White Sox Business: A show about the Chicago White Sox

When Scoops Fegan strikes, which we wished was more often, you know it's going to be good episode. James unveils and details news he broke earlier today; the White Sox plan to pay minor league players through June (1:30). What was the impetus for Chicago paying its fledgling professional athletes, and why aren't all clubs taking note? Tommy Boy and Jimmy welcome Hall of Fame Baseball writer and The Athletic MLB scribe extraordinaire, Jayson Stark, to the Business (9:00). The trio tackle presumptive plans to jump-start the season, and ponder baseball's standing and stature in America if there isn't a 2020 season. Are the initial reports about MLB/MLBPA sour negotiations normal practice, or is there more to read into (14:30)? Is the current player/owner battlefield a preview for 2021 and a new CBA (16:30)? Jayson gives his take on if stomaching rate stats in a shortened season is possible, and what aspect of the game will be forever altered by this phenomena (23:30)? James' three-wins, zero-loss record is put to the test another edition of 10-ty Questions (33:30).

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Wait? You purposefully tuned into this show? Double-check to make sure it's the podcast you think it is, you probably meant to click on the 'What Is Sports?' series. Oh, you didn't?! Well, all right, we're glad to have you...I haven't thought this far ahead. OK. Tom and James react to the White Sox keeping its full-time employees, and play off of news that isn't really news, but we treat it like news. Will the season be one big asterisk? Even the counting stats? What's our favorite White Sox memorabilia and where does "Glow" rank among The Athletic's sports series rankings?

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The Business is open and we're glad you stopped in to listen (even if it wasn't intentional). Tommy and James use Jim Margalus (@SoxMachine) recent tweet as a prompt to discuss the excitement and validity of a possible White Sox championship in a condensed season (2:30). After, we three (that includes me!) draft our favorite baseball movies in a four-round no holds barred slugfest that features James screaming "dammit" at the top of his lungs (14:50). How can we conceivably wrap up an episode without mentioning Tiago (46:30)? Plus, Tom's Two Cents returns as he dismantles MJ's flu game conspiracy theories (49:30).

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At this point, we need a White Sox Business virtual avatar daycare between old-enough, though angsty and cranky, Tiago Fegan, and Iowa State's scorned, though equally hungry and tired, OC, Sweets McCrae (can Tom and Jimmy afford child support...maybe that's why they do this show?). James recounts his disheveled appearance in his Zoom call with WSB favorite, ex-Sox and current Samsung Lions' infielder in the KBO, Tyler Saladino (8:00). Saladino reveals KBO's preventative and reactionary safety measures, including unpleasant Covid testing (12:30). Good Take/Bad Take comes and goes like James in Tiago's life, but while we play, we consider MLB's coronavirus testing frequency (22:00), baseball can be played without players spitting, chewing, or eating sunflower seeds (26:15), Blake Snell’s Twitch comments weren’t great from a PR standpoint (31:40) and It is Jerry Reinsdorf’s fault the Bulls dynasty ended after six titles (42:30---podcast properly edited by Jacqueline Fegan).

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When he's not writing comedy skits, drinking rum (?) and Coke (?) and flipping off girl scouts, James and Tom are delivering hard hitting (it's an intended baseball pun) interviews with members of the White Sox like pitcher Aaron Bummer, who joins us today (3:15)! Twitter aficionado, Aaron, breaks down why he liked James' tweet featuring himself in his formative years giving the 'bird' before discussing his thoughts on MLB proposal for a 2020 season (11:00), maintaining fit despite less training structure (14:45) and the hardships those without a contract (like Bummer has) may face during this time (17:00). Bummer reacts to radical changes to the game, including the three-batter rule (18:45) and a condensed draft (23:15). Jimmy and TomTom pick Bummer's brain about how to approach a fight, considering he was involved in the Tigers brawl back in 2000 (25:50). Plus, is the job of the head football coach at Bummer's alma mater, Scott Frost, Nebraska, in jeopardy (31:30)? James 10-ty question winning-streak is put to the test (38:15).

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Welcome to another rollicking edition of White Sox Business! A show where James references his affection for 'Jane the Virgin', but every insightful question Tom and I pose to Jimmy to better understand the series (and our friend), he shrugs us off, and comments about finishing the series a week ago and that it's old news. With that out of the way. Tom and Notre Dame's sketch group president key in on Ken Rosenthal's latest MLB plan reports that include cross-league divisions and the universal DH (6:30). We (that includes me, Cam, the producer of this show...please remember me) draft our favorite sports that aren't baseball (22:15) before we shoehorn in today's 'Fegan Focus', the myopic MLB Draft (40:45).

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Since last episode, it's been decided that James has no taste in music, and that Vanessa Carlton's 'A Thousand Miles' is, one hundred percent, a banger. Speaking of bangers, today's interview with the Birmingham Barons radio announcer, Curt Bloom, is absolutely smashing (4:00)! The guys chat about Curt's near three-decade stint as the Barons announcer, starting back in 1992, and his interactions with a certain NBA star turned bat-toting wonder, Danny Aing...PSYCH...it's Michael Jordan. HA GOT 'EM! The trio delve into 'The Last Dance' and Jordan's magnetic nature in the way he attracted fans as well as Curt's pick-up game with his Airness (10:00), MJ's gradual growth on the field (15:30), the better prospect, Luis Robert or MJ (20:25), and Curt's under the radar MJ tale (28:30). Before we wrap, Tom and SCOOPS pledge their allegiance to a KBO club for the season (37:45).

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James' favorite music is television static. His favorite pastime, watching paint dry. Truly a scintillating personality, and his hobbies run the gamut. There's nothing banal about the new Dos Equis man, and if think there is, which there isn't because he loves 'A Thousand Miles' (:45), you can just choke on your words...speaking of choking (perfect segue. Great job, Cam!), Lucas Giolito fell a game short of bringing home the hardware that matters in The Show Players' Tournament (4:55). Tom and James navigate the winners, losers and most memorable comments from The Athletic's White Sox fan survey (10:30), including: What were the team expectations for 2020 (before everything changed -- 13:15), Besides Luis Robert, which prospect will have the most fruitful career (18:55), Which current position player will end up having the best career (27:30), A shortage of pretzels in the press box provokes a battle royal among White Sox beat writers. Who survives (you won't believe the answer -- 35:45), and, the coup de grace, How often do you listen to the White Sox Business podcast (please...tell your friends. I'm scared. -- 39:35)? The duo, to their chagrin, take a look at the most...noteworthy comments (41:00).

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Hey cool Biz and Bizners, it's your favorite Bizner producer, Producer Cam. Did you know there are few things that can survive contact with molten rock? Just (tiger) food for thought. The Athletic's Cubs beat reporter (and 'Onto Waveland' podcast co-host), Sahadev Sharma, joins the guys in imagining a divisional realignment, as reported by USA Today's Bob Nightengale, that would pit the Sox in the same grouping as the Cubs (4:10). Sahadev and James reveal their Cubs and White Sox Super Teams (9:30), and discuss the result of the controversial simulated game between the two fantasy clubs (#ShadySahadev - 15:20). Sahadev and the Sox Squad postulate if the pandemic has effectively closed the Cubs' window of contention (22:20) and if Kris Bryant will re-sign (31:00). Tom and James dive into the latter's piece about new Bears' tight end, Cole Kmet, and how the White Sox coveted him at one point (39:30).

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Hi, hello, and welcome to White Sox Business; a show where two maniacs talk about rum and coke, Mel Kiper Jr.'s less football savvy offspring and the Alps' geographical boundaries with some White Sox baseball sprinkled in. Tom and James react to the, in all likelihood (inevitable), cancellation, but for now, not cancelled, MLB's Field of Dream game between the Sox and Yankees. ESPN's Jeff Passan's recent report about baseball eventually starting stirs up hope in the hearts of baseball fans, even if it's just a little; however, the slightly optimistic news is kinda overshadowed by MiLB cutting bait with a large portion of its affiliates. How does this affect the Sox's minor league system? Plus, James Kiper Jr. grades the Chicago Bears draft!

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