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We are launching a new daily article here at South Side Sox, more prominently than our items that pop up on The Feed. It falls under the category of White Sox Discussions, which you’ll see in a few weeks will also be our new branding for Game Threads. A lot’s happened this offseason, and while […]
From South Side Sox | 9 days ago | 2 reads
1914 In a story told in great detail in 2014 on site, the White Sox and New York Giants played an exhibition game in Cairo, Egypt. This stop on the 56-game World Tour ended in a 3-3 deadlock after 10 innings. You can’t blame the players for failing to find a victor, given the arduous […]
From South Side Sox | 9 days ago | 3 reads
Chris Getz and Will Venable definitely seem to understand that earning fan loyalty is not an easy task. Fresh off one of the strongest offseasons in recent club history and a 19-game improvement from 2024, the White Sox front office must balance providing fans with hope for the future while keeping their focus on the […]
From South Side Sox | 10 days ago | 1 read
1909 White Sox catcher Billy Sullivan secured a patent on the first chest protector. It contained a wind pad with compressed air and became the forerunner of the modern catcher’s chest protector. Sullivan was the White Sox catcher from 1901-14. Sullivan gets the patent one day before his 34th birthday. 1956 Buck Weaver died in Chicago, at the age of […]
From South Side Sox | 10 days ago | 1 read
SoxFest Live kicked off Friday night at the Ramova Theatre, as the baseball offseason wraps up and pitchers and catchers prepare to report for Spring Training. The White Sox had a decent rebound season last year while sporting a very young team in 2025 and coming off a historically horrific 2024. However, the vibes were […]
From South Side Sox | 10 days ago | 2 reads
1923 The man who would grow up to be nicknamed “Moose,” Walt Dropo, was born in Moosup, Conn. Dropo would grow to 6´5´´, 220 pounds (gargantuan for the time, still pretty big today!) and thus earn the double-meaning of his nickname. He came to the White Sox in time for the 1955 season, as part […]
From South Side Sox | 11 days ago | 2 reads
The White Sox continue shuffling the deck, officially punching Seranthony Domínguez’s two-year, $20 million ticket to the South Side. Domínguez pockets a cool $1 million just for signing, plus a mutual option dangling for 2028. Domínguez, 31, brings a legit late-inning arm to a bullpen that’s been running on fumes, with a career strikeout rate […]
From South Side Sox | 11 days ago | 1 read
Winter officially has its grip on Chicago, but this weekend the White Sox once again are bringing the heat indoors with SoxFest Live at the Ramova Theatre, in the heart of the South Side. Now in its second year at the iconic venue, the reimagined fan experience unfolds across two nights and blends player access, […]
From South Side Sox | 12 days ago | 1 read
1900 Charles Comiskey received permission to relocate the Western League’s St. Paul Saints to Chicago, where they will become the White Sox of the American League. 1957 With air travel commonplace and MLB now stretching from coast to coast, the league considered drafting a plan to create a player pool to be used in the […]
From South Side Sox | 12 days ago | 2 reads
Sure, it’s practically February, but the White Sox promised to be players in free agency. All it took was getting Luis Robert Jr’s $20 million salary off the books for the front office to suddenly get ‘very active’ at exploring roster upgrades. Of course, needing to dump Robert’s salary just to have operating income to […]
From South Side Sox | 14 days ago | 2 reads
1948 The White Sox acquired catcher Ralph Weigel from Cleveland for center fielder Thurman Tucker. Weigel played just one year on the South Side, seeing action in 66 games and putting up a .607 OPS. Tucker, on the other hand, played three years in Cleveland, starting with a strong, 1.2 WAR season over 83 games […]
From South Side Sox | 14 days ago | 3 reads
After six months of intermittent rumors, the Mets finally completed a trade for Luis Robert. The 28-year-old center fielder heads to Queens in exchange for Luisangel Acuña and Truman Pauley, the Mets’ 12th-round pick in last year’s draft. Robert is under contract for $20M in 2026 with an additional club option for $20M in 2027. […]
From Amazin' Avenue | 15 days ago | 3 reads
1963 With expansion resulting in an explosion of offense, the MLB Rules Committee decides to increase the strike zone to the top of a batter’s shoulders down to his knees. The results swing the balance of power so dramatically that in just five years and in spite of a four-team expansion looming, baseball will shrink […]
From South Side Sox | 15 days ago | 4 reads
“We’ve got some financial flexibility now to continue to bring in talent.” Talk about a real knee-slapper. The White Sox GM sure knows how to tell ’em. Chris Getz made that remark after the trade of Luis Robert, Jr. to the Mets, a move that not only forced everybody covering the team to figure out […]
From South Side Sox | 16 days ago | 2 reads
1985 The first Australian ever to play for the White Sox, Shane Lindsay, was born in Melbourne. Lindsay only had a four-game, 10-day major league career. He was called up as the season spiraled down the drain in 2011, with a solid debut in Detroit on September 4 (one scoreless inning, with a walk and […]
From South Side Sox | 16 days ago | 3 reads
1939 It was the early years of the Hall of Fame, so voting results could still tend to be pretty weird. Case in point, Eddie Collins was voted into the Hall of Fame — on his fourth try. Collins, by his 124.4 WAR the best second baseman in baseball history, had fallen 110 votes short […]
From South Side Sox | 17 days ago | 1 read
Chicago White SoxSeranthony DomínguezThat’s the news, baby Today on the site, Josh will argue that the Yankees shouldn’t be too comfortable in handing over the leadoff spot to Trent Grisham and should instead seriously consider Ben Rice. Matt will offer up a 68th birthday tribute to former Yankees/Mets reliever Neil Allen, and for our 50 […]
From Pinstripe Alley | 17 days ago | 3 reads
For the first time since 2022, the White Sox have an official closer. Chicago agreed to a two-year, $20 million deal with reliever Seranthony Domínguez two days after trading Luis Robert Jr. to the Mets for a pair of prospects. No one expected Jerry Reinsdorf to actually use the extra change on a solid free […]
From South Side Sox | 17 days ago | 2 reads
Seranthony Dominguez, the long time Baltimore Orioles reliever whom the Blue Jays acquired at this past season’s trade deadline, has signed a deal with the Chicago White Sox. Joel Sherman of the New York Post reports that the deal is for two years and $20 million. Dominguez has been a steady performer throughout his career, […]
From Bluebird Banter | 18 days ago | 3 reads
It didn’t take long for the Chicago White Sox to use their Luis Robert Jr. savings, as they’re bringing in the guy who might be the last big-ish name reliever on the free agent market. Seranthony Dominguez, who has long been an effective reliever, is coming off a particularly strong age-30 season in 2025, and gets paid VERY handsomely as a result: Right-handed reliever Seranthony Domínguez and the Chicago White Sox are in agreement on a two-year, $20 million contract, sources tell ES...
From Bleacher Nation | Chicago Sports News, Rumors, and a Reasonable Level of Obsession | 18 days ago | 1 read
Happy Friday everyone! We’re light on Tigers news, but there are still some big baseball stories to check in on. The Hall of Fame inductees were announced this week, and Carlos Beltran and Andruw Jones will be heading to Cooperstown. We also check in on Matt Vierling, plus a big move for the White Sox, […]
From Bless You Boys | 18 days ago | 4 reads
1928 Alfonso “Chico” Carrasquel was born in Caracas, Venezuela. A 21.3 WAR player over his decade in the majors, Chico made an immediate impact with the White Sox, finishing 12th in AL MVP voting as a rookie and in just his second season becoming the first Latin player ever to appear in an All-Star Game […]
From South Side Sox | 18 days ago | 2 reads
Writing a primer on a player who it feels like Mets fans simultaneously don’t know very well but also know intimately well in Luis Robert Jr. is an interesting position to be in. The 28-year-old Cuban-born center fielder defected in 2016 and signed with the White Sox the following year, spending his entire career until […]
From Amazin' Avenue | 19 days ago | 1 read
In true Chris Getz fashion, the White Sox are once again in a position that warrants more questions than answers. On a cold and random late January night, the Sox dealt Luis Robert Jr. to the Mets for prospects Luisangel Acuña and Truman Pauley. This trade is anything but straightforward, so let’s dive into it. […]
From South Side Sox | 19 days ago | 1 read
1960 The White Sox introduced the first Major League Baseball jersey that had a player’s name on the back. It was the brainchild of owner Bill Veeck. At first the name was only on the road jersey, but starting in 1961 names were also on the backs of the home jerseys. The White Sox then removed the […]
From South Side Sox | 19 days ago | 2 reads