Episodes

We give you the one left fielder that could start to turn this off-season around, and several that would make us groan as rumors swirl that a signing (or trade) could be incoming. In the midst of 10-13 year contracts …

Do the White Sox understand their own fanbase? Does winning create more fans or do more fans create a bigger budget for winning? We bring in a case study on the difference in Sox fans and Cubs fans over the …

After a bland Winter Meetings that did nothing for fan confidence, we explore the varied generations of White Sox fans. How you grew up with the team and experienced the current reign of Jerry Reinsdorf likely shapes your current perspective. …

Rick Hahn speaks lawyer-speak from the MLB Winter Meetings after full details surrounding Mike Clevinger's (odd) contract are released. Liam Hendriks seems to be the early trade piece the White Sox are trying to move and it makes sense. We …

Major League Baseball's Winter Meetings run from 12/4-12/7 in San Diego, and we're prepping for what the White Sox should do - and will likely do - at the event. Andrew Borders covers the Sox for Overtime Heroics and joins …

The Chicago White Sox added Mike Clevinger to their starting rotation on a reported one year deal as Jose Abreu offically left the team for greener pastures. The starting pitcher should be a solid addition to the 2023 rotation. The …

Looking at the current White Sox roster, who do you trust on the mound? Even after Rick Hahn spent way too many resources on his bullpen, it still has issues. The starting rotation needs help. The question is how many …

After Rule 5 protections and arbitration tender decisions, the White Sox 40-man roster sits at 35. Looking only at positional players currently in the organization we ask the question "who do you trust?" There are lots of good reasons for …

Let's take a White Sox trade rumor with a little internet smoke and go down the rabbit hole to see how the White Sox could fix some holes in the 2023 roster. We go shopping in Seattle where they have …

Compare how the White Sox spend to how they make money through media deals. Is there a connection? We attempt to crack the code by looking back on decades of self-imposed Jerry Reinsdorf salary caps. We also look at the …

After our previous episode with Scott Merkin and a revealing article from James Fegan of The Athletic, the White Sox plan this week seems to be spend less and make trades. Even long-time Chicago radio personality Kevin Matthews thinks that's …

The 2022-2023 MLB off-season has offically begun, and the White Sox have decisions to make over the next few weeks. As the General Manager Meetings take place we visit with Scott Merkin of MLB.com to get a feel for what …

Pedro Grifol put on his brand new #5 White Sox jersey and was officially announced as the team's new manager. Rick Hahn was gushing, but the new Sox skipper was preaching an emphasis on energy and preparation. That clues us …

Reports are out on Tuesday 11/1 that Pedro Grifol is the new manager of the Chicago White Sox. In this updated episode, we break down the new skipper and ask some questions about the process. Meanwhile, Ozzie Guillen had two …

Former White Sox pitcher Donn Pall returns to Sox In The Basement to give his take on current White Sox pitchers and what the staff could do in 2023. Donn also gives his inside-the-clubhouse view of "The Last Folk Hero: …

James Fox of FutureSox joins the show to explore a White Sox minor league system that has viable trade pieces that could help a re-shaping of the major league roster. They also have a couple future pieces unlikely to be …

In the face of some justified negativity about the current state of the Chicago White Sox, we try to do an entirely positive show. Can we find the positives in weird rumors that Jim Thome could be the next manager? …

When you look at the teams winning in the 2022 MLB Postseason, one of them is a mirror image to the White Sox in how they were constructed. When you look at who the White Sox should mimic going forward, …

The White Sox are interviewing managers, and other potential managers are doing their rounds in the media. Two very different types of managers have been interviewed so far. We've found our front-runner thus far. Plus, we examine the new shift …

Before you remake a team, you have to determine who has their arrow pointing up and who has their arrow pointing down. We're running through the roster with White Sox players poised for better seasons in 2023. Not everyone is …

Covering the 2022 White Sox was difficult. Scot Gregor of the Daily Herald talks about "one of the most painful seasons that [he has] ever had to go through" while predicting if Jose Abreu is leaving, and if AJ Pollock …

Two years after a press conference announcing the type of manager he was looking for, Rick Hahn was basically saying the same thing again as Tony La Russa retired on Monday. What confidence do you have the same decision-makers can …

We have a fun baseball conversation because it has nothing to do with the White Sox. Then we're jumping into some questions that need to be answered: Do you blame the players or the team when you hear about training …

After losing a realistic chance of making the postseason, the White Sox have started to show an even deeper team issue. We break down a roster that isn't as young as you may think, and start to form a picture …