11:58 AM EDT, Fri March 29, 2024
South Side Sox 3 hours ago
Just how good was Garrett Crochet’s Opening Day start?

Just how good was Garrett Crochet’s Opening Day start?

It rarely got better than what Garrett Crochet offered this year on Opening Day. | Kamil Krzaczynski-USA TODAY Sports In White Sox history? 79th percentile ... not bad for a first career effort Yes, it’s been an incredibly long week and especially endless day, but Garrett Crochet’s surprise excellence on Opening Day — pitching at least one inning and exceedingly sharper than anyone had the right to expect — I had to dig deeper into where his effort lands in White Sox history. At least per game score (version two, a Tom Tango 2016 update of Bill James’...
South Side Sox 16 hours 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 17 hours 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 20 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 Mar 28, 2024
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...