South Side Sox

On fire: Tanner McDougal pitched six more dominant innings for Birmingham to win another Baron of the Week award. | Tanner McDougal/Instagram Only the Knights finished better than .500 this week, but there were several positives from around the farm Charlotte Knights Record 3-2 (last week), 7-4 (second half), 43-43 (overall) Knights Player of the Week Jacob Amaya … [Read more...] about White Sox Minor League Player of the Week (June 30-July 6, 2025): Tanner McDougal

Hope can come in many forms. This past weekend, hope appeared in the form of Colson Montgomery. | Dustin Bradford/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Is the sport a needed distraction, or something more? If you spend any time on Bluesky (or, in the old days, Twitter, but I can’t speak for that anymore), you’ll see a variation of this kind of post-and-response. Original … [Read more...] about Watching bad baseball in dark times

The Colson Montgomery Era has begun! | Justin Edmonds/Getty Images South Siders kick off final first half home stand against northern neighbors While the Chicago White Sox couldn’t complete a sweep of the Rockies in Denver yesterday afternoon, they’ll have a chance to continue showing small signs of positive momentum as they enter the home stretch of the first half with … [Read more...] about Game Thread: Blue Jays at White Sox

A tale old as time: Opposing player scores while a Sox player throws the ball elsewhere. | Geoff Stellfox/Getty Images Lefty power sinks South Siders to spoil Montgomery’s first home game Things at Rate Field tonight were much the same, and yet, they were different. In a change of pace from their usual introduction, the Chicago White Sox 86’d longtime pregame standard … [Read more...] about White Sox hand Jays ninth straight win, fall 8-4 at home

On this day 75 years ago, White Sox rookie Chico Carrasquel began a 24-game hitting streak. | Curt Gunther/Keystone Pictures/FPG/Archive Photos/Getty Images Chico Carrasquel begins to hit 1941 Edgar Smith became the first White Sox pitcher to win an All-Star Game. He got the decision in the AL’s 7-5 win, even though he gave up two runs in two innings. This was the game … [Read more...] about Today in White Sox History: July 8