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Sox Populi - A Chicago White Sox podcast

Sox Populi

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South Side Sox Podcast 103 — Previewing, and...

Sox Populi - A Chicago White Sox podcast ·

2022/05/28

After another weird week, the White Sox host the Cubs for the final two games of the Crosstown season series. Delia Ritchie, Dante Jones, Adrian Serrano and Brett Ballantini discuss the South Siders, and what’s to come this weekend: Delia reports on her cousin’s Bridgeport White Sox tee-ball game on Thursday, during which the tee was reported to have better stuff than Dallas Keuchel was throwing at Sox Park Vibe check on the 22-22 White Sox: fair The extraordinary

39:41

Sharing Sox Podcast 70 — Special 538 Edition —...

Sox Populi - A Chicago White Sox podcast ·

2022/05/27

Sharing Sox has been on a jury duty hiatus, but is back with a very special guest, indeed. SSS duty geezer Leigh Allan and his son and west coast correspondent, Will, are joined this week by Neil Paine, senior sportswriter and general editor for the amazing statistical analysis site fivethirtyeight.com. Five Thirty Eight is the product of master statistician Nate Silver, who began the site as a political data analysis entity, but whose background as the creator of PECOTA made adding sports,

39:10

South Side Sox Podcast 102 — A Sunday sweep, with a...

Sox Populi - A Chicago White Sox podcast ·

2022/05/23

Well now, this is more like it. An impossibly happy podcast, on the heels of a White Sox doubleheader sweep in the Bronx, brings the best out of Chrystal O’Keefe, Jacki Krestel, Joe Resis, Sam Sherman, Zach Hayes and Brett Ballantini. Or does it? Round table vibe check? Solid The outright heroism of Tim Anderson and Michael Kopech But really, dig how good the entire pitching staff has been, more or less. Wow! Some real talk on any progress being made to avoid, or at least properly punish,

40:08

South Side Sox on the Farm Podcast 27 — The Davis...

Sox Populi - A Chicago White Sox podcast ·

2022/05/18

After an extended hiatus — Brett Ballantini was unavoidably detained from minors talk — he and Darren Black hook up for a truly terrific Farm edition, featuring some stellar analysis from the latter and more awkward jokes from the former: Darren dismantles Brett’s theory that Davis Martin in the bigs is simply another product of Tony La Russa’s stubbornness Given Martin’s stellar debut, what are his prospects going forward, overall and on the Stiever-o-Meter? Seriously, are the Johnny Cueto and

41:02

South Side Sox Podcast 101 — Diminished expectations...

Sox Populi - A Chicago White Sox podcast ·

2022/05/16

After too long a break, encompassing a long winning streak and short home sputtering, the mothership podcast is back and motoring toward the next hundred podcasts. Chrystal O’Keefe, Adrian Serrano, Joe Resis, Sam Sherman and Tommy Barbee check in with Brett Ballantini to assess the state of the Sox, as the team struggles to stick above .500. Some crib notes: Chrystal O’Keefe is ready to abandon the club and root for the ... Mets? Her adjusted prediction for the White Sox win total is down from her

34:43

Sharing Sox Podcast 69 — Cy Velásquez Edition —...

Sox Populi - A Chicago White Sox podcast ·

2022/05/05

The Sharing Sox special edition with 538 sportswriter, editor and general stats expert Neil Paine has been delayed a week because Neil was at a game that ran long (and was a big Braves win over the Mets and he’s from Georgia, so probably had no voice left), so for this week, it’s just SSS duty geezer Leigh Allan and his son and west coast correspondent, Will, doing their usual schtick. Well, not usual — with the White Sox on a two-game winning streak, it’s exuberant schtick, albeit more in

40:53

South Side Sox Podcast 100! Checking in, a month in —...

Sox Populi - A Chicago White Sox podcast ·

2022/05/03

Well, Brett Ballantini forgot his tux, but hey, we’re still celebrating a 100th podcast together. All of us gathered down at the Indianapolis Field Office to try to make this first month of White Sox seem somehow palatable: Chrystal O’Keefe has had enough, escaping to games in Milwaukee and Boston to avoid the White Sox (bad news, O’Keefe, guess who’s playing the Red Sox this weekend?) Joe Resis fixes a brave face to a 9-13 month, playing a relatively easy schedule — but it ain’t easy Adrian

40:28

Sharing Sox Podcast 68 — Hallelujah! Edition —...

Sox Populi - A Chicago White Sox podcast ·

2022/04/28

Verily, the eight-game debacle has ended, and there is victory in the land once again! And, by golly, SSS duty geezer Leigh Allan and his son and west coast correspondent, Will, leap to the world of the pods immediately after the aforementioned victory to rejoice. Among the rejoicees is, of course, Dylan Cease, who pitched five brilliant innings vs. the Royals and one not-so-brilliant one, demonstrating once again (a) that he completely dominates bad teams, and (b) that he still can be shaken and

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White Sox Group Therapy Session 1 — 2022-04-26

Sox Populi - A Chicago White Sox podcast ·

2022/04/26

After more than two decades of sports fandom, Sam Sherman hit a crossroads. It’s hard to explain, but he found myself asking if all of the emotional pain that his sports fandom has brought him is worth it anymore. Sam, who co-hosts North Side Sox on SSS with Janice Scurio, was going to do a solo podcast to vent about his feelings, but decided that would be sad and unproductive. Instead, he turned to some pals on the South Side Sox staff (Adrian Serrano, Chrystal O’Keefe, Tommy Barbee and Zach

37:01

South Side Sox Podcast 99 — We would love to be...

Sox Populi - A Chicago White Sox podcast ·

2022/04/26

What do you do on the heels of a seven-game losing streak? You record a podcast, that’s what! Zach Hayes, Brett Ballantini, Chrystal O’Keefe, Trooper Galactus and Joe Resis got together to solve the White Sox. Did we? Well: Is it time to panic? The Eloy Jiménez injury Liam Hendriks is back to tipping his pitches, but is that the biggest concern about him? Tony La Russa: Seriously, what more is there to say? Trooper loses it Hey, the White Sox are 1 1⁄2 games out of first, exactly the same as

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Sharing Sox Podcast 67 — What the hell, HOFBP?...

Sox Populi - A Chicago White Sox podcast ·

2022/04/22

SSS duty geezer Leigh Allan and his son and west coast correspondent, Will, go full-out frustrated fan this week, cringing at the many-sided debacle of the Cleveland series, from disastrous defense, to TOOTBLANs galore, to an offense only capable of more than one run if handed to them, to pitchers forgetting it’s not just batting practice, to absolutely inexplicable decisions by the (JA)HOFBP. That last is the lead feature, as virtually every Sox fan would like to know what the hell Leury García,

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South Side Sox on the Farm Podcast 26 — Lookit all...

Sox Populi - A Chicago White Sox podcast ·

2022/04/19

We lied to you two weeks ago. Well, Brett Ballantini lied. He said there would be another Farm podcast in a week, but with the home opener last Tuesday, it didn’t happen. But thankfully for him, Darren Black picked up the phone and snapped on his monitor to chat up the early MVPs of the system: Brett is contractually prevented from actually listening to any SSS podcasts, instead compelled by SBN to do more, more, more ... so, did Darren predict greatness for clubber Carlos Pérez at Charlotte this

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ELI5 Podcast 2 — Revisiting the MLB Lockout with...

Sox Populi - A Chicago White Sox podcast ·

2022/04/18

In the second installment of Explain it Like I’m 5 (ELI5), Eugene Freedman, union lawyer and top voice of baseball labor relations, joins me to discuss a retrospective of, as well as future implications created by, the 2021-22 MLB lockout and collective bargaining agreement (CBA). “Not a lot of people grow up in union households, but I did,” Freedman says. Freedman proudly points out his maternal grandfather went to work for a sewage disposal plant. “He literally worked knee-deep in shit,” says

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Sharing Sox Podcast 66 — First of the season edition...

Sox Populi - A Chicago White Sox podcast ·

2022/04/14

In their first podcast of the 2022 season, SSS duty geezer Leigh Allan and his son and west coast correspondent, Will, heap much-deserved praise on the play of Luis Robert, as they decide whether Luis will have to pitch at least a couple of games to battle Shohei Ohtani for MVP. The duo also heap praise on White Sox defense, particularly as opposed to the ineptitude of their opponents so far, and particularly from the standpoint of not seeing more of the back of the backup catcher than the front, it

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South Side Sox Postgame Podcast 10 — Luis Robert...

Sox Populi - A Chicago White Sox podcast ·

2022/04/13

What a winner! Yes, the White Sox, and Luis Robert, took a thrilling game from the Seattle Mariners, 3-2, on Tuesday in the home opener. Chrystal O’Keefe, Kristina Airdo, Whitney Hale and Brett Ballantini break the win down: Luis Robert. WOW. We all jump on the O’Keefe “Pantera for MVP” bandwagon Did Vince Velásquez meet or exceed expectations? For Chrystal and Whitney, who had expectations somewhere between “none” and “hell,” the answer is a resounding yes Eloy made a defensive web gem and did

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South Side Sox Pregame Podcast 6 — Welcome to the...

Sox Populi - A Chicago White Sox podcast ·

2022/04/12

Brett Ballantini and Adrian Serrano sit down to preview the home opener and opening homestand, paying particular attention to some of the hotter topics of this new season: How about this offense! Making contact, feeling confident No. 1-9, younger hitters getting more experience and confidence ... Which leads, of course, to a protracted discussion of Tim Anderson: his incredible value and importance, growth, seemingly limitless ceiling — and mind games On the other hand, sigh, the rotation — the

41:19

South Side Sox Podcast 98 — 2022 MLB predictions —...

Sox Populi - A Chicago White Sox podcast ·

2022/04/11

Three of us (Tommy Barbee, Zach Hayes, Brett Ballantini) got season picks in to make the feature story we ran outlining 20 prognostications, one (Chrystal O’Keefe) was too late to make the story, and one (Trooper Galactus) just punted the whole thing, but still has opinions about how things will wrangle out in 2022. We begin with a detailed discussion on our White Sox categories, and go from there: Chrystal is the owner of the title belt for last year’s picks, and just made the regular-season

28:51

South Side Sox Postgame Podcast 9 — Hello, 2022...

Sox Populi - A Chicago White Sox podcast ·

2022/04/08

In the aftermath of a heartbreaking loss, four brave souls gathered together to discuss the hows and whys and why-mes and it-isn’t-fairs of Chicago’s shocking, fall-from-ahead loss to the Detroit Tigers on Friday. Brett B. welcomes the group, there’s coffee and doughnuts in the back, no last names here Zach H. gets an assignment to correlate volume of Liam Hendriks words to his stubbornness in forcing the same stuff down batters’ throats Chrystal O. vows to unleash poop emojis into her Six Pack

41:28

South Side Sox Pregame Podcast 5 — Welcome to Opening...

Sox Populi - A Chicago White Sox podcast ·

2022/04/08

In our biggest podcast yet — we are going to have to rent a dedicated room in which to fit all of the microphones and beverages — the SSS crew previews Opening Day. Have a listen before the ballgame in Detroit, will ya? The most pleasing aspects of the new season, from Eloy Jiménez remaining alive in left field to Lucas Giolito reclaiming ace status to a legit catching tag-team a la 2020 OK, sure, some worrisome trends, including the improved AL Central, a tattered rotation, an the offseason that

42:51

Sharing Sox Podcast 65 — Play Ball! Edition — 2022-04-07

Sox Populi - A Chicago White Sox podcast ·

2022/04/07

On the cusp of a new season with lots of reason to believe in the White Sox, SSS duty geezer Leigh Allan and his son and west coast correspondent, Will, delve into the predictions for the Sox and the rest of MLB from the computer whizzes at Five Thirty Eight, and even come up with their own predictions, which are never, ever right (one look at their March Madness pools will prove that). Of course, that involves looking at the lineup (hello, AJ Pollock!), the incredible fact the White Sox finally got

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