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My alphabetical player-by-player review — @soxnerd style — of the 2024 White Sox continues with BROOKS BALDWIN: Infielder is the only White Sox switch-hitter to double four times in his first 10 Major League games. *NEXT: ANDREW BENINTENDI … [Read more...] about 2024 WHITE SOX PLAYER REVIEW: BROOKS BALDWIN

My alphabetical player-by-player review — @soxnerd style — of the 2024 White Sox begins with JACOB AMAYA: Infielder claimed off waivers from Houston on Aug. 26 hit .353 (6-for-17) against Boston and Baltimore but .120 (6-for-50) vs. the rest of the league. NEXT: JUSTIN ANDERSON … [Read more...] about 2024 WHITE SOX PLAYER REVIEW: JACOB AMAYA

A controversial scoring decision cost Ken Brett a shot at a no-hitter in the White Sox 1-0 win — their 11th in a row — in 11 innings over the Angels in Anaheim, Calif. on May 26, 1976. Acquired just eight days earlier from the Yankees, the lefty was denied his no-no with two outs in the ninth when third baseman Jorge Orta couldn’t handle a roller by Jerry Remy. Official … [Read more...] about A NEAR NO-HITTER AFTER A NEAR DISASTER FOR BRETT

This is the start of Jim Leyland’s bio in the 1985 White Sox media guide. Here’s a White Sox-focused look at today’s Hall-of-Fame inductees: *ADRIAN BELTRE: The 5-time Gold Glove winner hit more homers (6) off Bartolo Colon but none occurred when Big Bart was with the Sox. Beltre was 0-for-6 vs. “Big Sexy” in Colon’s stints with the Sox in 2003 and 2009. *JOE MAUER: … [Read more...] about A WHITE SOX-CENTRIC LOOK AT THE 2024 HALL-OF-FAME INDUCTEES

Michael Kopech finished off a rare White Sox victory Wednesday with something even rarer: an immaculate inning. The flurry of nine strikes on nine pitches was only the second in the 124-year history of the Chicago American League Ballclub and the first since Aug. 22, 1923 — 36,848 days prior — when Hollis “Sloppy” Thurston accomplished the feat against the Philadelphia … [Read more...] about BREAKING DOWN A SOX IMMACULATE INNING