Teams & Topics: White Sox
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I Hate The White Sox/Fuck You, Pt. 2
As part of our ongoing Cubs/Sox deliberations, we asked two of our favorite fans to go head to head. You’re welcome. Joel Reese begins, and Tony Fitzpatrick responds.
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Veeck, as in Night Train
Three generations of Veecks have been in the baseball business. Now Chicago has the fourth. Meet Night Train Veeck.
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Sox or Cubs: Who Says You Have to Choose?
Who says you can’t root for the Cubs and Sox? Fred Klein fell in love with the Cubs in 1945, and in the next decade it was the Sox. At least hear him out.
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Chitown Holmes v. Beantown Buckley: Whose Sports Hacks Blow Harder?
Which city’s players have it worse when it comes to media? Boston or Chicago? To consider the question, ChicagoSide brought together veteran sports personalities, Steve Buckley of the Boston Herald and Laurence Holmes of The Score.
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Winning Isn’t Everything: Why The Sox (Still) Don’t Draw Big Crowds
The first place Sox couldn’t crack 30,000 once in a three game series with the first place Yankees. Fred Klein explains the decades-long journey to the lonely Cell.
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The House Of David’s Last Chapter
Lloyd Dalager, the last member of the House of David baseball team, died of natural causes Aug. 1 in his studio apartment in the rambling Shilo home on the House of David grounds in Benton Harbor, Mich. He was the final chapter in one of baseball’s most eclectic stories.
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How Andy Shaw Keeps Score, From Little League To Big Government
Baseball, journalism and politics all share common denominators: keeping score, even when the scores are hard to measure. And playing fair. Those lessons carry on, and veteran Chicago watchdog Andy Shaw takes this opportunity to share a story from his baseball youth, where the journey began.
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The Sabermetrics Of Sucking: Chicago’s Biggest Busts
Who are they? To find out, we created a statistic to measure each candidate’s “Bust Factor.” Think of it as a sabermetrics of sucking—the bigger the number, the bigger the bust. And don’t even think of arguing with me, because then you’re arguing with science, my friend.
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Without Blacks, Baseball Isn’t America’s Pastime
Should we care if there is only one black player—or even no black players—on the Chicago Cubs or White Sox? Feeling like a base runner caught between second and third, unsure which direction to go, the writer reached out to others to find an answer.
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Diversity Paradox: How MLB Hits & Misses
As part of ChicagoSide’s “The 8 Percent” series examining African-Americans in baseball, the veteran business journalist looks at Major League Baseball’s efforts toward diversity, which are yielding seemingly upside-down results: more blacks in management, fewer on the field.
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There’s Only One Black MLB Player In Chicago—Does It Matter?
Orlando Hudson isn’t getting much playing time this year for the Sox, but he nonetheless holds an important distinction. For much of the season, he has been the only black MLB player in the city of Chicago. Does it matter?
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Sunday Special: Great Ron Santo Stories
A real ballplayer entered the MLB Hall Of Fame yesterday, but it was 18 months too late for every those of us who would’ve hung on every syllable from the man’s induction speech. We loved Ron Santo. Here are some great stories about the late-great third baseman.
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Cubs Win Is Still Chicago’s Loss
The writer watched closely as the Cubs beat the Marlins for the team’s 14th win in almost as many games, and couldn’t help but feel a pang of sadness about the night’s losing pitcher and the indelible mark he left on Chicago.
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The Contenders: Kenny & His White Sox
The formerly embattled general manager of the Chicago White Sox has his surprising squad looking like legit contenders (again) and even his most persistent critics owe the man his due.
