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Sporcle Saturday: A double and a triple

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Good morning! A bit of random quiz for you, this morning. While running some Stathead queries for something completely unrelated I ran across a bit of an oddity: over the past four seasons, the White Sox have had exactly one (1) player per season log a game where they recorded at least one double and one triple. For context, 22 MLB teams in 2025 had two or more players … [Read more...] about Sporcle Saturday: A double and a triple

White Sox are working the waiver wire harder than ever before

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With Ryan Rolison getting claimed by the Cubs on Wednesday, the White Sox quickly found a substitute to address their suddenly voracious hunger for former Rockies first-round picks by claiming catcher Drew Romo off waivers from the Mets on Thursday. Romo, 24, was the 35th overall pick in the 2020 draft on the strength of his hit tool and big throwing arm, and a top-100 prospect … [Read more...] about White Sox are working the waiver wire harder than ever before

With Derek Hill’s split contract, White Sox are trying to create options where none exist

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Amid a whirlwind of White Sox activity at the non-tender deadline back in November, Derek Hill was an unusual candidate to remain in place. Hill was one of three arbitration-eligible players whose futures the White Sox had to weigh, alongside Mike Tauchman and Steven Wilson. Despite being by far the least tenured of the three -- Hill showed up as a waiver claim for the last … [Read more...] about With Derek Hill’s split contract, White Sox are trying to create options where none exist

White Sox notes: Will Venable talks WBC, Sean Newcomb addition

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In 1992, when his son Will would have been nine, outfielder Max Venable began a two-year stint playing for the Chiba Lotte Marines in Japan. Over a decade later, the experience would at partly inspire the younger Venable's senior thesis for his anthropology degree at Princeton, which was titled, "The Game and Community: An Anthropological Look at Baseball in America and … [Read more...] about White Sox notes: Will Venable talks WBC, Sean Newcomb addition