Sure, it’s only Spring Training, but the White Sox got out of the box pretty […]
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If this were the regular season, back-to-back one-run losses might sting a little more. Thankfully, it’s not — and Chicago’s 4-3 loss to the San Diego Padres doesn’t carry much weight beyond the box score. Since it is Spring Training, let’s focus on the positives for now. The South Siders outhit the Padres, 9-8, struck […]
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After a late loss yesterday to San Francisco, lefty Sean Newcomb makes his second White Sox start since signing a one-year deal in December, looking to carry over the momentum he built in the Athletics’ bullpen in 2025. Newcomb primarily began his professional career as a starter before shifting into the bullpen for 32 games […]
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1995 Spring Training got underway with a 4-3 win over the Kansas City Royals, in 10 innings. But there was something different about this opener. Perhaps it was the fact it was a game played with scabs “replacement players,” on both sides. With a lockout in full force after a failed offseason of labor negotiations, […]
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The Arizona sun was blazing, Giants fans were howling (it was so obnoxious on the live stream), and the White Sox? Well, tally up another one-run loss. Despite 101 mph on the gun, a bomb by Luisangel Acuña, and Miguel Vargas flashing leather, none of it mattered. The Sox couldn’t hold on late and dropped […]
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The South Side swagger is alive and well, rolling into Camelback Ranch with a vengeance. Yesterday’s 5-1 beatdown of the Cubs was just what Sox fans needed with four bombs, a little catharsis, and a reminder that the Good Guys can still mash when the mood strikes. Now, Chicago gets to take their swings against […]
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I really hate to keep beating the same drum, but I’m going to continue to be on the record as believing that the make-or-break aspect of the next would-be competitive era of White Sox baseball — the aspect that Rick Hahn and friends utterly failed at from 2017-19 — is going to be whether they […]
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1901 Billy Sullivan of the National League’s Boston Beaneaters jumped to the upstart AL and the White Sox, where he would end up catching for 13 seasons. With a 63 career OPS+, Sullivan was considered a glove-first leader on the field. He was always among the AL leaders in fielding and had the best throwing […]
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For the second game in a row, it only took two batters for the White Sox to score via the long ball. This time it was Edgar Quero’s turn. Alex Bregman returned the honor off Anthony Kay in the bottom of the first. Both of the first-inning homers were kind of cheap, not getting to […]
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