Sox Populi - A Chicago White Sox podcast

A bit of a crushing loss in extras for the White Sox, after a Lucas Giolito-Shane Bieber classic. Brett Ballantini and North Side Sox Podcast co-host Sam Sherman debuted a postgame show that drilled down a bit into the White Sox loss, and took a short look around the league as well. Highlights: Yes, that Roberto Perez GWRBI in the 10th had an expected batting average of .040. Over/under on Yasmani...

Well, this was a much more fun postgame podcast than a week ago, on the heels of a dominating Lance Lynn performance and more Yerminating. The Indianapolis branch office, staffed by Joe Resis and Chrystal O’Keefe, again joined me for the discussion: Did anyone adhere to Opening Day traditions, and do any involve watching Parks and Recreation” episodes? Learn how Chrystal juggled her obligation to...

On the heels of a rough, 3-4 trip for the White Sox, South Side Sox girded its collective loins and brightened its collective spirit to band together for a DELIGHTFUL pregame podcast in anticipation of Thursday’s home opener. So much covered, in so little time: Tommy Barbee manages to crash the podcast early enough for a spectacularly profane rant from Colleen Sullivan. NSFW, but worth the price o...

Naturally, the White Sox waited until SSS duty geezer Leigh Allan and his son and west coast correspondent, Will, were recording this podcast to put Tim Anderson on the IL, so we talk about him maybe being back for the home opener. Guess that’s what we get for lashing out about the stupidity of ESPN’s apparent love affair with Tony La Russa. Will attended the Little League game in Anaheim Sunday n...

On Sunday, we had two staff writers and podcasters at the ballgame, chilling together in the Angels Stadium center-field stands, high-fiving over ... four unearned runs on three singles? Well, no matter, it was live baseball, and while Will Allan wasn’t able to join us (check out his reax to a live game on Wednesday’s Sharing Sox), Bill Meincke hopped on with Brett Ballantini to talk about the exp...

Hey, look who’s back! Our resident minor league update grinder and big-club analyst Darren (Black) Jackson hops on the podcast to talk about the near-misses of the White Sox roster. Nearly all of those near-misses have piled into the VW bus and driven north to Schaumburg, where they will work out at the alternate MLB site in hopes of getting into (or back into) the Show, not sent to Charlotte. Key...

Someone you might know from this very busy first week of White Sox coverage, Colleen Sullivan — you know, from the gamethread Sullivans, the recap Sullivans, the Know Your Enemy Sullivans, the season preview Sullivans, or even the Meet the Players Sullivans — jumps on the podcast with Brett Ballantini to dress down the rest of baseball, in our “trash the opposition” special. Actually, not all of o...

OK, well, that sucked. Somewhat amazingly, it was three SSSers living in the Eastern Time Zone who managed to limp onto the podcast to discuss that painful, fall-from-ahead loss in Anaheim tonight. Topics broached: Play of the Game: Tony La Russa’s non-challenge of the Nick Madrigal CS, or Madrigal’s botched throw that turned a double play into runners on first and second? Wither Ashley Sanders? A...

We run a full five-pack of SSS writers at you, talking White Sox Opening Day! Aside from crafty Sun-Times and Vanilla Coke product placements from Chrystal, here’s what went down, as the minutes tick toward opening pitch: Is the Central Division’s improvement going to pose a problem for the White Sox? Tommy wins the best Opening Day gear battle, with a rocking ~1917 throwback The left field dilemm...

As the regular season finally starts, SSS duty geezer Leigh Allan and his son and west coast correspondent, Will, naturally delve into predicting what lies ahead, with an explosive device attached to the recording to make sure it self-destructs before they are proven so very, very wrong. They delve into such questions as: Are the brilliant Dylan Cease of Tuesday and the equally brilliant Carlos Ro...

Super Joseph Resis hops on the podcast to elucidate and defend his thorough 2021 season predictions piece, as well as address our dozen-plus staff predictions on the season. Here’s what’s in store, as the season creeps one day closer: How bad does Brett get roasted for being the only staff member not to predict playoffs for the White Sox? At the same time, 97 wins? 96? Someone is drinking the Kool...

Writer/photographer Sean Williams is back for a third episode of Camelback Confidential, as he’s just shot his third Sox home game — yep, another win. His price is going up with every game, White Sox. Here’s what’s on the docket: Sean shares some of his between-the-lines observations of the team, from the photo pit Hey, ever since he started shooting the Sox, the team has caught fire, now guarante...

“I wanna play where you play, with the Angels.” We all want to be in Anaheim this Thursday, as the White Sox open their season vs. the Los Angeles Angels of Orange County, for what is guaranteed to be one heck of a 2021 debut for our beloved Pale Hose. To help us Cut to the Feeling, the witty and talented Eric Stephen from our SB Nation sister site, Halos Heaven, joins us to break down the Angels,...

Join the Killer B’s for their last episode before Opening Day as they discuss: Beer and Mushrooms (the food): The Killer Bs take a brief detour on the way to baseball to discuss opinions on types of beers (IPAs or nay?) and other controversial ingestible items. Hitting the Wall: Eloy Jiménez’s pectoral tear and 5-6 month recovery period highlights the glaring depth problems of the Chicago White So...

On this week’s episode of The Big Blurt, Rob Colletti and Bill Meincke talk about the Eloy Jiménez injury, the DH situation, Oscar Colás, and more! Tune in and get excited because Opening Day is in arms reach ... but don’t reach too far, Eloy. On tap for today: Rob sings to Bill! Eloy Jiménez is out five to six months — do the White Sox have options? The DH situation in years to come looks loaded...

Just when you thought you wouldn’t hear from the Dugout Metrics crew again until late May, BAM, we’re back. Trevor Lines and Luke Smailes are back to break down the Eloy Jiménez dilemma, Oscar Colás addition, and final roster cuts: Can you “tell” a player — in this case Eloy — to play the field at less than full tilt? Luke Smailes deftly sneaks “his guy,” Zack Collins, into a question about ... le...

IMPORTANT NOTE: This show was recorded before the terrible news about Eloy’s shoulder. That would have dampened the frivolity a whole bunch — and changed some roster predictions. You heard it here first — an (indirect) assessment of the man she knows as Uncle Kenny by someone who should know because she’s part of a famous baseball family! As for actual baseball stuff, South Side Sox duty geezer an...

Writer/photographer Sean Williams is back for another episode of Camelback Confidential, as he’s just shot his second Sox home game — just happening to be another win. Good luck charm, much? Here’s what’s on the docket: Sean switched out his fleece for shorts to shoot Saturday’s game — get the inside skinny on the action (the ballgame, not the wardrobe change) The ramifications of the Adam Engel i...

After a brief hiatus, North Side Sox is back, and stirring the pot, as we are wont to do. To help us stretch our legs and get ready for the regular season, we’re joined by baseball mind extraordinaire and White Sox fan Zach Hayes of PitcherList, to discuss some of our favorite spring training story lines. While we love Yermín Mercedes, how does he fit in? We also discuss Jonathan Lucroy, Zack Coll...

Was it really Ethan Katz who chased the snakes out of Ireland, or has he just chased the shakes out of some White Sox pitchers? In Sharing Sox this week, SSS duty geezer Leigh Allan and his son and west coast corespondent, Will, bow to the (OK, just so far) miracles apparently wrought by the new White Sox pitching coach, at least where Dylan Cease and Carlos Rodón are concerned. Then it’s on to ho...

A few weeks ago, a player who had been featured in our Top 100 Prospects series reached out to provide a photo (DSL players are extremely hard to illustrate for these profiles). But the player, Frander Veras, couldn’t reach out directly, for reasons including a very straightforward one: the Spanish-English language barrier. So he got in touch with White Sox minor league education coordinator Erin...

South Side Sox Podcast 28 features Brett Ballantini talking to writer/photographer Sean Williams about his first photo pass experience at Camelback Ranch, and much more: Sean steps us through his day, which worked out almost impossibly well Was anyone among the minor leaguers vamping for Sean — literally the only person there watching drills — on the back fields? The White Sox won yesterday in a n...

Heh, yeah, so what if it’s been two months since our last episode? (The plans are for another one out within the week!) Dugout Metrics, which features South Side Sox college ballplayers/metrics mavens Trevor Lines and Luke Smailes breaking down the news of the day, is back, and as the SSS Top 100 Prospects list enters its final 50, we’re talking prospects, baby! We set this up as a sort of “draft”...

SSS duty geezer Leigh Allan and his son and west coast correspondent, Will, wonder where all those starting pitchers have disappeared to instead of being in games so far this spring, whilst also wondering about the rant of Lance Lynn, one of the starters who did pitch this week and barely managed at one stretch to keep a bunch of his pitches in easy driving distance of the plate. From pitching, we...

Phoenix is back in the house! South Side Sox Podcast 26 features Brett Ballantini, talking to writer/photographer Sean Williams about Cactus League play. Sean is one of the few of us in the world to have seen a live baseball game this month, attending this past Sunday’s White Sox loss at Camelback Ranch. Here’s what we’ve got going for you: A sigh of relief over seeing Yoán Moncada in apparent ful...