{"id":518410,"date":"2026-01-13T16:14:25","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T16:14:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/518410\/"},"modified":"2026-01-13T16:14:25","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T16:14:25","slug":"top-south-side-sox-stories-of-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/518410\/","title":{"rendered":"Top South Side Sox stories of 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

We skipped doing one of these last year, but they are fun and give a little shine to a number of our writers here. It is a nice pick-me-up in the dead of winter and as one dreary year turns over to another.<\/p>\n

For this year\u2019s version we will switch up the format a bit, organizing stories by category.<\/p>\n

Most-Read Story of the Year\/Reference Post of the Year
The 2025 White Sox promo schedule is out!<\/a> by Chrystal O\u2019Keefe, No. 1 story<\/p>\n

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Once again, it comes down to a feature that thousands of fans can refer to, over and over again. Sometimes it is the season schedule post, but increasingly our overview of the season\u2019s promotions is the most-read.<\/p>\n

Other top reference posts
2025 White Sox MLB draft tracker<\/a> by Brett Ballantini, No. 5 story
Chicago White Sox 2025 draft pick signing tracker<\/a> by Brett Ballantini, No. 10 story
2025 White Sox schedule released<\/a> by Brett Ballantini, No. 12 story
Updated Chicago White Sox roste<\/a>r<\/a> by Brett Ballantini, No. 13 story<\/p>\n

On-Site Coverage of the Year
White Sox 2025 Media Day<\/a> by Allie Wesel and Hannah LaMotta, No. 2 story<\/p>\n

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Our dynamic review duo took on the new fare at the park and like the promotional schedule story, a lot of readers used it as a season-long dining guide.<\/p>\n

Review of the Year
City Disconnect<\/a> by Brian O\u2019Neill, No. 3 story<\/p>\n

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Fashion commentary can come from even the unlikeliest of sources.<\/p>\n

Sassy Spot-News Story of the Year
White Sox deal their best player for someone named Curtis Mead<\/a>, Brett Ballantini, No.4 story<\/p>\n

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Sometimes, frustration leads to sarcasm. In fact with the White Sox, frustration often leads to sarcasm.<\/p>\n

Other top sassy spot-news stories
The White Sox really, really wanted Will Robertson<\/a> by Brett Ballantini, No. 18 story<\/p>\n

Serious Spot-News Story of the Year
White Sox clean house on coaches, start the hunt for 2026 fixes<\/a> by Melissa Sage-Bollenbach, No. 6 story<\/p>\n

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\u201cBlack Tuesday\u201d does not come around too often. Now, do the front office.<\/p>\n

Game Thread of the Year
Phillies at White Sox \u2014 Rain Delay<\/a> by Leigh Allan, No. 7 story<\/p>\n

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Rain delays seem to be gold for readers checking in for if\/when a game will be played.<\/p>\n

Commentary of the Year
Congratulations, White Sox: You\u2019re officially unwatchable<\/a> by Melissa Sage-Bollenbach, No. 8 story<\/p>\n

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The White Sox weren\u2019t even worthy of being an uninteresting opponent on a national telecast in 2025.<\/p>\n

Top Story Getting Reddit\u2019s Knickers in a Twist
Andrew Vaughn dumped on the Brewers<\/a> by Hannah Filippo, No.9 story<\/p>\n

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Other fan bases misreading White Sox fan sentiment + Vaughn becoming Henry Aaron in Milwaukee = eyes.<\/p>\n

Analysis of the Year
Sing it from the rooftops!<\/a> by David James, No. 16 story<\/p>\n

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Lenyn won one of us over, and David made a pretty compelling case for the rest of us to get on the bandwagon.<\/p>\n

Other top analysis posts
What will be the fate of the Rate at the gate?<\/a> by Leigh Allan, No. 19 story<\/p>\n

Feature of the Year
The right man, for the right franchise<\/a> by Mark Liptak, No. 17 story<\/p>\n

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Mark\u2019s tribute was wonderful, and insightful. Jeff will be missed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"We skipped doing one of these last year, but they are fun and give a little shine to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":518411,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2379],"tags":[5,138,49,3208,2561,4,396,2562],"class_list":{"0":"post-518410","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chicago-white-sox","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-chicago","10":"tag-chicago-white-sox","11":"tag-chicago-white-sox-news","12":"tag-chicagowhitesox","13":"tag-mlb","14":"tag-white-sox","15":"tag-whitesox"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/115888683203134173","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/518410","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=518410"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/518410\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/518411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=518410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=518410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=518410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}