The White Sox, New Era, and Chicago-based rapper Chance the Rapper have announced a partnership that will feature three new White Sox snap-back hats and a new commercial featuring Chance. Chance, who grew up in Chicago’s West Chatham neighborhood, will be throwing out the first pitch before Friday’s White Sox home opener against the Indians as well as doing voice overs for […]
Day: April 6, 2016
Sonny Gray, For Real This Time — Game Preview & Lineups 4/6
Waking up to a “fun fact” indicating that if the White Sox win tonight, they’ll be three games over .500 for the first time since 2012 was a depressing start to my day. Though it’s also a bit surprising that they’ve been as much as two over any time more recently given the teams they’ve been […]
South Side Morning 5: Life atop the AL Central
1. MLB careers are fickle and end brutally, and when they don’t, they can linger and stagger along as empty shells like post-injury John Danks. Point being, it’s nice to have new affirmation in a new season that everything still works; that Jose Quintana‘s combination of low-90s heat and average or better stuff continues to play […]
The Quid Pro Quo of Shiny New Videoboards
As the White Sox take the field for the home opener this season, new outfield video boards will gleam and sparkle above them, and we will be awed. The video boards will seem in that moment—in all of their high-definition, altitudinous glory—to be money well spent by the state of Illinois. But, in that moment, […]
White Sox 5, Athletics 4: New Power Threats Fuel Victory
Home run heroics from two of the team’s newest faces were enough to power the White Sox to a win, but not early enough to save Jose Quintana from the all too familiar glow of another no-decision.