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Soxy Chicks 4 — Trade Deadline Edition — 2024-07-25
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Chrystal and Bayleigh are back with a special trade deadline episode. With only a few days left, trade rumors have taken over the internet, but there haven't been any big splashes of excitement. The gals make predictions about possible trades and what makes sense. Here is what they talked about: Will the Tigers hold onto Tarik Skubal — or could Jac…
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Visiting Dugout Episode 62 — Kansas City Royals — 2024-07-19
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Welcome back from the All-Star Break! I hope everyone feels refreshed and ready to be hurt again by the White Sox. Kevin from the Royals Reporter joined the podcast to talk about the Royals and help preview the first series back from break. Here is what we talked about: What's new with the Royals? Hey now, you're an All-Star Seeing all your exes in…
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Sharing Sox Podcast 132 — Let’s hear it for Nick Senzel — 2024-07-18
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Refreshed by the All-Star break, duty geezer Leigh Allan and his son and west coast correspondent, Will, launch into the major topics of the day, from saying hello to Nick Senzel to saying goodbye to Martín Maldonado and Danny Mendick. There are also the draft results to discuss, particularly the hope that 17th-round pick Lyle Miller-Green some day…
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Visiting Dugout Episode 61 — Pittsburgh Pirates — 2024-07-12
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The Pirates are sailing into Chicago to take on the White Sox. Both teams have had plenty of struggles, and both teams have All-Star pitchers. Yet one team is at least close to .500 — and that's not the White Sox. Charles joined the podcast to chat about the Pirates and help preview the series. Here is what we talked about: What's new with the Pira…
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Visiting Dugout Episode 60 — Minnesota Twins — 2024-07-08
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The wonderful Josh Hill of Puckett's Pond is back this season to talk about the Twins, who are heading to the South Side of Chicago to take on the White Sox. The Twins are in second place in the American League Central and have a team full of potential All-Stars this season. While many people think of the Twins and White Sox as rivals, it's more fr…
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Visiting Dugout Episode 59 - Miami Marlins — 2024-07-05
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The White Sox extend their road trip to Miami to take on the now Tim Anderson-less Marlins. With a record not much better than Chicago, the Marlins continue to face similar struggles, in their case, it seems like every pitcher is injured. Ely Sussman, creator of Fish On First joins to talk about the Marlins ahead of the series. (As a side note, Tim…
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Visiting Dugout 58 — Cleveland Guardians — 2024-07-02
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The White Sox head to Cleveland to take on the second-best team in baseball, and the clear leaders of the division, the Guardians. Pat Ellington Jr. joined the podcast to talk all things Guardians and the upcoming bloodbath ... I mean series. Pat’s baseball knowledge is insurmountable and made this conversation delightful from start to finish. Here…
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Sharing Sox Podcast 131 — Let the trading begin — 2024-07-01
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It may be a month to the trading deadline, but SSS duty geezer Leigh Allan and his son and west coast correspondent, Will, are ready to start swapping and get the clearing-out done early, if anybody will go along: Who might want Garrett Crochet sooner rather than later in order to control his workload and have him in prime condition in October? The…
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Visiting Dugout Podcast 57 — Los Angeles Dodgers — 2024-06-24
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Visiting Dugout Podcast 56 — Detroit Tigers — 2024-06-21
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Chris Brown is back this season to chat about the upcoming series with the Detroit Tigers. Both teams are down really bad, with the White Sox holding on to the bottom spot of the American League Central. Friends, we’re about to watch some extremely mid baseball, so buckle up. Here is what we talked about: What’s new in Detroit? A whole lotta bad ba…
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Visiting Dugout Podcast 55 — Houston Astros — 2024-06-18
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It’s time to put Arizona in the rearview mirror and focus on the next homestand, starting with Houston. Andy Brown is back for an update on the 2024 Astros ahead of the series against the White Sox, and a bit of José Abreu banter. Here is what we talked about: What’s new in Houston? An Astros fan in Chicago The José Abreu of it all Father Time does…
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Sox Pop on the Farm Podcast 59 — Birmingham Barons at Rickwood Field! — 2024-06-18
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It’s a special edition of Sox Pop on the Farm! This one is devoted to the special Negro Leagues tribute game on Tuesday, with the Birmingham Barons hosting the Montgomery Biscuits at 6 p.m. CT on the MLB Network. The Negro League Birmingham Black Barons will be honored by our Double-A club, and more broadly the game will be played in tribute to Bla…
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Sharing Sox Podcast 130 — Same old Sox — 2024-06-15
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SSS duty geezer Leigh Allan and his son and west coast correspondent, Will, are actually recording the day after a victory, an event so huge it mandates a change in poet James Russell Lowell’s famed “what is so rare as a day in June” to the more currently appropriate “what is so rare as a day in June with a White Sox win?” The duo cover high points…
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Sox Pop on the Farm Podcast 58 — Birmingham Barons jumping straight to the majors — 2024-06-13
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Once more it’s Brett Ballantini’s favorite week of the month, when he gets to again call on president and GM of the first-place Birmingham Barons, Jonathan Nelson. Somehow again talking during a tough series pitting the two best teams in the Southern League against one another (Birmingham and Pensacola), the two catch up on all the good coming out …
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Soxy Chicks 3 — The return — 2024-06-12
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Are you up to speed on everything happening around Major League Baseball right now? Tune in to hear Bayleigh and Chrystal talk about the White Sox, Red Sox, and noteworthy topics from the week. On this episode: The Astros lose Cristian Javier and José Urquidy to the dreaded Tommy John surgery Corey Seager’s hamstring woes The Yankees are about to g…
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Sox Pop on the Farm Podcast 57 — A brighter second half for the Knights? — 2024-06-11
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One of these things truly is not like the other, as for the first season in ages the White Sox are fielding a competitive slate of affiliates, including two first-place and playoff-bound clubs. The exception, as you might have figured, is the Charlotte Knights, struggling to fill out a pitching rotation and to get some wins under them. Our guy in C…
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Visiting Dugout Podcast 54 — Seattle Mariners — 2024-06-10
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As I write this blurb, the White Sox are down 11-0 in the sixth against the Red Sox. I’m just going to assume the White Sox will get swept in the series. Seattle could be a fresh start, as the Mariners seem to be in an offensive slump. Aaron Casey joined the show to talk about the first-place Mariners and brought a few questions about the White Sox…
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Sharing Sox Podcast 129 — D-Day what next edition — 2024-06-06
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As the White Sox losing streak reached 13, SSS duty geezer Leigh Allan and his son and west coast correspondent, Will, pondered deep philosophical questions, such as: Is it possible for major-leaguers to play the game of baseball worse than the White Sox and Cubs did this week? Will the Sox actually break the modern MLB record for losses? Should To…
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Visiting Dugout Podcast 53 — Boston Red Sox — 2024-06-06
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It’s laundry time! No, not the tedious chore, but the laundry series between two Sox teams. Bayleigh, my podcasting partner and favorite Red Sox fan, joined to chat about all things Red Sox, a few old friends, and the White Sox vs. Red Sox series. Willow O’Keefe also joined the podcast with her several opinions, but since she is a dog, we couldn’t …
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Sox Populi Podcast 176 — Cringing toward Crosstown — 2024-06-04
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Hey, it’s been more than a month since the mothership landed, but Melissa Sage-Bollenbach, Di Billick and Brett Ballantini got on board in advance of Crosstown play to talk White Sox, and quite a bit of other stuff. Buckle in: With Di covering for South Side Sox on Tuesday and Melissa Wednesday, how are they both feeling as the White Sox head to Wr…
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Visiting Dugout Podcast 52 — Chicago Cubs — 2024-06-03
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It’s time for part one of the Crosstown Classic! Jay Holloway joins the show to talk all things baseball, emphasizing our neighbors to the North, the Cubs. While it seems like all of the Chicago sports teams are awful, we focused on just how bad baseball is for both fanbases while predicting what this two-game series might look like: What’s new on …
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Sox Pop on the Farm Podcast 56 — The first-place Cannon Ballers! — 2024-05-30
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The Low-A Kannapolis Cannon Ballers were given a mandate from South Side Sox: No more podcasts until first place. The good news is that we only had to wait two months to get there, so Brett Ballantini welcomed back play-by-play broadcaster and Kanny jack-of-all-trades Dan Helotie in to talk about the potent club brewing down there, plus highlight s…
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Sharing Sox Podcast 128 — A third of the way to history? — 2024-05-28
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When SSS duty geezer Leigh Allan headed off for a cruise in Europe, the White Sox started winning, or at least not losing so much, so he had visions of a team payout for him to stay on the other side of the Atlantic. Alas, before the payoff could come, the Sox returned to their abysmal ways, so a bribe won’t be forthcoming. Instead, this edition of…
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Sox Pop on the Farm Podcast 55 — The Winston-Salem Dash, and their dear departed — 2024-05-27
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Two big departures from Winston-Salem dominate each half of our podcast this time around, as Joe Resis analyzes the Dash roster along with Brett Ballantini. The advantages and hazards of promoting Noah Schultz before he’s ever thrown five innings in one pro outing Tyler Schweitzer is back on the scene, bigtime. If Birmingham ever matriculates one o…
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Visiting Dugout Podcast 51 — Baltimore Orioles — 2024-05-23
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Dream is back on the podcast to preview the upcoming series with the Orioles, who sit just behind the first-place Yankees. The Orioles have plenty of young talent and a tough pitching rotation, the White Sox will need to bring their A-game to come away with even a single win in the series, especially while dealing with Corbin Burnes and the great d…
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Ladies’ Night Podcast 5 — A little bit of everything — 2024-05-22
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In the fifth episode of the Ladies’ Night podcast Hannah LaMotta, Delia Ritchie, Melissa Sage-Bollenbach, and Allie Wesel discuss several topics related to our beloved — or despised, depending on the day — South Siders. Whether you’re a die-hard White Sox fan or not, there’s something for everyone. So, sit back, relax, and grab your favorite bevera…
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Visiting Dugout Podcast 50 — Toronto Blue Jays — 2024-05-20
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Fresh off a sweep dealt by the first-place Yankees, the White Sox hope to recover in Toronto against the Blue Jays. Both the Sox and Jays sit at the bottom of their divisions, and will likely be sellers at the trade deadline. The teams are similar, with All-Star players in contract years, and inconsistent offense. Thankfully for my wonderful guest,…
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Visiting Dugout Podcast 49 — New York Yankees — 2024-05-17
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The White Sox head to the Bronx to face off against a good Yankees team. Nick Stellini joined the podcast to discuss the first-place team and the red-hot Aaron Judge. Here’s what we talked about in this episode: What’s new in the Bronx? Does anyone know about Juan Soto? Gerrit Cole’s timeline, and how hilarious he is Grading the offseason How to st…
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Sox Pop on the Farm Podcast 54 — Breaking down the first-place Barons — 2024-05-14
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It’s Brett Ballantini’s favorite week of the month, when he gets to again call on president and GM of the first-place Birmingham Barons, Jonathan Nelson. Even after a tightly-fought series in Pensacola didn’t go Birmingham’s way, the club is still tops in the Southern League. Despite losing five of six to the Blue Wahoos, the Barons have won five o…
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Sharing Sox Podcast 128 — Big, blurting — 2024-05-13
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For the first time ever, SSS duty geezer Leigh Allan has missed an episode of Sharing Sox. But his son and west coast correspondent, Will, took to the microphone in what amounted to a The Big Blurt reunion, with Rob Colletti and Bill Meincke. And the timing was pretty good, given they trio talked on the heels of the only good week of baseball we’ve…
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Visiting Dugout Podcast 48 — Washington Nationals — 2024-05-13
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The White Sox will see the Nationals again this year thanks to the balanced MLB schedule, so I have another chance to chat with the brilliant Davy Andrews. In a fun episode, we discussed the sister teams and their desire to pick up Some Guys from MLB’s clearance rack. Both teams seem to be proceeding with a “don’t call it a rebuild” rebuild by firi…
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Ladies’ Night Podcast 4 — the one where we barely talk about the White Sox — 2024-05-10
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In the fourth episode of the Ladies’ Night podcast Hannah LaMotta, Melissa Sage-Bollenbach and Allie Wesel discuss several topics related to our beloved — or despised, depending on the day — South Siders. Whether you’re a die-hard White Sox fan or not, there’s something for everyone. So, sit back, relax, and grab your favorite beverage because the …
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Visiting Dugout Podcast 47 — Cleveland Guardians — 2024-05-09
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Jeff Ellis is back again this season to talk all things Cleveland Guardians. The division rivals face off in Chicago after a quick road trip down south. Cleveland sits in first place at the moment, while the White Sox sit comfortably at the bottom. The previous games against Cleveland were close, so perhaps the Sox can muster up the same energy the…
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Sharing Sox Podcast 127 — Is the record within reach? — 2024-05-04
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As SSS duty geezer Leigh Allan and his son and west coast correspondent, Will, took to the microphones on May 3, the White Sox were 6-25, on pace for a modern-era, MLB-record 131 losses. So, naturally, we took a moment at the onset to shamelessly plug the Jerry Seinfeld movie Unfrosted, because Will is in it (both face and handwriting) and it opens…
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Visiting Dugout Podcast 46 — St. Louis Cardinals — 2024-05-03
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Friend of the pod Taylor Streiff of Redbird Rants joins again to chat about the Cardinals ahead of the series against the White Sox. St. Louis made a lot of moves during the offseason, especially on the pitching side, resulting in an outstanding pitching rotation and bullpen. You thought the Royals-to-White Sox pipeline was bad? Just wait! We spent…
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Sox Pop on the Farm Podcast 55 — April Players of the Month! — 2024-05-02
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April is over, so it’s time for us to award, and talk about, our South Side Sox MiLB Players of the Month at each level. Joe Resis, writer of our story and deciding vote on the awards, occupies the expert’s chair as we summarize the April notables: An overview of the four affiliates, playing around .500 ball collectively and with one club (Birmingh…
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Sox Pop on the Farm Podcast 53 — April for the Winston-Salem Dash — 2024-05-02
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A month in, it’s our first Winston-Salem Dash podcast, and Joe Resis occupies the expert’s chair as we summarize the April notables: An introduction for Joe, taking on a bigger minors role than ever for South Side Sox Noah Schultz: Please with his first month, or no? A review of Dash Players of the Week on the pitching side, Juan Carela and Manuel …
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Visiting Dugout Podcast 45 — Minnesota Twins — 2024-04-29
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No, you’re not experiencing déjà vu. The White Sox are again facing the Twins this soon into the season. Last week the Twins executed a four-game sweep against the White Sox, each game feeling more devastating than the last. The wonderful Brandon Warne of Locked On Twins and Access Twins joined me to chat about the bottom-dwelling White Sox and the…
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Sox Populi Podcast 175 — Misery Commiserating — 2024-04-24
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In a live YouTube/Twitter/Facebook event as the game got underway last night, a group of us (Dante Jones, Melissa Sage-Bollenbach, Joe Resis, Malachi Hayes, Hannah LaMotta, Brett Ballantini) went watched the start of the game to see whether the White Sox start would end up even worse than that of the worst-ever Cleveland Spiders. Spoiler alert: It …
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Sox Pop on the Farm Podcast 51 — The Charlotte Knights “hot” start — 2024-04-23
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It’s an early check-in with our friend and Charlotte mainstay Jonathan Lee on all things Knights, including intriguing bats and the predictable breakdown of the Triple-A rotation: Jonathan’s take on the 8-12 Charlotte start: .400 ball, he’ll take it! Danny Mendick’s amazing power stroke that forced him back onto the White Sox active roster Converse…
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Visiting Dugout Podcast 44 — Minnesota Twins — 2024-04-22
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The delightful Ben Jones of our sister site Twinkie Town joins the show to discuss the Minnesota Twins. Sitting just above the White Sox, the Twins are also riddled with injury and only rearranged their roster, aside from parting ways with Sonny Gray and Jorge Polanco in the offseason. But with heartthrobs like Joe Ryan pitching and a healthy Byron…
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Dugout Metrics Podcast 10 — A six-pack of young pitchers — 2024-04-21
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Yes, it’s been many months for our most, er, “exclusive” Sox Populi podcast. But Dugout Metrics is back, with a couple of pitching-themed programs ahead. First, it’s a deeper dive into the six players who are arguably (unquestionably) the future of the staff and rotation on the South Side. The upside is pretty phenomenal, and the down side is ... u…
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Sharing Sox Podcast 126 — How bad can it get? — 2024-04-20
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[Er, uh, um, this was recorded before Friday’s night’s slaughter in Philadelphia, so the lavish praise for Garrett Crochet may need a tiny dab of correction. Nah, what the heck, he’s one of the only decent things to happen with this team, so let’s plow on.] This edition, SSS duty geezer Leigh Allan and his son and west coast correspondent, Will, di…
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Visiting Dugout Podcast 43 — Philadelphia Phillies — 2024-04-19
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The White Sox head to Philadelphia to face the Phillies. Sitting dead last, the White Sox will deal with the pesky bats of multiple home run hitters, with a top three consisting of Kyle Schwarber, Trea Turner, and Bryce Harper. This series can also push the Phillies to first place in the National League East as they are just two games back (at the …
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Sox Pop on the Farm Podcast 49 — Early season Birmingham Barons update — 2024-04-18
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To keep the Sox Pop on the Farm Podcast canon taut, we went back in time to fill in the phantom podcast 49, and in doing so created a doozy of a look at the jewel of the system, the Birmingham Barons. And in doing so, Brett Ballantini again called on president and GM of the club, Jonathan Nelson, to get us up to date on this promising club: Congrat…
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Ladies’ Night Podcast 3 — It’s a mess, and we’re here for it — 2024-04-17
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In the third episode of the Ladies’ Night podcast, Delia Ritchie, Melissa Sage-Bollenbach, and Allie Wesel discuss several topics related to our beloved — or despised, depending on the day — South Siders. Whether you’re a die-hard White Sox fan or not, there’s something for everyone. So, sit back, relax, and grab your favorite beverage because the …
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Visiting Dugout Podcast 43 — Cincinnati Reds — 2024-04-12
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Wick Terrell of Red Reporter is back this season to chat about the Reds, how fun Elly De La Cruz is, and what to expect from the opponent for this White Sox homestand. Cincinnati had a busy offseason and welcomed a slew of young players to the team, but have also faced the injury bug — just at a much slower pace than the White Sox. What’s new in Ci…
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Soxy Chicks Episode 2 — Who is NOT on the IL right now? — 2024-04-11
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Are you up to speed on everything happening around Major League Baseball right now? Tune in to hear Bayleigh and Chrystal talk about the White Sox, Red Sox, and noteworthy topics from the week. Content warning: Around the 40-minute mark the show is about domestic abuse and assault. We understand if that is something you would prefer not to listen t…
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Visiting Dugout Podcast 42 — Cleveland Guardians — 2024-04-08
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Imari McPherson is back this season to talk about the Cleveland Guardians and help preview their home opener against the White Sox. With Cleveland being in the path of totality, fans will be able to catch the solar eclipse in the ballpark. Will that eclipse turn the White Sox around, or will the Beibs and company make us wish we stared directly at …
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Sox Pop on the Farm Podcast 50 — 2024 Kannapolis Cannon Ballers Season Preview — 2024-04-05
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Unfortunately we ended up skipping Winston-Salem on the podcast dial, forever creating a phantom Podcast 49, but now it’s time for a look at the Low-A Kannapolis Cannon Ballers. Brett Ballantini welcomes in play-by-play broadcaster and Kanny jack-of-all-trades Dan Helotie in to talk about stars past and future, as well as the beautiful and still pr…
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