Ah, the Chris Getz era of Sharing Sox begins, as SSS duty geezer Leigh Allan and his son and west coast correspondent, Will, wade into the swamp that is the mind of Jerry Reinsdorf and the resultant morass that is the Chicago White Sox to wonder whether promoting a man who has proven an utter, catastrophic failure in his current post is a sound baseball, or business, strategy.

First, though, the duo venture into happier thoughts, praising the Cleveland Guardians for picking Lucas Giolito and Reynaldo López off the waiver wire and wondering if that will be enough for the Guardians to catch the Twins, even with three of their own starters coming off of the IL in coming weeks. Unfortunately, no one claimed You Know Who, be it for ethical or monetary reasons, so the Sox are stuck with him for the rest of the season.

And, of course, no podcast this week would be complete without a look at the Fan Fat Fold Firearm Fiasco, which remains unsolved because, well, because, this is the White Sox, where nothing ever gets solved.

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Joe Resis, Melissa Sage-Bollenbach, Jacki Krestel, Malachi Hayes, Ryiin and Brian O’Neill sat down with Brett Ballantini to reassess our fandom in light of the pending decision to elevate Chris Getz to Chicago White Sox general manager.

• Put bluntly, can our fandom survive?
• Ryiin and Brett are the most broken by the succession of moves made through the entirety of the Rick Hahn Era, but now extending beyond — and seemingly getting more egregious by the day
• Malachi Hayes brings up a point echoed by others, however, than his fandom will outlive Jerry Reinsdorf and this ugly, horrible, short-sighted, terrible era of White Sox baseball
• We have had so many things taken from us in the past decade, as the team’s traditionally-proud and competitive nature has evaporated
• Likewise, we can’t even street-fight defend the White Sox any longer; go ahead, ESPN, forget 2005, or report only on guns in the park, or ... whatever. The White Sox have stolen the fight from us
• Where do we go from here?

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The White Sox are about to face the Tigers and Royals. Blah blah blah. Instead of talking about this team, and some other bad baseball teams in the American League Central, I decided to go in a different direction. 

Dollars for Dingers was started in 2019 by the wonderful women over at A Pod of Their Own. What started as something small between friends has turned into a much larger and incredibly influential fundraiser. Linda Surovich and Allison McCague join the podcast to talk about something that sadly intertwines quite a bit with baseball: domestic violence.

How Dollars for Dingers came to be

• The monetary goal for this year
• Women’s Night at Citi Field, and what it’s like to have a good owner
• Not a Mets fan? You can still make a pledge!
• Funny and creative pledges — just make sure you can find the amount in the box score
• Other ways to give if you can’t afford to donate
• Donating for [redacted] starts and when other abusers play
• Light commiserating on a terrible season

You can follow along with A Pod of Their Own, Allison McCague, Linda Surovich, and Home Run Applesauce. 

Want to pledge? Sign up here.

If you happen to be in the area, don’t miss out on the in-person event. 

If you are experiencing any abuse, visit the National Domestic Violence Network. 

Resources & support for anyone in the U.S. affected by intimate partner violence 24/7/365. 1-800-799-7233. Chat at http://thehotline.org | Text “START” to 88788

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Rumor has it that while the White Sox have been blah on the field lately, events off the field have been pretty exciting. Thus SSS duty geezer Leigh Allan and his son and west coast correspondent, Will, after due commiseration with and best wishes for Shohei Ohtani, take a few moments to consider all that has happened and all that might.

Do they cheer mightily for the termination of Kenny Williams and Rick Hahn? Of course. 

Do they think Jerry Reinsdorf, apparently aided by his swell buddy and one time waaaaaay back in history HOFBP, will do anything but something exceedingly stupid? Of course not.

Do they believe that Reinsdorf will shake down Chicago and every other city in North America for every tax dollar he can gouge from them to add to his billions? Of course.

Do they believe he will actually sell the team when it might cost him to actually pay some taxes himself? Of course not.

Do they believe anything anybody in the White Sox front office, now or then, ever says or leaks? You’ve got to be kidding.

Do they believe any experienced general manager with an iota of sense or self respect would ever work for the White Sox while control-freak Reinsdorf controls the team, thus relieving us of the dreaded specter of Chris Getz? For the sake of whoever might be thus tempted and their sanity, let us hope not.

Well, you get the picture. Probably nothing you haven’t thought and said yourself.

On the other hand, it’s a really fun rant.

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Really, this title pretty much says it all, right?

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Don’t ask us how they got out there among the hoi-est of polloi — actually, Brett did ask! — but Melissa Sage-Bollenbach and her husband and partner-in-ballpark-travels, Shaun, take us through the magical, inaugural Field of Dreams Game, two years ago today:

• Getting tickets! “Shaun, I’ve got some good news, and some bad news ...”
• Hey, let’s get in the car and drive four hours to a baseball game! And back!
• Did Melissa employ a “Queen’s wave” as Iowans lined the roadways to greet fans attending the game
• Pregame outside the park, including Steinbrenners cutting the concession lines
• Pregame inside the park, with kudos for MLB putting on an A+ show
• In-game, including Hands across America, as fans of all stripes show up for the game to unify in rooting against the Yankees
• The corn went Hollywood
• José took one to the corn
• Mood swings late — and was it the White Sox or Cubs fan who preached patience and practiced optimism as the South Siders appeared ready to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory?
• THE ENDING
• Where this game ranks as an attendee, all-time
• A “bonus” discussion of Field of Dreams, the movie

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After a dramatic weekend and an embarrassing week, the White Sox are hopefully looking ahead to this weekend's series after taking two straight sets. Ideally, the dirty secrets are over and maybe the news will break that there are several coaching and front office jobs opening up. (It won’t happen, but a girl can dream.)

Jordan White joins the show to talk about the first-place Brewers. You might know Jordan from Pitcher List, and the recently-ended podcast In The Deep. He’s also your go-to guy if you want advice on fantasy baseball pickups. 

The pitching matchups look promising, so long as Michael Kopech can maintain the magic from his previous start, and Dylan Cease can bounce back from what was probably his worst start ever. 

• Jordan’s Pitcher List departure has him watching baseball for fun again. 
• The Brewers are in first place, but the National League Central is still wide-open
• What’s going on in Milwaukee, anyway?
• The Cubs' annoying hot streak
• Baseball butts: Mark Cahna edition
• Jordan’s MVP on the Brewers
• A White Sox and Brewers trade
• Twitter questions! 
• Pitching matchups and a series preview
• Fears, threats, and the keys to winning the series
• Chrystal and Jordan make unconfirmed plans because baseball is better with friends
• Around the league 

Find Jordan on Twitter and see some of his work on Pitcher List. 

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South Side Sox duty geezer Leigh Allan and his son and west coast correspondent, Will, manage to take a moment off from this week’s White Sox weirdness to agree wholeheartedly with an article in The Athletic bemoaning the fact official scorers are terrified of ruling errors any more, to the point any routine booting of a grounder or drop of a fly is deemed a hit, and only throws into at least row Q will be scored with a big E. 

That example of players not being held responsible for their actions then just naturally led to the White Sox Week That Was, full of a bizarre boxarama (spoiler alert: We politely suggest some mental health help for a certain member of the Sox who has appeared very troubled this year) followed by accusations of a deceased culture in the Sox clubhouse, reinforcement of that accusation, denial of that accusation, and then a whole bunch more accusations of lax effort or attitude on the part of certain players. Whew!

And if that wasn’t enough, there was Rick Hahn, holder of law and business degrees giving the business in a way no lawyer would ever advise to all the players who were traded at the deadline by saying they got rid of the problem people. 

Who did he mean? The pitiful Chicago media forgot to ask, so all six of those traded except Keynan Middleton, who got a separate blast from the pitiful GM, are open for speculation. None seem likely culprits, but maybe there was a six-player conspiracy.

Got a favorite? Feel free to take a guess in the comments. 

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In this episode, two bitter baseball fans chat about their below-average teams. That’s right, we’re talking about the White Sox and Yankees! I also had a headache while recording, so things get a little loosey-goosey. That being said, Asher Dratel from Pitcher List joins to chat about the Yankees, and why everything is so bad right now. Twitter brought a lot of good questions, and as a content warning, we do discuss alcohol abuse and domestic violence in light of recent events involving Domingo Germán. 

The lack of a pitching matchup at the time of the recording is also discussed, as both teams face pitching woes. At least the Yankees have Gerrit Cole. We also talk break down our expectations for the series, and move on to teams that are way more fun to watch right now.

• The White Sox are bad, but the Yankees are, too!
• What’s going on in the Bronx, anyway?
• Despite Aaron Judge returning to the lineup, it’s a little too late to mount a comeback
• The Yankees MVP not named Aaron Judge
• Will Carlos Rodón get better?
• How badly did the Yankees fumble the trade deadline? 
• Old friend alert, though
• Twitter questions! 
• Pitching matchups are non-xistent at the moment, and that’s pretty telling
• Touki Toussaint appreciation break
• Fears, threats, and the keys to winning the series
• Around the league 

Find Asher on Twitter and over at Pitcher List.

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In an unprecedented burst of activity, the often elusive Dugout Metrics podcast goes back-to-back episodes, this time tapping Luke Smailes and his article series on the 2023 collegiate picks for the White Sox. Luke, fresh off of Lumen Field in Seattle, where he was so close to the draft he could smell Harold Reynolds’ aftershave, sat down with Brett Ballantini to share his many insights: 

• First off, yes, Brett claimed that he re-signed Luke to a more lucrative Dugout Metrics deal, but Luke spilled the real beans, that he simply invoked the no-trade clause in his deal. Smart man, because he got to come back on better terms than ever — thus a first-ever Dugout Metrics one-on-one!
• With a nod to top pick Jacob González, Luke reveals his Best Pick of the White Sox draft — a tweener whose selection was met with more groans than cheers
• As Most Intriguing Pick, it’s a pitcher with pedigree, and the confidence to match it
• Least Exciting Pick is a tough category, but Luke did find two guys in the Top 12 to highlight as question marks
• Most Out of the Box Pick is the funkiest and quirkiest pitcher of the bunch
• We addressed another six picks beyond that, covering almost all of the collegians, and even found time to celebrate the George Wolkow coup
• Draft trends for the White Sox: BB/K ratio, College World Series pedigree, and lefty bats. What of those traits are most important to Luke?
• An assessment, early though it may be, of the two Mike Shirley drafts
• Bonus Horned Frogs and Joe Kelly content, for the Dugout Metrics superfans!

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