7:48 PM EDT, Thu March 28, 2024
South Side Sox 48 mins ago
Bird App Recap: Losing slightly less ugly?

Bird App Recap: Losing slightly less ugly?

Ah, Opening Day. The only day of the baseball calendar the White Sox will be .500 ... Happy Opening Day, Sox fans!! Rise and shine! We play baseball at Guaranteed Rate Field today. pic.twitter.com/ptVwu4lt1H— Chicago White Sox (@whitesox) March 28, 2024 Here’s your starting lineup: Game 1. pic.twitter.com/iAcJwP7jqn— Chicago White Sox (@whitesox) March 28, 2024 And the faithful react: Absolute garbage. pic.twitter.com/13xzhUK7Ud— Ross Evan (@REC21) March 28, 2024 He’s not wrong ... Spring training is finished guys you can play some major leaguers...
South Side Sox 1 hour ago
Crochet, White Sox drop heartbreaking opener, 1-0

Crochet, White Sox drop heartbreaking opener, 1-0

Today is the day Garrett Crochet became President. | Quinn Harris/ Eight Ks, no walks from the southpaw well offset by 11 Ks, no walks from his offense When it’s said that one pitch can make or break a game, that doesn’t only refer to walk-off homers. In a stunning and heroic, but ultimately heartbreaking effort, Garrett Crochet defied expectations with a taut six innings of one-run ball — and lost, 1-0, to the Detroit Tigers on Opening Day. Worse, it was the most inane of brain cramps that triggered the rotgut special that keyed the defeat. Facing Javier Báez to...
South Side Sox 4 hours ago
Opening Day Gamethread: Tigers at White Sox

Opening Day Gamethread: Tigers at White Sox

The sun rises, perhaps for the final time for the White Sox as a .500 team in 2024. | Chicago White Sox Plus, your South Side Sox coverage guide for the season! The season sure did sneak up on me. But as I take my traditional leadoff spot in the batting order with the Opening Day game, let’s take a second to outline our South Side Sox season ahead, before getting to lineups and again scratch the existential dread on the 2024 season. We are modifying our coverage this season, given the safe likelihood of a 100-loss season. Gamethreads and recaps (with MVP/Cold Cats...
South Side Sox 8 hours ago
Sox Populi Pregame Podcast 9 — Opening Day 2024!

Sox Populi Pregame Podcast 9 — Opening Day 2024!

Brett Ballantini sits down with Melissa Sage-Bollenbach and Malachi Hayes to address the 2024 season and swap favorite Opening Day stories Brett Ballantini invites Melissa Sage-Bollenbach and Malachi Hayes to chat about what is looking to be a chilly Home Opener against the Tigers on Thursday: The upside and downside of Garrett Crochet, Opening Day starter Breaking down the relatively sunny season projections for the White Sox from FanGraphs and Baseball Prospectus Why do the relatively similar Opening Day lineups in 2017 and 2024 feel so much worse this year? Zeroing in on...
South Side Sox 12 hours ago
Chicago White Sox Food Preview 2024

Chicago White Sox Food Preview 2024

The brand new Campfire Milkshake was a wonderful treat! | Dante Jones/South Side Sox I had the opportunity to try some of the newest offerings at Guaranteed Rate Field! The Chicago White Sox invited the South Side Sox crew to Guaranteed Rate Field’s newly-redesigned Vizzy View Bar for a sampling of the team’s newest in stadium food offerings and a preview of some of the promotional giveaways coming up this season. Dante Jones/South Side Sox The newly redesigned Vizzy View Bar. I talked with Bret Donaldson, executive chef for Delaware...