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Baltimore Orioles
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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A little bit of everything
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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Toronto Blue Jays
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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New York Yankees
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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Breaking down the first-place Barons
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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Big, blurting
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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