Sox Populi - A Chicago White Sox podcast

It’s been a long winter break since you last heard from us, and the tepid stove is on! To warm our hands, we run our gas bill up a little (with maybe some endangerment) and discuss some of the offseason moves made around baseball so far, specifically the blockbuster trades made by the Padres and Mets. Do they affect the White Sox? (Spoiler, they don’t.) However, the ripple effects of those trades...

South Side Sox Podcast 17 is an extended look at how the 2020 White Sox performed, through the lens of Rob Colletti’s hitter report card from last month, and the pitcher report card that went up on Friday. Brett Ballantini quizzes Rob on some of the more interesting nuances of his grading, and the author offers up a couple of players who he thinks will improve their grades in 2021. And there’s mor...

SSS duty geezer Leigh Allan and his son and west coast correspondent, Will, take a look at the feasibility of using the 25th Amendment to remove Jerry Reinsdorf from power. Then, disappointed at the answer, the duo delves into what the White Sox options are at backup catcher, and if closure on a closer is any closer. Finally, sit a spell and listen to a story about the immense difference in the sp...

South Side Sox Podcast 16 takes on a decidedly different flavor profile, which is what happens when Brett Ballantini and Keelin Billue are combined into a gumbo that could melt a kiddie pool. The topics reflect the state of the Hot Stove, so strap in: Say hello to Mr. Wendal! Twitter polls and beefs Does the NFL completing its season bode well for a full slate of baseball games in 2021? Adam Engel...

Goodbye, 2020, hello, 2021! This week, South Side Sox duty geezer Leigh Allan and son and west coast correspondent, Will, review a few favorite things about the White Sox in the past year, along with some unfavorite ones (yeah, that means you, Tony), take a moment to ridicule That Other Team in Town for salary dumping, then plunge into predictions for Major League Baseball in general and the White...

It’s Take 2 for South Side Sox Podcast 15, after a program with Leonard Gore was consumed by gremlins earlier this week. Joe Resis came in out of the bullpen and helped us bring you this Christmas Eve edition. Topics include: Happy Birthday, Lenny Gore! What flavor of cardinal sin will Tony La Russa have to commit to be fired by the White Sox? Cuban imports, Yoelki Céspedes and Norge Vera, or How...

SSS duty geezer Leigh Allan, son and west coast correspondent Will (currently Santa Clausing in Santa Fe), and guest star Eric Loughlin turn the podcast into Sharing Stockings with their Christmas wish lists for the White Sox and fans. But first, the news items of the day: The teeny-weeny, itsy-bitsy slap on the wrist the court gave Tony La Russa The gentle rub Sox empty suits then gave to the spo...

In episode four of the Killer B’s podcast, Tommy Barbee and Keelin Billue welcome Lance Lynn, talk Adam Eaton’s return, way overdue recognition for Negro Leagues — and plan a Michael McDonald cover band. Lance Lynn: Dane Dunning and Avery Weems will be missed, but we’re pretty damn excited about Lynn as a player and person. $7 Million Man (?) Adam Eaton: What are the White Sox doing here? We are n...

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SSS duty geezer Leigh Allan and his son and west coast corespondent Will once again pretend to know what they’re talking about as they delve into the news of the week, including potential new names for the baseball artists soon to be formerly known as the Indians, the domestic abuse accusations against Omar Vizquel, and the possibility and plausibility of signing Liam Hendricks. They wave bye-bye...

Time is a flat circle. Earlier this week, the Chicago White Sox sent Dane Dunning and Avery Weems to the Texas Rangers in exchange for Lance Lynn. And without losing any steam, the Sox later made a more controversial move: welcoming Adam Eaton back on a one year, $7 million deal with an $8.5 million club option and a $1 million buyout for 2022. In this latest installment of North Side Sox, we brea...

Hey, South Side Sox, it’s another new podcast debuting, and this one has a fun theme attached. Put the random riffing and garrulous grinding to the side, and step into the sabermetric world with our resident analysts, Trevor Lines and Luke Smailes! Dugout Metrics will attempt to marry the worlds of playing the game (Luke is a current Coe College left fielder, Trevor recently graduated from middle...

Actor, musician, White Sox fan, SSS writer and fellow paesan Rob Colletti makes his SSS Podcast debut to discuss the good and bad of the Winter Meetings for the White Sox: Somewhere, an agent is likely preventing any future podcast appearances after Brett cajoles a starring role in Grease 2: The Touring Musical out of Rob Rob’s next project, coronavirus pending: Almost Famous, on Broadway Adam Eat...

This week the Sharing Sox duo of SSS duty geezer Leigh Allan and his son, Will, bring someone who actually knows what he’s talking about into the discussion in the person of SSSer James Fox. Topics range from Dick Allen’s death and announcer Len Kasper’s move to the South Side, to the big moves the Sox made at the opening of the MLB Winter Meetings. The trade for Lance Lynn gets mostly thumbs up,...

In episode three of the Killer B’s podcast, we thought we would struggle for things to talk about, but we managed to make this our longest episode yet. Join the Killer B’s as we investigate the following topics: Final salute to White Sox non-tenders, Carlos Rodón and Nomar Mazara Post-Mazara: What are we doing in right field and outfield in general? Tommy talks Eddie Rosario, Adam Engel, and Kyle...

Sox get shared three ways this time, with returning guest fan Eric Loughlin joining SSS duty geezer Leigh Allan and his and west cost correspondent, Will, as they pretend to know what they’re talking about. Today, it’s mostly about tender and non-tender decisions. mostly by the White Sox, but with a few others thrown in. The podcast was recorded just two hours before the tender deadline, so of cou...

Colleen Sullivan hops back on the podcast and pays only cursory attention to the Houston Trashcans and New York Mets, as we discuss Brett’s recent series of surplus value articles, and more: Colleen has a clear favorite move of last offseason — but two flops by Rick Hahn to discuss, as well. Should Rick have listened to Colleen’s scouting report on the Rangers before ringing up Nomar Mazara in tra...

Because we reluctantly participate in a capitalist society, what’s more traditionally post-Thanksgiving than a Black Friday sale? In this Small Business Saturday episode of North Side Sox, we abandon the concept of prospect-hugging in the hopes of striking a deal to improve the major league roster.. Also in this episode: Mark Buehrle’s cursed 24-hour salad recipe, which includes raw cauliflower, M...

In Sharing Sox 15, SSS duty geezer Leigh Allan and his son and SSS west coast correspondent, Will, once again pretend to know what they’re talking about, as they look at the latest White Sox coaching hire (giveaway: they’re both longtime Miguel Cairo fans) and delve into all sorts of dream scenarios of possible trades for Blake Snell (giveaway: they both reeeeaaallly want him). Learn more about yo...

Cole College Kohawks left fielder and South Side Sox writer Luke Smailes hops on for his SSS podcast debut, determined to spend only about 10% of the program talking Tony La Russa. It seems that goal was achieved, as only a wee bitta La Russa is discussed, among a whole lotta Hot Stove: The Eloy Jiménez dilemma Why are the top two free agent availables scarred by scandal? Finding ways to fill out...

In Episode 2 of the Killer B’s podcast, Tommy Barbee and Keelin Billue are back. It’s only been 22 days since Tony La Russa was hired, but that’s a little more than 154 days in dog time. The Killer B’s catch up on the roller coaster of awesome and not-so-awesome news, as the Hot Stove is just heating up. Tune in as the Killer B’s discuss: Tony La Russa’s most recent DUI and the White Sox silence A...

Sharing Sox was recorded on Tuesday this week, just before the 2021 ZiPS projections came out, so there’s zip about ZiPS. But SSS duty geezer Leigh Allan, his son and West Coast correspondent Will, and guest fan Rob Coletti delve into changes on high for that other team in town (and how we could unload you-know-who on them). The trio also discuss many other goings-on around baseball: Miami’s hirin...

In this third (second at South Side Sox) installment of North Side Sox, Janice and Sam continue to unpack (yes, again) the issues surrounding the Tony La Russa hire, following up on Jeff Passan’s recent story surrounding La Russa’s second DUI arrest. But there's good news, too: Kim Ng's hiring in Miami, José Abreu's MVP, and the White Sox nabbing Ethan Katz as their new pitching coach. Learn more...

South Side Sox duty geezer Leigh Allan and his son, Will, once again pretend to know what they’re talking about as they look at what’s happening in Sox world ... player awards, free agents, a few other things. Oh yeah, a mention or two of some guy named Tony, and three guys in suits who should be gone from the White Sox. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Colleen Sullivan and Brett Ballantini discuss the aftermath of Tony La Russa's DUI arrest and the ramifications for the White Sox. The pair focus on the unforced error of the hiring (pre- and post-DUI publicity), the effects it might have on the South Side offseason, and White Sox players' willingness to make the best of an awkward situation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/ad...