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It’s been six months since the Catholic Church elected a White Sox fan as pope to set the spirtual agenda for 1.4 billion people worldwide, which has been enough time for the concept of a pope who had to wrestle with forgiving Jerry Dybzinski to settle into my brain as an established fact despite the… The post Following up: The pope is keeping score appeared first on Sox … [Read more...] about Following up: The pope is keeping score

Before the start of every spring training, we sketch out the present for dozens of White Sox prospects before settling on top-10 lists with a smattering of honorable mentions. At the end of every season, we review the bodies of work for dozens of White Sox prospects, then survey the body count from the top-10 lists we posted in February. These lists were never updated during … [Read more...] about Sox Machine’s top 10 White Sox prospects for 2025 in retrospect

Despite supplying so many players to the White Sox over the course of the season that they burned through 94 players themselves, the Charlotte Knights spent most of the season hanging around .500. It wasn’t until August when they started running out of gas, going 15-31 over the final month and a half to finish… The post 2025 Charlotte Knights season review appeared first on Sox … [Read more...] about 2025 Charlotte Knights season review

For the second straight season, the Birmingham Barons won the Southern League championship. For the second straight season, we can get right into the numbers and individual stories, because we already discussed how it all came together for them as a team. By now everybody is well aware that the Birmingham offense found equilibrium by… The post 2025 Birmingham Barons season … [Read more...] about 2025 Birmingham Barons season review

After the Mariners outlasted the Tigers over 15 innings in their Game 5 to set the matchup with the Blue Jays in the ALCS on Friday, the Brewers took care of business in a still-tense-but-far-more-efficient manner Andrew Vaughn hit the second of those solo shots in the fourth inning to put the Brewers ahead 2-1, and five scoreless innings from Jacob Misiorowski and three … [Read more...] about Spare Parts: Andrew Vaughn, Milwaukee Brewers stretch further into October