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Dream is back on the podcast to preview the upcoming series with the Orioles, who sit just behind the first-place Yankees. The Orioles have plenty of young talent and a tough pitching rotation, the White Sox will need to bring their A-game to come away with even a single win in the series, especially while dealing with Corbin Burnes and the great defensive shortstop, Gunnar Henderson.
Here’s what we talked about in this episode:

What’s new in Baltimore

Grading the offseason

Jackson Holliday

How to beat the Yankees

Confidence going into 2024

The O’s have a new owner

Pitching matchups

Threats, fears, and keys to winning the series

The AL Central

Tommy Pham

Royal rejects and terrible ownership

If you don’t trust someone to pick you up from the airport, they shouldn’t be president (or running day-to-day baseball operations

You can follow Dream on Twitter and find great betting content at FTN Betting.
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In the fifth episode of the Ladies’ Night podcast Hannah LaMotta, Delia Ritchie, Melissa Sage-Bollenbach, and Allie Wesel discuss several topics related to our beloved — or despised, depending on the day — South Siders. Whether you’re a die-hard White Sox fan or not, there’s something for everyone. So, sit back, relax, and grab your favorite beverage because the girls hit a home run chatting about all things baseball, including:

The automated ball-strike (ABS) challenge system. What do we think of the two different approaches, and how would it change the game

The AL Central teams are actually killing it this year. How did this happen, and will the Sox ever be relevant again

A glimpse around the Chicago minor league system. The Birmingham Barons starting rotation is impressive, but does it really mean anything

A walk down memory lane regarding players from other teams who absolutely crushed our White Sox souls

The podcast will air bi-monthly, with the next episode dropping in June.
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Fresh off a sweep dealt by the first-place Yankees, the White Sox hope to recover in Toronto against the Blue Jays. Both the Sox and Jays sit at the bottom of their divisions, and will likely be sellers at the trade deadline. The teams are similar, with All-Star players in contract years, and inconsistent offense. Thankfully for my wonderful guest, Ruth Kapelus, Toronto’s pitching rotation and team in general might have a little more fight in them.
Here’s what we talked about in this episode:

Toronto Centre updates

Grading the offseason

Contract years and dark times as a fan

It’s a good year to get to Oakland

Confidence going into 2024

Pitching matchups

Using our voices to call out abuse

Mickey Mouse Cy-Young winner

Threats, fears, and keys to winning a series

The up-and-down Astros


Ruth takes on Chicago soon


You can follow Ruth on Twitter.
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The White Sox head to the Bronx to face off against a good Yankees team. Nick Stellini joined the podcast to discuss the first-place team and the red-hot Aaron Judge.
Here’s what we talked about in this episode:

What’s new in the Bronx?

Does anyone know about Juan Soto?

Gerrit Cole’s timeline, and how hilarious he is

Grading the offseason

How to stay in first place

Are Adley Rutschman and Gunnar Henderson freaks of nature?

Confidence going into 2024

Pitching matchups, and Carlos Rodón

Threats, fears, and keys to winning a series

Thoughts for the 2024 season

The downfall of the Astros

It’s time for Jerry Reinsdorf to pay some therapy bills

You can follow Nick on Twitter and check out his work at SportsLine.
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It’s Brett Ballantini’s favorite week of the month, when he gets to again call on president and GM of the first-place Birmingham Barons, Jonathan Nelson. Even after a tightly-fought series in Pensacola didn’t go Birmingham’s way, the club is still tops in the Southern League.

Despite losing five of six to the Blue Wahoos, the Barons have won five of their last 10 and remain a half-game better than their fellow division-leading counterparts, Pensacola

How manager Sergio Santos has handled the first tough turn of the season

Inside baseball: How Jonathan works hand-in-hand with this field manager

A preview of this week’s home series hosting the Chattanooga Lookouts, worst in the Southern League

Bryan Ramos’ call-up and delightful character

Will Brooks Baldwin ever stop hitting

The phenom, Wilfred Veras

The most terrifying offensive weapon in Birmingham? It could very well be a healthy Duke Ellis and his speed demonry

How is catcher Edgar Quero shaping up as a leader and game-caller?

Three quick speed-round questions with Jonathan off-the-field

Is Mason Adams the surprise ace of the Barons?

Eric Adler arrives in town to give Birmingham another late-inning killer

The southpaw starting pair of Jake Eder and Ky Bush

How the Barons brass on the ground in Birmingham plays into any promotion/demotion decisions

Do these podcasts provide the good luck for the team, meaning that soon Brett may need to be packing his bags for Birmingham?

Follow Jonathan Nelson on Twitter @JonathanN_Bham, the Barons @BhamBarons, and find tickets to an upcoming Barons game by clicking this link.
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For the first time ever, SSS duty geezer Leigh Allan has missed an episode of Sharing Sox. But his son and west coast correspondent, Will, took to the microphone in what amounted to a The Big Blurt reunion, with Rob Colletti and Bill Meincke.
And the timing was pretty good, given they trio talked on the heels of the only good week of baseball we’ve enjoyed with the White Sox this season. Naturally, such sunshine was not quite reflected in the podcast itself.

The podcast kicks off with general introductions, plus the traditional singing hello from Rob to Bill

Is it better to be historically bad, or to see good performances/wins that will yield improvements to the system and improve the next wave of White Sox talent?

As it comes up in the podcast, Rob wrote a very popular piece on South Side Sox last month, addressing the horribleness of the organization

Rob, and the rest of the crew, are hyped about ... the Double-A Birmingham Barons

A sober assessment of Andrew Vaughn and his future in Chicago

Loss predictions for the 2024 season

A broader assessment of the MLB season will play out

Weighing in on John Schriffen as our new play-by-play guy, and seeing it turn into a rough assessment of Hawk Harrelson

Will has the only proper read on generosity toward the Cubs and Cubs fans


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