Actor (final credit: murdered by Albert Einstein in "Carnage Hall"), musician (Ethnocentric Republicans), and Nerf hoops champion, Wiffleball aficionado and onetime bilingual kindergarten teacher, Brett Ballantini has written about baseball, basketball and sometimes hockey, for the NBA, MLB, NHL, and Slam, Hoop, Sporting News, the Athletic, Sports Illustrated, South Side Hit Pen, SB Nation and others. He was CSN Chicago’s Blackhawks beat writer when their 49-year Stanley Cup drought ended in 2009-10, and took over the White Sox beat after that. He also wrote a book about Ozzie Guillén but is running out of space, so follow him on Twitter @BrettBallantini and he'll probably tell you even more about himself than you ever wanted to know. To contact the dude that runs this joint: brettballantini@yahoo.com
Crochet, White Sox drop heartbreaking opener, 1-0
Eight Ks, no walks from the southpaw well offset by 11 Ks, no walks from his offense
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Opening Day Gamethread: Tigers at White Sox
Plus, your South Side Sox coverage guide for the season!
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Sox Populi Pregame Podcast 9 — Opening Day 2024!
Brett Ballantini sits down with Melissa Sage-Bollenbach and Malachi Hayes to address the 2024 season and swap favorite Opening Day stories
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Our SSS White Sox predictions 2024: Turn and cough
Now it’s time for the scary stuff, as 16 staffers take a stab at soothsaying how sucky the Sox should be
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Our SSS MLB predictions 2024: NL domination
Sixteen staffers take a stab at how the coming baseball season will play out, with L.A. or Atlanta likely to take it all
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Sox Populi Podcast 174 — 2024 Season Predictions!
Chrystal O’Keefe, Dante Jones, Melissa Sage-Bollenbach, Hannah LaMotta and Brett Ballantini discuss the coming season, including consensus and controversial picks
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Another five enter the South Side Sox White Sox Hall of Fame!
Jack McDowell, Ray Schalk, Sherm Lollar, Magglio Ordoñez and Gary Peters join the ranks of immortals.