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Sox Populi - A Chicago White Sox podcast

Sox Populi

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South Side Sox on the Farm Podcast 25 — 2022 MiLB...

Sox Populi - A Chicago White Sox podcast ·

2022/04/06

Yes, for reasons unknown, SBNation reviewed the dozen hours of tape, watched all footage, and realized that the buddy cop movie otherwise known as South Side Sox on the Farm has been ... renewed for another season! Who is the good cop/bad cop between Darren Black and Brett Ballantini? We’ll let you decide. Have a listen, to an hourlong SEASON PREMIERE: BREAKING: The South Side Sox on the Farm Podcast has been rebranded as the Charlotte Knights Postgame Podcast, effective immediately. Hey, we

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South Side Sox Podcast 97 — Goodbye, spring training;...

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2022/04/05

Adrian Serrano and Trooper Galactus join Brett Ballantini to break out big merger news ... Heh, the hell we did. Who gonna have us? We DID talk about the state of the rotation (yes, BEFORE adding shim-sham starter Johnny Cueto) and quite a bit more: Does spring training matter? Will the White Sox find the necessary 400 innings out of Dallas Keuchel/Reynaldo López/Vince Velasquez/Jimmy Lambert/John Parke/Kade McClure/Emilio Vargas/Ghost of Jonathan Stiever/Guy Playing 16´´ Ball in Grant

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South Side Sox Podcast 96 — The White Sox made great...

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2022/04/02

It is a 100% good vibes podcast, after the amazing Rick Hahn events of the day. OK, maybe 95% good vibes. Or, 90%? Well, there was a lot to talk about, including the bad news that Garrett Crochet would likely sit out 2022 with Tommy John surgery. Sox Optimist, Adrian Serrano, Chrystal O’Keefe, Tommy Barbee, Trooper Galactus, Delia Ritchie and Brett Ballantini gathered together to otherwise celebrate: Initial roundtable reactions: How are we all feeling today, with the weight of an overpaid pen and

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Sharing Sox Podcast 64 — Lazily Haseley Days of...

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2022/03/31

SSS duty geezer Leigh Allan and his son and west coast correspondent, Will, begin the podcast with a confession and a huge apology — it turns out they’re not really White Sox fans. Oh, sure, they’ve thought they were White Sox fans for a combined 86 years or so, what with cheering for the team and going to the games and wearing the gear and all that, but they have obviously been deluding everyone, especially themselves, because the AJAHOFBP (the new initials are for arrogant jerk a**hole) says you

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South Side Sox Podcast 95 — How’s your spring been?...

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2022/03/25

Well, this podcast features a first. Well, maybe a few firsts. As usual, consult your bullet points. However, let’s just point out that the “tape” just ran out on this podcast. So when you hear Scott Reichard’s delightful “Don’t Stop Believin’” outro kick in during the last minute, that’s no mistake; Trooper Galactus was just on a long AL Central riff that prevented a proper goodbye. So, good-bye. And, hello! Here’s what’s in our 95th podcast: Initial impressions of spring training, with a

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Sharing Sox Podcast 63 — Spring has sprung, 2022...

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2022/03/24

With baseball finally back, albeit in a mere spring edition, SSS duty geezer Leigh Allan and his son and west coast correspondent, Will, start by claiming a tenuous, even highly dubious, connection to Josh Harrison in his high school days, and then do what is so often instructed: Follow the money. That’s because the 2022 Forbes baseball team values are just out, with the White Sox listed at $1.76 billion smackers, a lot of green, but less than half the value of That Team on The Other Side of Town

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North Side Sox Podcast 23 — Feeling 2022 — 2022-03-23

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2022/03/23

Janice Scurio and Sam Sherman, otherwise known as the podcasting duo North Side Sox, are back and better than ever for their 2022 debut episode. What have the NSS kids been up to lately? Sam discusses a future career shift, and Janice talks about her work with the new sports media outlet in town, CHGO. The pair continue to discuss the team’s offseason moves. Were our expectations met? (Spoiler alert: not exactly.) The White Sox are a good team, but what can they do to become a great team? Is the

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South Side Sox Podcast 94 — Meet Trooper Galactus! —...

Sox Populi - A Chicago White Sox podcast ·

2022/03/22

Do we really need to get to know Trooper Galactus? He’s been a core member of South Side Sox for many years, and has been writing for us since 2019. Still, what do you have to lose, get to know him better with this podcast, as well as his Meet the Players that’s up on site along with this podcast. First hero: Frank Thomas, along with a discussion of his post-White Sox career Mid-90s fandom Thoughts on the 2021 White Sox The Craig Kimbrel Conundrum Can you have more good players than roster

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South Side Sox Podcast 93 — Meet SoxOptimist! —...

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2022/03/19

Welcome the irrepressible SoxOptimist by taking a look at his Meet the Players on site along with this podcast, and learn much, much, much more about him in this de-luxe podcast. A little college hoops, a bit of SoxOptimist White Sox origin story, a touch of 2022 White Sox ... well, just listen, will ya? A brief review of college basketball action, featuring Illinois’ stirring 18-12 win over a team from Tennessee Featured: the only bolo tie featuring a golden horned toad you will likely ever

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South Side Sox Pregame Podcast 4 — Hello again,...

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2022/03/17

On the heels of a terrific welcome back from Hannah LaMotta and the exhaustive (if soul-sapping) labor writing from Kristina Airdo, both writers hop on the pregame podcast with Brett Ballantini to discuss finally making it to ... BASEBALL! One of us is briefly made an honorary Italian, so for the first half, meet Kristina Airdietta Baseball is back ... how exciting is that? What gives us the biggest goose bumps for the first time in a new season? Pregame rituals at the ballpark First

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South Side Sox Podcast 92 — A ho-hum start to...

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2022/03/16

The White Sox added another three players to their major league roster, and now $45 million has been spent this offseason without managing to secure a starting pitcher or right fielder. WOO BOY. Brett Ballantini hosts a roundtable of Trooper Galactus, Zach Hayes, Tommy Barbee and Sam Reeves to discuss the deals made — and the chances of any new ones getting done: Quickie intro: What is Rick Hahn’s offseason grade if This Is It? Joe Kelly gets an overpay, locked in for at least two years, and will

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Sharing Sox Podcast 62 — Post-Lockout Edition —...

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2022/03/13

SSS duty geezer (aka geriatric, because he aged so much during the lockout) Leigh Allan and his son and west coast correspondent, Will, dive bravely into the post-lockout probability that whatsoever say they will be outdated before the show is even posted, as they lament the signing of Carlos Rodón with the Giants, despair at the likelihood of somehow dumping Craig Kimbrel and his salary off on some brain-dead GM (other than the brain-dead GM who picked up his option), and fear the desperate search

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South Side Sox Podcast 91—The Kristina Airdo...

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2022/03/11

What a difference 24 hours makes! Perhaps because of all the disgruntled commentary and cussing in Podcast 89 just a day earlier, MLB and the MLBPA jumped to and hammered out a deal on Thursday, necessitating yet another podcast assault on our fair listenership. All right, strap it down, and let’s celebrate! Knowing there was a ceiling on how good the deal could be, how did the players do in their negotiation? The rarity of a union executive council voting unanimously, and its membership voting

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South Side Sox Podcast 90 — Yasmani Grandal Q&A —...

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2022/03/10

Wouldn’t you just know it, after weeks of waiting for our EXCLUSIVE Q&A with Yasmani Grandal, baseball has to go and end its lockout as he and I are talking. Still, as Yaz was getting pelted by marshmallows from his daughter and votes to play were pouring in from the players, the White Sox catcher and I spoke on a number of topics from past and present: Yaz talks of his devotion to the Force3 catching gear, equipment so protective he invested in the company! Grandal has been mostly lucky to

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South Side Sox Podcast 89 — Negotiating With MLB Is...

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2022/03/10

Another week, another two series lost to the lockout. The new wink-wink MLB Opening Day is April 14, and if you believe that date, I’ve got an elephant for you to eat. Somehow Kristina Airdo, Delia Ritchie, Tommy Barbee, Jacki Krestel, Zach Hayes and Brett Ballantini found plenty to laugh about, as we whistled past MLB 2022’s grave. It’s gallows humor, with cussing. Enjoy. The wisdom of fans demanding players take a deal when ownership has just begun to bargain in good faith ... 15 minutes

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South Side Sox Podcast 88 — Meet Sam Reeves! —...

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2022/03/09

It’s a Meet the Players podcast, with our new guy, Sam Reeves! Read all about Sam in his Meet the Players piece on site right now, and learn a lot more than a mere post can provide with this podcast’s all-encompassing look at Sam’s fandom and take on the 2021-22 White Sox: Growing up a contrarian up north, zagging against the grain and choosing White Sox over those other guys Why did Sam only like James Baldwin starts when he was a kid ... a favorite starter preference he duplicated more recently

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The debut of the Explain it To Me Like I’m 5 podcast:...

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2022/03/08

Dr. Meredith Wills was born on a Major League Baseball Opening Day, but it was not a run-of-the-mill Opening Day: It was the day Henry Aaron tied Babe Ruth’s home run record. Her father, who grew up watching Aaron play, went out and bought his newborn daughter a baseball bat. “He was absolutely convinced that I was going to be something in the game,” says Dr. Wills. The elder Wills’ vision was prescient. Dr. Wills has been busy over the past several years researching and solving the mysteries within

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South Side Sox Podcast 87 - A Wake for MLB — 2022-03-01

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2022/03/02

Well, you’ve already read the sad story from Kristina Airdo and Brett Ballantini today, detailing the breakdown of labor talks between players and owners that now sees spring training further delayed and the first two series of the regular season cancelled. Despite the threat of all-mourning, no actual content, Brett betrayed that for this podcast, with a cast of thousands. Here’s a sneak preview: Chrystal O’Keefe’s prediction for the next MLB regular season game? May 2025 Does the fact that Jerry

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South Side Sox Podcast 86 — Meet Our New ... labor...

Sox Populi - A Chicago White Sox podcast ·

2022/02/26

Hey, it’s one of them fun Meet the Players podcasts, during which you’ll get the inside scoop on Kristina Airdo’s White Sox fandom. But we’d be remiss if not discussing a breakneck week of labor talks, signifying oh so very little. And who better to discuss those little goings-on than with our de facto labor writer, Kristina herself? Born into one of those “Cubs families” that, if you’re lucky, you assumed was just an urban legend, Kristina escaped that sorry fate. Thanks, grandpa, and thanks,

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South Side Sox Podcast 85 — PECOTA projections —...

Sox Populi - A Chicago White Sox podcast ·

2022/02/21

Publishing alongside this podcast is Zach Hayes’ 4,000-word take on PECOTA and the 2022 White Sox — and no, it is not a misprint, our favorite projectors tab the South Siders for 94 wins! What ho! Such a sunny outlook requires explanation, no? Nine seasons PECOTA has pegged the White Sox for fewer wins, eight seasons it predicted more. Overall since 2005, it’s undersold the White Sox by an average of 2 1⁄2 wins per year — but man, when it misses, boy howdy Quick WARP (Baseball Prospectus WAR)

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