Sox Populi 192 — Halfway home — 2025-06-27
With a day off falling right at the midpoint of the season, it seemed a reasonable time to sit down and talk White Sox baseball. To that end, Melissa Sage-Bollenbach, Kristina Airdo and Hannah Filippo joined Brett Ballantini to check in on Chicago's first half and future fortunes.
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Show Notes
Well hey there, strangers, it's been a couple of months since our last mothership podcast. But with a day off falling right at the midpoint of the season and a platform change to Riverside.fm in progress, it seemed a reasonable time to sit down and talk White Sox baseball. To that end, Melissa Sage-Bollenbach, Kristina Airdo and Hannah Filippo joined Brett Ballantini to check in on Chicago's first half and future fortunes.
- What excites each of us most about the position the White Sox are in at the moment?
- Assessing Will Venable's first half-season as a manager
- What is most troubling about the place the White Sox now sit, still a mere five games better than the 121-loss club of a year ago?
- Taking a hard, not fawning, look at the Noah Schultz promotion
- Is there about where each of us expected to be as fans at the 81-game mark of 2025?
- Speed round: Will the second half be better or worse for the White Sox, as well as thoughts on a final loss total
- Will Colorado break the modern mark for losses? Some of us feel the Rockies will BLOW PAST 121
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