Author Archives: Ed Siebert

There’s always pessimism in fandom, especially if your team is from a certain Midwestern city that starts with “C”, ends with “O” and in the middle is “Hicag” pronounced like the A is trying to squeeze out from between a couple walls. Heck, on the lakefront the chants for the head coach to be firedContinue reading “GIVING THANKS FOR THE SOX”

What if the White Sox largely stand pat? Can they…? Yeah that’s right. In an offseason where the Sox seen primed to add a few pieces to put them over to the next tier of contenders, they could do very little just as easily. But fans want new and exciting. Upgrades! New pieces! Lower concessionContinue reading “FREEZE, WHITE SOX?”

31 TEAMS, 31 TRADE POSSIBILITIES? Craig Kimbrel’s option has been picked up, so let the trading begin! We assume. The Sox are known to need a second baseman to replace Nick Madrigal, and have no one in house to take the spot unless Jake Burger or Andrew Vaughn surprise the heck out of Tony. There’sContinue reading “THE 31 FLAVORS OF CRAIG KIMBREL”

In contractual terms “consideration” is the thing you give the other guy for the thing he’s giving you. Usually consideration is the money, the service or the good exchanged. But it is also a word that means a thought given to the impact of an action before taking it. In the case of the SoxContinue reading “FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION….”

So, you want a shot at $1,000? As we hurdle prematurely into the offseason for the White Sox, we will continue to analyze the team and get ready for spring training through your favorite “for fans by fans” podcast, Sox in the Basement, and this space here for those who like reading. We aren’t goingContinue reading “WIN $1,000 BY KNOWING PEOPLE: WELCOME TO THE SOX IN THE BASEMENT GUEST BOUNTY”

Remember when, pre-season, PECOTA put the White Sox at 3rd in the AL Central behind The Twins and The Cleveland Baseball Assemblage (n/k/a Guardians)? The projections said no playoffs. In this here blogspace we told PECOTA to suck eggs and compared the Sox to every contender and showed why they had more talent on theContinue reading “WHITE SOX. HOW’RE YA NOW?”

As the Sox prepare to clinch the division and try and chase a better seed for the playoffs, there will soon be questions of fan credentials and the legitimacy of your joy in the Sox’ success. Soxcess, as it were. But fandom is really relative and there’s no one way to do it. It isContinue reading “READY THE WAGON!!!”

THE SOX AREN’T REPEATING 2020 No, they aren’t. Yes, as of the words being applied to the internets for this post, the Sox have gone .500 in their last 12 and so far are 3-4 in September. Panic sets in as we remember last season, that truncated mystical microcosm of baseball, and the fact thatContinue reading “REST, RELAXATION AND PERSPECTIVE”

SOXTOBERFEST – NOT SANCTIONED BY THE SOX, OCTOBER, FESTS, OR GERMANY. But hell if it isn’t going to be a good time. Or as they say in Munich, “a good time” but with a German accent, or “eine gute zeit” with a German accent, or “heinie goot z’aight” with whatever American accent you’re rocking. SoContinue reading “SOX IN THE BASEMENT PRESENTS: SOXTOBERFEST!!”