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The difference between 6 games under .500 and actually being 11-11 is razor thin, and the White Sox front office can make changes today to close that gap. The question is if accountability will be timely or delayed by money, status or ego. Is it too early to make decisions on some of these young players? Video version on YouTube! Brought to you by Hayat Home Medical Equipment. Chris Lanuti and Ed Siebert sit at a basement bar on the South Side of Chicago to discuss their favorite team - The Chicago White Sox in a podcast "For Fans, By Fans!" Listen. Subscribe. Share. SUBSCRIBE NOW​ on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, everywhere podcasts can be found and always at SoxInTheBasement.com!

Listeners sound off on the first three weeks of the 2026 White Sox season, and some familiar targets of ire have reappeared. There may be a bunch of arms down in AAA, but can we get a few bats? Either the front office has face-planted on hitter evaluations or this is just a small sample size. What do you believe? We also use a simple method to find confidence in some starting pitchers coming soon. Video version on YouTube! Brought to you by Hayat Home Medical Equipment. Chris Lanuti and Ed Siebert sit at a basement bar on the South Side of Chicago to discuss their favorite team - The Chicago White Sox in a podcast "For Fans, By Fans!" Listen. Subscribe. Share. SUBSCRIBE NOW​ on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, everywhere podcasts can be found and always at SoxInTheBasement.com!

Don't look now, but the White Sox have found some solid starting pitching and a couple of effective relievers. Enter big-time prospect Noah Schultz. What does his promotion, the trade of Lenyn Sosa and more help arriving from Charlotte mean for this team? It means some of these position players better start hitting soon. Video version on YouTube! Brought to you by Hayat Home Medical Equipment. Chris Lanuti and Ed Siebert sit at a basement bar on the South Side of Chicago to discuss their favorite team - The Chicago White Sox in a podcast "For Fans, By Fans!" Listen. Subscribe. Share. SUBSCRIBE NOW​ on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, everywhere podcasts can be found and always at SoxInTheBasement.com!

They aren't scoring enough runs lately, and they sit a few games below .500, but the White Sox have shown one big positive over the past week. We take a look at the foundation of a new White Sox Way from this front office and at four starting pitchers excelling at one of our favorite stats. The Sox Nerd also stops by! Video version on YouTube! Brought to you by Hayat Home Medical Equipment. Chris Lanuti and Ed Siebert sit at a basement bar on the South Side of Chicago to discuss their favorite team - The Chicago White Sox in a podcast "For Fans, By Fans!" Listen. Subscribe. Share. SUBSCRIBE NOW​ on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, everywhere podcasts can be found and always at SoxInTheBasement.com!

Help us find the winner of our $1000 Guest Bounty presented by Cork & Kerry At The Park! Listen to snippets from Don Cooper, the University of Chicago group trying to make better White Sox hitters and Chicago media vet Larry Hawley. Then get to SoxInTheBasement.com and VOTE for your favorite guest of the offseason. Winner announced on our next episode this Saturday 4/11/26! Video version on YouTube! Brought to you by Hayat Home Medical Equipment. Chris Lanuti and Ed Siebert sit at a basement bar on the South Side of Chicago to discuss their favorite team - The Chicago White Sox in a podcast "For Fans, By Fans!" Listen. Subscribe. Share. SUBSCRIBE NOW​ on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, everywhere podcasts can be found and always at SoxInTheBasement.com!

As the White Sox run out an opener during their home opener, we turn to two of our favorites. Scott Merkin of MLB.com answers our questions about a rough start to the season, while The Sox Nerd dazzles with Opening Day historical nuggets. Video version on YouTube! Brought to you by Hayat Home Medical Equipment. Chris Lanuti and Ed Siebert sit at a basement bar on the South Side of Chicago to discuss their favorite team - The Chicago White Sox in a podcast "For Fans, By Fans!" Listen. Subscribe. Share. SUBSCRIBE NOW​ on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, everywhere podcasts can be found and always at SoxInTheBasement.com!

This was not the start you were looking for as a White Sox fan. The team that said they were going to be better in the bullpen blew the last game in Milwaukee, handing the Brewers a sweep to start 2026. They struck out 20 times on Opening Day and there are only 27 outs in a game. Then again, there are some bright spots. Can Will Venable avoid a disasterous start and limit the initial stumble to the first series of the year?  Video version on YouTube! Brought to you by Hayat Home Medical Equipment. Chris Lanuti and Ed Siebert sit at a basement bar on the South Side of Chicago to discuss their favorite team - The Chicago White Sox in a podcast "For Fans, By Fans!" Listen. Subscribe. Share. SUBSCRIBE NOW​ on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, everywhere podcasts can be found and always at SoxInTheBasement.com!

Opening Day brings questions as the White Sox keep saying they want to get more wins this year. Can Shane Smith recapture his 2025 form? What happens if he doesn't? With so much hope for an improved team, the White Sox must get that momentum going quickly.  Video version on YouTube! Brought to you by Hayat Home Medical Equipment. Chris Lanuti and Ed Siebert sit at a basement bar on the South Side of Chicago to discuss their favorite team - The Chicago White Sox in a podcast "For Fans, By Fans!" Listen. Subscribe. Share. SUBSCRIBE NOW​ on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, everywhere podcasts can be found and always at SoxInTheBasement.com!

We take our best guess at the final roster for the start of the 2026 regular season and discover the few actual roster battle winners. One was Reese McGuire, surprisingly, as he got $1.2 million to supplant Korey Lee. Why did it happen? What's the long-term plan for McGuire? We try to make sense of it all in "30 Minutes of Sox!" Video version on YouTube! Brought to you by Hayat Home Medical Equipment. Chris Lanuti and Ed Siebert sit at a basement bar on the South Side of Chicago to discuss their favorite team - The Chicago White Sox in a podcast "For Fans, By Fans!" Listen. Subscribe. Share. SUBSCRIBE NOW​ on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, everywhere podcasts can be found and always at SoxInTheBasement.com!

Get the word on ballpark eats this year at Guaranteed Rate Field as we chat with the folks behind the majority of White Sox offerings this season. New addition Munetaka Murakami has inspired a good portion of food that is new to the ballpark. He also homered in his first game back joining a team with an announced starting rotation and a soon-to-be majority owner who is buying a lot of land. Video version on YouTube! Brought to you by Hayat Home Medical Equipment. Chris Lanuti and Ed Siebert sit at a basement bar on the South Side of Chicago to discuss their favorite team - The Chicago White Sox in a podcast "For Fans, By Fans!" Listen. Subscribe. Share. SUBSCRIBE NOW​ on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, everywhere podcasts can be found and always at SoxInTheBasement.com!

For the first time in a month, Ed Siebert rejoins the show from his hospital stay with the White Sox player he has fallen in love with, a few disappointments from Spring Training and an update on his improving health. Plus, something never before thought of as possible has happened to this podcast. Video version on YouTube! Brought to you by Cork & Kerry At The Park!  Chris Lanuti and Ed Siebert sit at a basement bar on the South Side of Chicago to discuss their favorite team - The Chicago White Sox in a podcast "For Fans, By Fans!" Listen. Subscribe. Share. SUBSCRIBE NOW​ on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, everywhere podcasts can be found and always at SoxInTheBasement.com!

Media veteran Larry Hawley (WGN,CLTV) bellies up to the bar at Cork & Kerry At The Park to talk about his media path, what it is like to cover Chicago sports and his view of this current White Sox team. Get some insight into what it is like to ask uncomfortable questions and hear from the SoxNerd too in "30 Minutes of Sox!" Video version now available on YouTube! Chris Lanuti and Ed Siebert sit at a basement bar on the South Side of Chicago to discuss their favorite team - The Chicago White Sox in a podcast "For Fans, By Fans!" Listen. Subscribe. Share. The $1000 Guest Bounty brought to you by Cork & Kerry At The Park gives you a chance to win $1000. SUBSCRIBE NOW​ on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, everywhere podcasts can be found and always at SoxInTheBasement.com!

Curtis Mead and Jarred Kelenic try to force their way onto the White Sox bench, while Jonathan Cannon looks to snag an unexpected rotation spot. Do they have a legit shot, or does the option of one young pitcher signal that Spring Training results may not be the deciding factor when the 26-man roster is set? Video version now available on YouTube! Chris Lanuti and Ed Siebert sit at a basement bar on the South Side of Chicago to discuss their favorite team - The Chicago White Sox in a podcast "For Fans, By Fans!" Listen. Subscribe. Share. The $1000 Guest Bounty brought to you by Cork & Kerry At The Park gives you a chance to win $1000. SUBSCRIBE NOW​ on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, everywhere podcasts can be found and always at SoxInTheBasement.com!

One team's absurd problem could be the perfect path to a White Sox trade. The infield has many high level prospects set to join it over the next few years. Competition will push everyone to be better, and we're taking a look at how it could likely turn out. Video version now available on YouTube! Chris Lanuti and Ed Siebert sit at a basement bar on the South Side of Chicago to discuss their favorite team - The Chicago White Sox in a podcast "For Fans, By Fans!" Listen. Subscribe. Share. The $1000 Guest Bounty brought to you by Cork & Kerry At The Park gives you a chance to win $1000. SUBSCRIBE NOW​ on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, everywhere podcasts can be found and always at SoxInTheBasement.com!

Early Spring Training usage of certain players tell a clear story as the White Sox try to form an identity. One would-be rookie has already declared some lofty career goals. We have a chat with Olympic Gold Medalist Abbey Murphy of USA Hockey and give a positive update about our guy Ed in "30 Minutes of Sox!" Video version now available on YouTube! Chris Lanuti and Ed Siebert sit at a basement bar on the South Side of Chicago to discuss their favorite team - The Chicago White Sox in a podcast "For Fans, By Fans!" Listen. Subscribe. Share. The $1000 Guest Bounty brought to you by Cork & Kerry At The Park gives you a chance to win $1000. SUBSCRIBE NOW​ on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, everywhere podcasts can be found and always at SoxInTheBasement.com!