In the final days of Spring Training, we find ourselves watching with bated breath to see how the White Sox roster will shake out prior to the team’s departure for Oakland and actual, meaningful baseball games. Battles for roster spots can be exciting; competitors reaching deep within during exhibition contests to show that they are […]
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South Side Morning 5: Final roster spot battles
One of the most pernicious and frustrating elements of Spring Training coverage is how everything being meaningless for major league regulars turns the focus to the roster drama for players who likely will have no significant impact on the fate of the 2016 White Sox. Well, there’s no respite from that today.
Spring Training Roundup: Let’s Actually Talk Baseball
To say that White Sox camp has been anything less than eventful thus far would be a vast understatement. During the last week, the events surrounding the LaRoche family and the White Sox have turned the team into media darlings. The week-long fiasco known as “L’Affaire LaRoche” was no longer just a White Sox Spring Training story, it […]
South Side Morning 5: Baseball in Cuba
It would be understandable if the day’s events made it feel like a Spring Training game involving the Tampa Bay Rays was not the most transformative thing going down Tuesday. Luckily, the White Sox have Jose Abreu‘s perspective on hand.