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• WATCH: White Sox Manager Ejected After Explosive First-Inning Meltdown Over Umpire’s Controversial Calls
Chicago White Sox general manager Will Venable was ejected for the second time in his career. Here's how it unfolded....2025
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• Rangers 2, White Sox 1: Another close loss leads to sweep

Brooks Baldwin after chasing a terrible pitch to strike out in the ninth inning. | Kevin Jairaj-Imagn Images South Siders flounder in Arlington, leave the Lone Star State 1-5 Well, this was not the outcome we wanted after a series of close losses, as the Texas Rangers swept the Chicago White Sox with a 2-1 win this Father’s Day. It was not a particularly active day for either teams, but th...2025
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• White Sox unravel in the Lone Star State as Astros halt Chicago’s momentum in a 10-2 rout

The young guys couldn’t get it done tonight as Miguel Vargas, Kyle Teel, Edgar Quero, Chase Mediroth, and Tim Elko went a combined 2-for-13. | Alex Slitz/Getty Images It was a brutal outing for Sean Burke, with Houston handing the South Siders a lopsided loss The Houston Astros abruptly halted the White Sox’s momentum tonight, handing Chicago a 10-2 defeat that felt like a complete unrave...2025
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• Game Thread: Tigers at White Sox

Sean Burke closes out the series against the Tigers. | Alyssa McDaniel/MLB Photos via Getty Images Can the South Siders salvage a series split in today’s finale? I know I said don’t expect any wins this series when I created a game thread for the series opener earlier this week, but now the White Sox have a chance to split the series with the Tigers this afternoon. Before I get to the lin...2025
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• Shuster shock: White Sox opener strategy goes sideways in 5-4 loss to Tigers

It unfortunately was not all sunshine and rainbows, and there was no pot of gold for the South Siders tonight as they dropped another close one. | Michael Reaves/Getty Images Chicago fights back only to fall short again in another close contest The Chicago White Sox’s experimental “opener” strategy backfired spectacularly on Wednesday night, as the Detroit Tigers pounced all over Jared Shu...2025
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• Shane Smith impresses again, while offense explodes for 11 hits to defeat Tigers, 8-1

Shane Smith dazzled in his 12th start of the season, with three hits, no runs, two walks, and six strikeouts. | Kamil Krzaczynski-Imagn Images The offense went 5-for-9 with RISP, Michael A. Taylor knocked in four, and staff combined for 10 Ks The White Sox (19-42) bounced back in shocking fashion on Tuesday, as the pitching staff was lights-out in holding the Tigers (40-22) to just one run...2025
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• Shuster shock: White Sox opener strategy goes sideways in 5-4 loss to Tigers
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• Game Thread: White Sox at Orioles

What Orioles and White Sox both hope to beat today. | Kamil Krzaczynski-USA TODAY Sports Second straight game moved up to beat storms Having Wednesday’s game against the Mets moved up because a severe storm forecast for New York paid off for the Sox, as both starting pitchers got discombobulated by the time switch, but the Mets starter more so. Today’s game is moved up fewer hours, but the...2025
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• Baseball history unpacked, May 28

Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, Happy birthday, Craig Kimbrel! On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at baseball’s colorful past, with plenty of the lore and various narratives to follow as they unfold over the course of time. Here’s a handy Cubs timeline, ...2025
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• Game Thread: White Sox at Cubs

Jonathan Cannon takes the mound after a stellar last start in Cincinnati. | Peter Aiken-Imagn Images Can we at least get one win before we leave Wrigley? Happy Sunday, Sox fans. The Chicago White Sox will play against the Chicago Cubs in the final game of this three-game set, as the Sox look to avoid the sweep on the North Side. There's good and bad news. The bad news is that the Crosstown...2025
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• White Sox humbled by 13-3 loss in Crosstown Classic opener

Miguel Vargas mashed two homers and a double in his four-hit outing, driving in all of the White Sox runs. | David Banks-Imagn Images Miguel Vargas was the only player to show up for the South Siders Things started out fun for the White Sox, but then gradually starting going downhill until the game snowballed into a complete disaster, falling to the Cubs in the first game of the Crosstown ...2025
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• On The Horizon: Cubs vs. White Sox series preview

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Getty Images The first series of this year’s Crosstown Classic is this weekend. In its infinite wisdom, Major League Baseball has decreed that beginning this year, the “rivalry” series between in-city or in-state (or manufactured) rivals shall be six games, two three-game series, instead of the previous pair of two-game series. Even four is too many for me; I’d be fin...2025
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• Eighth-inning rally leads to Brewer victory over White Sox

Kamil Krzaczynski-Imagn Images Jake Bauers’ big hit was his first off a lefty this season Box Score The Brewers and White Sox played the second of a three-game series this evening in Chicago, where Tobias Myers took the mound versus a man with heavy Brewer ties, the right-hander Shane Smith. Smith, who had back-to-back very good seasons in the Milwaukee farm system the last two years, was ...2025
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• Game Thread: Brewers at White Sox

When Shane Smith takes the mound, at least the Sox have a fighting chance to win the contest. | Joe Robbins/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images It may be Hump Day, but it’s also Shane Smith Bump Day! We’ve got a few roster moves to report on this gloomy, cool Wednesday. Prior to tonight’s game vs. Milwaukee, the Chicago White Sox returned LHP Fraser Ellard from his injury rehabilitation a...2025
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• Martín Pérez skips diagnosis, heads straight to 60-day IL

Without even word of the severity of his injury, Martín Pérez has landed on the 60-day IL, meaning he may have pitched his last in Chicago. | Brian Fluharty/Getty Images Also, Chase Meidroth’s thumb will sideline him for 10 days For those of you rooting against another run at 120 losses, your hopes have been dealt a blow: Martín Pérez, who left his start after three innings on Friday with ...2025
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• Game Thread: Athletics at White Sox

2025 has been a bumpy one for Jonathan Cannon. | Joe Robbins/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Jonathan Cannon hoping to spark first season victory Prior to the game, the Chicago White Sox announced a few roster moves, including one that some of us have been anxiously awaiting for THREE seasons. It’s hard to know if this is actually, “Goodbye, don’t let the door hit you in the behind,” or ...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for October 29, 2024

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Congrats to Salvy! Anne Rogers talks to Salvador Perez about winning the Roberto Clement Award. Winning the Roberto Clemente Award means more than all of those accolades, except maybe the World Series, Perez said. “It means a lot to me,” he said. “I’ve read a lot about Roberto Clemente. I know he was an amazing player, but he was even better outside the fiel...2024
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"In a game that motored along — Angels starter Yusei Kikuchi save for the Slater dinger was nearly as sly as Burke, likewise pitching into the sixth — the only move made for possible controversy was rookie skipper Will Venable yanking Burke at 73 pitches and 14 straight retired, handing the ball to his bullpen to get the final nine outs."

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"Will Venable to be named White Sox manager (source)"

2023
"Will Venable is happy where he is, at least for the time being."

2022
"The Rangers announced that Will Venable is joining their coaching staff, working under new manager Bruce Bochy as associate manager."

2021
"Athletics manager search: Mark Kotsay, Joe Espada, Will Venable among A's candidates, per report"

2020
"Cubs third base coach Will Venable will interview for the Astros’ managerial opening on Friday, Gordon Wittenmyer of the Chicago Sun-Times reports (Twitter links)."

2019
"Driver will replace Will Venable as Chicago’s first base coach, though president of baseball operations Theo Epstein said earlier this month that Venable would be returning to the Cubs’ staff in 2020."

2018
"Rounding out manager Joe Maddon’s staff are bench coach Brandon Hyde, hitting coach Anthony Iapoce, third base coach Brian Butterfield, first base coach Will Venable,…"

2017
"The Cubs announced on Wednesday that former Major League outfielder Will Venable has been hired as a special assistant to president of baseball operations Theo Epstein and general manager Jed Hoyer."

2016
"Notable additions during that span include: OF Ian Desmond (TEX), OF Dexter Fowler (CHC), IF/OF Chris Coghlan (OAK), OF Will Venable (CLE), OF Shane Victorino (CHC), OF Drew Stubbs (TEX), OF Domonic Brown (TOR), 1B/3B Casey McGehee (DET) and RP Rafael Soriano (TOR)."

2015
"The Padres opened a four-game series at Busch Stadium with a 5-3 win over the Cardinals on Thursday after Will Venable broke an 11-inning tie with a two-out, pinch-hit home run off reliever Carlos Villanueva."

2014
"Lookin' at you, Rymer Liriano, Seth Smith, Will Venable and Carlos Quentin!"

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• White Sox need to broaden their trade options

White Sox front office marquee. And there’s only one category where they can go News the White Sox optioned to Charlotte both Andrew Vaughn (five years too late) and Tim Elko (at least a month too soon) conjures up the vision of a defensive alignment that calls for pitchers to run over to first base really, really quickly on every ground ball. The Sox lack the creativity for that, though, ...2025
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• Game Thread: Mariners at White Sox

From undrafted free agent to a force on the mound, Shane Smith is proving to be one of the very few assets for the White Sox this season. | Geoff Stellfox/Getty Images Shane Smith leads the charge as Chicago looks for a series win against Seattle It’s rubber match day at Rate Field! The Chicago White Sox (15-34) are looking to take the series against the Seattle Mariners (27-20) tod...2025
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• Game Thread: White Sox at Royals

Jonathan Cannon looked good in the new City Connect uni last Friday, surrendering only two runs over six frames. I’d take a repeat of that one this evening. | Matt Marton-Imagn Images Jonathan Cannon has fired off two consecutive quality starts. Can the offense provide the ammo tonight to back him up for a third? Another roster update to jump start our game coverage — it seems this thin...2025
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• Cub Tracks, good buddy

Photo by Griffin Quinn/Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news, notes, and commentary, four days a week, rain or shine. The Cubs fell 10-4 to the Phillies, tying up the series and bringing on the match for the meatloaf. WELCOME to today’s episode of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers and bloggers, ground from #Cubs, #MiLB, and #MLB basebal...2025
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• Game Thread: Athletics at White Sox
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• Game Thread: White Sox at Red Sox

Magically, the White Sox decided to call up Chase Meidroth on Friday, in a move that definitely has nothing at all to do with service-time gaming. | Dylan Buell/Getty Images The Chase Meidroth Era begins Let’s start by addressing the story of the day: Our new, power-packed energy wad of a middle infielder, Chase Meidroth, has been called up for the series against his former and drafting te...2025
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• Game Thread: White Sox at Guardians

Can Sean Burke spark slumping Sox? | Matt Marton-Imagn Images Chicago seeks snakebite cure as Burke looks to halt six-game skid Prior to the game, the White Sox tweeted out a few roster updates. The Chicago White Sox have agreed to terms with OF Travis Jankowski on a minor-league deal.— Chicago White Sox (@whitesox) April 9, 2025 Chicago DFA’d Jankowski three days ago when they acti...2025
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• Do all roads lead to despair for the White Sox under Jerry Reinsdorf’s ownership?

Jerry Reinsdorf, presiding. | Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images There is only one possible happy ending for the team, and it’s an unlikely one All optimism for the Chicago White Sox’s 2025 season has been extinguished as rapidly as it was built up. The Sox started the season strong with an Opening Day win over the Angels, but Chicago is back to disappointing fans as the sole owners of last place...2025
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• Sean Burke and a homer brigade turns Opening Day into a laffer, 8-1

Sean Burke was absolute butter after a rough first frame, going six scoreless to put the White Sox in the win column. | Geoff Stellfox/Getty Images Bombs from Austin Slater, Andrew Benintendi, Lenyn Sosa helps first-place White Sox snap the Halos Unlike in the real world, when encountering a wallet stuffed with cash lost on the ground obligated the finder to report the loss and forgo the b...2025
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• Rangers 2, White Sox 1: Another close loss leads to sweep
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• Shane Smith impresses again, while offense explodes for 11 hits to defeat Tigers, 8-1
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• Davis Martin pitched a gem, but the offense arrived too late

We demand justice for Davis Martin! | Justin Casterline/Getty Images The White Sox fell, 5-1, in the series opener The White Sox fell to the Mariners, extending their losing streak to five. In a game where Davis Martin deserved a win, the offense couldn’t help until the ninth, and it was too late at that point. Martin dominated early on with an eight-pitch first inning, and 21 pitches thr...2025
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• White Sox humbled by 13-3 loss in Crosstown Classic opener
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• White Sox 4, Marlins 2: Welcome to The Show, Elko

Tim Elko celebrated with a Gatorade bath after having delivered what held up as the game-winning hit, a three-run home run. | Matt Marton-Imagn Images Tim Elko hits a clutch three-run home run to help the South Siders secure the series What a game, and what a day, as the vibes are high on the South Side after a 4-2 Mother’s Day win against the Miami Marlins. This win also helped the team s...2025
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• A great start for Shane Smith was marred by cold bats and the pesky Royals

A quality outing from Shane Smith was ruined when he remembered he was on the White Sox. | Jay Biggerstaff/Getty Images The White Sox fell 3-0 to open the four-game series The White Sox managed to get on base in the first and second with singles from Chase Meidroth and Lenyn Sosa, but were unable to capitalize. Smith fared better than Cole Ragans for the first two innings, despite issuing ...2025
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• White Sox erupt for six early scores in 10-3 win

Hi, my name is Michael A. Taylor, I am hitting worse than .200 but today I had three doubles and three RBIs, so start calling me La Pantera any time you like. | Lachlan Cunningham/Getty Images A’s laid to waste early, Cannon spares pen with 23 outs in “relief” The punchless White Sox offense got up off the canvas on Saturday and pummeled A’s starter Jeffrey Springs relentlessly, striking f...2025
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• Game Thread: White Sox at Red Sox

Edgar Quero joining the team remains the highlight of the week. | Michael Reaves/Getty Images Will instant replay have a different result? As the bard of the Bronx would have phrased it, “It’s deja vu all over again,” as Shane Smith and Garrett Crochet take the mound against each other for the second time in a week. Sunday’s matchup between the former White Sox star and a rising one lived ...2025
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• Game Thread: Athletics at White Sox
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• Rangers 2, White Sox 1: Another close loss leads to sweep
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• White Sox unravel in the Lone Star State as Astros halt Chicago’s momentum in a 10-2 rout
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• Shuster shock: White Sox opener strategy goes sideways in 5-4 loss to Tigers
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• Shane Smith impresses again, while offense explodes for 11 hits to defeat Tigers, 8-1
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• Baseball history unpacked, May 28
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• White Sox need to broaden their trade options
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• White Sox 4, Marlins 2: Welcome to The Show, Elko
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• Eighth-inning rally leads to Brewer victory over White Sox
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• Game Thread: Athletics at White Sox
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• Game Thread: Twins at White Sox

The White Sox are hoping for an Opening Day encore performance from righty Sean Burke. | Griffin Quinn/MLB Photos via Getty Images Chicago is looking for another round of brilliance from starter Sean Burke The Chicago White Sox (2-3) look to get back to .500 today against the struggling Minnesota Twins (1-4), who finally won their first game last night. The first pitch is slated for 1:10 ...2025
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• Venable blast lifts Padres past Cards in 11th
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• Cards struggle to plate runs in 3rd straight loss
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• Mets fall in SD, despite Thor's 10 hammers
Will Venable, Derek Norris and Alexi Amarista each knocked in two runs, and Ian Kennedy won for the first time in nearly a month as the Padres defeated the Mets, 7-2, at Petco Park....2015
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• Padres top Mets as Alonso returns in style
Will Venable, Derek Norris and Alexi Amarista each knocked in two runs, and Ian Kennedy won for the first time in nearly a month as the Padres defeated the Mets, 7-2, at Petco Park....2015
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• Josh Hamilton One Big October Moment Away from Turning Confidence, Career Around
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• Padres trade outfielder Will Venable to Rangers
Padres trade outfielder Will Venable to Rangers...2015
• Padres power up to defeat Reds
Will Venable, Will Middlebrooks and Derek Norris all homered to back Tyson Ross, who struck out seven and allowed two runs over five innings in the Padres' 6-2 win over the Reds on Friday....2015
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• Final Winners and Losers of the 2015 MLB Waiver Trade Window
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• Preseason Prep - February 27, 2025
Bryce Harper, 1B (PHI) Scary moment for the Phillies as Bryce Harper was hit on the arm by a pitch in Wednesday's Grapefruit League game against the Blue Jays. It was his first game of the spring as he missed time with an illness. The good news is the Phillies training staff is categorizing the injury as a triceps contusion and don't intend to send the slugger for X-rays. Philadelphia will undoubt...2025
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• Will Venable to Dodgers: Latest Contract Details, Comments and Reaction
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• Daily Fantasy Baseball 2015: MLB DraftKings Ideal Lineup Picks for May 28
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• Fantasy Baseball: Evaluating San Diego’s crowded outfield
With a flurry of moves this offseason, the San Diego Padres have brought in two former MVP candidates and one of baseball’s most talented young players. While that may sound like a good move, the club has not moved any of their other outfielders from 2014, meaning that they have six outfielders who will be vying for playing time next year. That is not good news for fantasy baseball owners. Any pla...2014
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• Will Padres' Upton-Kemp-Myers Push to Win Now Pay off Big or Backfire?
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• Rangers 2, White Sox 1: Another close loss leads to sweep
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• Game Thread: Tigers at White Sox
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• Shane Smith impresses again, while offense explodes for 11 hits to defeat Tigers, 8-1
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• Game Thread: White Sox at Orioles
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• Adrian Houser tosses six two-hit innings in debut as White Sox beat the Mariners, 1-0

Adrian Houser was excellent in his scoreless, six-inning debut for the White Sox and earned his first win of the year. | Kamil Krzaczynski-Imagn Images The bullpen also showed up ready to play, though the South Side offense mustered just one run on seven hits After a 90-minute rain delay, plenty of fans surprisingly stuck around to see the White Sox (15-34) defeat the Mariners (27-20), 1-0...2025
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• Game Thread: White Sox at Cubs
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• White Sox humbled by 13-3 loss in Crosstown Classic opener
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• White Sox add roster depth heading into Crosstown Classic series

Vinny Capra bats against the Houston Astros at American Family Field on May 7, 2025 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. | John Fisher/Getty Images Chicago pads their bullpen and lineup depth with two acquisitions Heading into their first of two Crosstown Classic series, the Chicago White Sox added utilityman Vinny Capra and reliever Miguel Castro to their roster. Claiming Capra off of waivers from Mi...2025
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• On The Horizon: Cubs vs. White Sox series preview
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• Shane Smith impresses again, while offense explodes for 11 hits to defeat Tigers, 8-1
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• Adrian Houser tosses six two-hit innings in debut as White Sox beat the Mariners, 1-0
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• White Sox 7, Rangers 6: Texas’ late-inning comeback falls short

Yes, you heard that right, just a normal day for now-former White Sox player Joey Gallo. And apparently Joey Gallo became a pitcher mid-game? The White Sox moved to 8-14 in Spring Training play with a 7-6 win against the Texas Rangers this afternoon. This being one of two games being played today (with the Spring Breakout loss coming in a separate recap), let’s take a look at today’s win. ...2025
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• SoxFest Live 2025 delivers a dinger ... along with a few swings and misses

The 20th-anniversary celebration of the 2005 World Series team began on Friday, with SoxFest Live. Chuck Garfien reminisced with Harold Baines, Mark Buehrle, Freddy García, and José Contreras (Billy Russo, interpreter). | Melissa Sage-Bollenbach/South Side Sox Newly-imagined fan fest was a winner, but needs to address a few growing pains In the middle of a bitter cold Illinois winter, th...2025
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• SoxFest 2025 is getting a makeover

Much of the 2020 fan excitement was around then-prospect Luis Robert Jr. | Photo by Ron Vesely/Getty Images Event will be held at the historic Ramova Theatre in Bridgeport The Chicago White Sox have unveiled plans for SoxFest Live, a reimagined version of their annual fan event. The 2025 event will depart from the traditional three-day, two-night format, offering a new fan-focused experie...2024
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• Weekend Rumblings - News for November 1, 2024

Photo by Luke Hales/Getty Images Royals players hit free agency. Craig Brown looks at the new Royals free agents and whether they could return. Maybe if you squint, you can see a reunion with a couple of these guys. Michael Lorenzen could slot into the rotation. He will be 33 next year and pitched to a 1.57 ERA once joining the Royals. Beware the small sample though as that was just 28.2 ...2024
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• Managerial Notes: Ross, Showalter, Venable, Jay
The Cubs had a rollercoaster season in 2023. The club entered the campaign with a projected win total of just 76.5 according to Fangraphs and fell to ten games below .500 by early June, prompting speculation that the club would deal Marcus Stroman in Cody Bellinger in what seemed sure to go down as the…...2023
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• Quick Hits: Astros, Venable, Suter, Kim
In the wake of the sign-stealing scandal that has enveloped the Astros and become perhaps the biggest story of the offseason, Astros fan Tony Adams decided to analyze the data from the 2017 season in perhaps the more straight-forward way possible — Adams listened for any loud banging sounds (i.e. someone hitting a trash can)…...2020
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• Final Winners and Losers of the 2015 MLB Waiver Trade Window
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• MLB Trade Rumors: Hot-Stove Whispers on A.J. Cole, Luis Avilan and More
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