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Chicago White Sox have a great response by winning the series against Detroit

#14 trending · Baseball

Summary: After suffering their worst loss of the season, the Chicago White Sox win on Saturday and Sunday to clinch another series win over Detroit. Miguel Vargas was a k

Sep 21
59 min

Sox Machine Live: Worst loss of 2026 as bullpen looks gassed

Summary: Because of the weather, the White Sox push their Saturday game time up by 5 hours. This edition of Sox Machine Live is a pregame show, as Josh Nelson recaps last

Sep 19
31 min

Sox Machine Live: Munetaka Murakami's power returns as White Sox win, 3-1

Summary: Munetaka Murakami hit a 3-run homer to power the White Sox to a 3-1 victory over Detroit. The pitching plan worked as Erick Fedde pitched 4.2 innings, and Grant

Sep 18
54 min

Sox Machine Live: Last Dash Towards Postseason

Summary: The Chicago White Sox lose their series at Cleveland and fall to second place. They are also the current 6th seed, one game ahead of the Texas Rangers. For a tea

Sep 17
56 min

Heartbreak in Cleveland as White Sox lose, 7-6

Summary: Brayan Rocchio has his second walk-off hit against Grant Taylor as the Guardians win, 7-6. Josh Nelson and Courtney Finnicum recap the game. Why the opener didn'

Sep 16
32 min

Sox Machine Live: White Sox beat Guardians, 7-3

Summary: Chicago White Sox won a BIG game last night beating Cleveland, 7-3. They now own the season tiebreaker and their lead in the AL Central is 1.5 games. Tristan Pet

Sep 15
54 min

Chicago White Sox stumble in St. Louis.

Summary: The Chicago White Sox lost another series and have lost 5 of their last 6 games. Their lead in the AL Central is now down to 0.5 games as they prepare to battle

Sep 14
45 min

Sox Machine Live: Chicago White Sox at risk of losing AL Central lead

Summary: New live stream will recap the 7-3 loss at St. Louis, as it was more of the same struggles. The White Sox offense was led by Chase Meidroth, who hit two home run

Sep 12
31 min

White Sox Swept By Pittsburgh Adds More Pressure in Tight Race

Summary: The Chicago White Sox are swept by the Pittsburgh Pirates, and now the AL Central lead is down to 1.5 games. With the offense struggling with RISP and starting p

Sep 11
40 min

Sox Machine Live!: Sean Burke gets rocked as White Sox lose

Summary: Pittsburgh bashed Sean Burke and the Chicago White Sox early en route to a 9-3 victory on Tuesday night. With the loss, the White Sox are now 2 games ahead of Cl

Sep 9
35 min

White Sox win series as race to postseason pressure mounts

Summary: Chicago White Sox win another series against Minnesota, but Cleveland went 3-1 vs. Detroit this weekend. The offense had a huge Sunday, the bullpen held together

Sep 7
51 min

Sox Machine Live: New Stadium Renderings & White Sox HR Chase

Summary: New South Loop stadium renderings have been released by Crain’s Chicago. Sox Machine’s Josh Nelson will break down what the renderings mean and share more of his

Sep 7
46 min

White Sox have trouble in Houston losing series

Summary: The Chicago White Sox have a tough time in Houston, losing three out of four games. With Cleveland losing their series against Toronto, the White Sox are still t

Sep 4
48 min

Sox Machine Live: Sean Burke's gutsy performance sets tone in White Sox win over Houston

Sox Machine crew recaps the Chicago White Sox 5-1 victory over the Houston Astros last night. Highlighted by Sean Burke’s gutsy start and the White Sox offense hitting in

Sep 2
52 min

Sox Machine Live: 10 walks not enough to beat Houston

Summary: Josh Nelson and Jim Margalus recap the Chicago White Sox 6-3 loss to the Houston Astros on August 31. Preview tonight's game as Sean Burke and Munetaka Murakami

Sep 1
58 min

White Sox grind out a series win at Minnesota

Summary: Chicago White Sox win two out of three in Minneapolis thanks to excellent pitching performances from Sean Newcomb and Grant Taylor out of the bullpen. Andrew Ben

Aug 31
53 min

Chicago White Sox offense powers series win over the Texas Rangers

Summary: Thanks to Tristan Peters and Miguel Vargas, the Chicago White Sox slugged their way to another series win over Texas. The pitchers are exhausted, but with the da

Aug 28
46 min

2026 Top White Sox Prospects Update with Jim Callis

Summary: Jim Callis of MLB.com joins the show to talk about the updated White Sox top prospect rankings. Why Roch Cholowsky is #1 despite Caleb Bonemer's excellent 2026 s

Aug 26
52 min

Chicago White Sox Walk-off Magic

Summary: Thanks to walk-off home runs from Jake Rogers and Tristan Peters, the Chicago White Sox pick up another series win, this time against the New York Mets. Why the

Aug 24
49 min

White Sox vs. Mets Preview and New Stadium Update

Summary: Recording of Sox Machine live stream, which covers the latest efforts by Justin Ishbia in building a new stadium in the South Loop. The first stop is moving Amtr

Aug 21
50 min

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What listeners say

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Jim, Josh and James have a good balance of takes for White Sox fans. My sense is that Josh is generally more optimistic, Jim is the straight man, and James is a bit of a cynic (in a good way). I like that James is a legit beat writer who is around the clubhouse and occasionally goes on the road with the team. It’s good to get an inside perspective on things that is from a more neutral source than the “official” podcast or Merkin.

Dhrknks · Dec 2025

Josh Jim and James do the impossible - they make me want to hear about the White Sox. They even manage to keep relatively sanguine about this horror show in the process. James’ deep analysis delivered with tongue in cheek black humor has been a fortuitous addition. Lots of content and plenty of rueful humor.

mcgowow · Jul 2025

New to baseball and these guys do a good job not getting too into the weeds with whats going on. Keeps me informed

Ricardo_1223 · Mar 2024

I like the format and structure of this podcast. The analysis is good and they strike the right mix of qualitative assessments with advanced stats to understand and explain what’s happening with the team. Jim Margalus is great and always has thoughtful insights to break down the current issues the Sox are facing. However…I find Josh Nelson pretty hard to listen to. His analysis is good, but he has some speaking mannerisms that are truly grating. He almost always says the full name of the team including the city, and frequently adds the year, so that the phrase “two thousand and twenty three Chicago White Sox” is spoken many times per episode, often multiple times in the same sentence. No normal fan talks that way – just say “the White Sox” or “this year’s team” or something! It’s a White Sox podcast and it’s obvious from the context that you’re talking about the current team. If you say “the Sox” instead of “two thousand and twenty three Chicago White Sox” no one is going to think you’re talking about the 1986 Red Sox. Similarly, he almost always says the full name of the players “Lucas Giolito” or “Luis Robert Jr.” instead of just the last name or even just saying “him”. It’s a weirdly formal way of speaking, and I find it distracting and really off-putting. The recent trade episodes were an example of how this is especially painful as he continues to say “Chicago White Sox” and “Los Angeles Angels” and “Lucas Giolito” throughout the episode.

DJ Lem Lem · Jul 2023

Some really good info and topics. Lots of knowledge from both Josh and Jim. However! They really need to edit this podcast because at times it’s borderline unlistenable. Particularly when Jim “you know” can’t get a thought across concisely or goes off on nonsensical tangent. 5 stars if they edited prior to release. I still keep listening, but forward 15 seconds sometimes when Jim is talking.

mnhtrs · Jan 2023

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