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 […]
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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.
South Side Morning 5: The White Sox are undefeated
1. You could almost hear the music from the White Sox Monday night. Chris Sale was so clean and efficient rounding out a seven-inning, three-run effort, it could almost completely drown out the static of him overthrowing for the first three frames and an ugly, snowballing third inning. Nate Jones‘ finishing move to close out […]
White Sox 4, Athletics 3: And a happy opening day was had by all
A game that saw what should have been a fine pitchers’ duel between Sale and Gray was scrapped before it was even started. A’s ace Sonny Gray came down with food poisoning hours before first pitch in a a contest that ended in a 4-3 White Sox on Opening Night Monday in Oakland. It was hardly the prettiest […]
South Side Morning 5: Opening Day
1. Chris Sale faces Sonny Gray in the best pitching matchup of Opening Day. I am aware of the Corey Kluber-David Price game, I looked them all up before I did this and decided to double down on this claim for my baseball connoisseur cred. The game played at 10:00pm EDT in a dimly-lit Dungeon […]
Early season scheduling considerations
The nitty gritty elements of baseball are back. With the beginning of the White Sox season, returned are the days of passing notes like “The team plane didn’t land until 3:00am last night,” and “looking for Chris Sale to go deep into the game after his bullpen covered seven innings yesterday,” and “it’s closer-by-committee today […]
White Sox Add Rotation Safety Net in Miguel Gonzalez
The White Sox have signed former Baltimore Orioles RHP Miguel Gonzalez to a Minor League deal, according to Eduardo Encina of the Baltimore Sun. Gonzalez, who was released by the Orioles earlier in the week, will presumably start the year with AAA Charlotte as rotation depth in case of injury to or struggles by any of […]
Jerry Sands is the 25th man
Just before their exhibition game Friday night in San Diego, the White Sox made an announcement: Jerry Sands has more than a chance, he has a job. For Sands, 28, who has never made an Opening Day roster and has been in and out of the majors for the the last five seasons, it’s a […]