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South Side Sox Podcast 70 — A Soxivus Celebration of the Best of 2021

Zach Hayes, Joe Resis, Tommy Barbee, Chrystal O’Keefe, Keelin Billue, Trooper Galactus and Adrian Serrano join Brett Ballantini for a summary of top White Sox games this season.

By Brett Ballantini, Joe Resis, Malachi Hayes, Keelin Billue, Chrystal O'Keefe, Tommy Barbee, Trooper Galactus, and Adrian Serrano

We’ve come to the Soxivus week that celebrates the best games of 2021, and we’ve got seven SSS scribes a swimming through the season to provide insights on their favorites:

  • (yes, there were several costumed writers on the podcast, on the day after Halloween. Don’t ask why, it was a spontaneous staff decision)
  • Keelin Billue spent too long in podcast exile, inadvertent though it may have been. Not only did she macho up with a sexy mustachioed cowboy getup for the podcast, she recounted her favorite game of the year, witnessing Carlos Rodón’s no-hitter in April, with fellow SSSer Dick Reillo.
  • Zach Hayes took on two games in our writeup, but spoke on Rodon’s mastery of Houston in July — perhaps his (and Chicago’s) best game of the season. Hayes was rocking a White Mamba look and yes, there were gams
  • Did Chrystal O’Keefe finally admit to feeling wonder over Field of Dreams? Well, let’s just say she recounted the many highlights of the game in the corn, in August.
  • Adrian Serrano was so wild for the 16´´softball game that was a Sox 17-13 win in crosstown play in August that he wrote an entire feature looking back at it
  • Joe Resis talked about a birthday win, which just happened to be a Blackout win — which just happened to be the only playoff win of the season
  • Trooper Galactus was podcasting from a lead-lined room, so we could not make out the details of his chosen game; the Dylan Cease slugfest over Cincinnati, in May, perhaps?
  • Father Soxivus, Tommy Barbee, simply reminded us of the inherent White Sox fandom of all our choices, and writeups
  • Brett Ballantini veered to metrics, choosing the 1.76 championship leverage index win on May 31, an extra-innings win at Cleveland secured by a home from from ... Adam Eaton. Is he joking?
  • Stay tuned for our Soxivus Pole celebration on Friday!
  • Stay tuned for a The Shining twins appearance by Chrystal and Joe in the Indianapolis Field Office next podcast!
  • There is more Soxivus to come, including the worst games of 2021, so check back next week

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