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Guest: Jim Callis, MLB.com

Major League Baseball is working to resume operations in 2020, but there are drastic changes. Jim Callis of MLB.com joins the show to discuss the ramifications of the draft …

Guest: Keith Law, The Athletic

Jim sits down with Keith Law who just had his new book published, "The Inside Game: Bad Calls, Strange Moves, and What Baseball Behavior Teaches Us about Ourselves." A f…

Will it be three shows-in-a-row to have a contestant answer all nine questions correctly? This week's themes include former Cy Young winners, and Rookie of the Year's. 

Contestants:
Michael Kenny
Bart B…

Guest: Eric Longenhagen, FanGraphs and author of Future Value: The battle for baseball’s soul and how teams will find the next superstar. 

Early Spring usually brings new baseball books, and our good …

Will we see another contestant answer all nine questions? This week's themes: Cubs vs. White Sox, Managers, and Active Leaders.

Contestants:
- Tom Pauly
- James Fox
- Jeff Feyerer

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The third episode will go down in history as one of our contestants answered all nine questions correctly! Listen to find out who went the distance.

Contestants:
Nick Sullivan
Jordan Lazowski
Zach Fergu…

Ed Farmer passed away on April 1, 2020, at the age of 70. He left behind a last legacy in the Chicago White Sox radio broadcast booth that had his voice tied to many great memories. Joining us to rem…

Guest: Emily Waldon, The Athletic

After a brief hiatus, Josh and Jim are back to recap MLB's new plans are for 2020. How the possible schedule and Service Time would work if games do return this year.…

Our second episode of Nine Innings will challenge your home run history knowledge. Contestants will try to answer nine questions in-a-row for a chance to win the grand prize!

Contestants:
Bennett Karro…

The premiere episode of Nine Innings! A new game show brought to you by Sox Machine that will test your baseball knowledge. Contestants will try to answer nine questions in-a-row for a chance to win …

 Emergency Podcast which Josh and Jim try to answer these questions:

• Will the delay just be two weeks? Could it be longer?
• How will MLB handle the missed games? Will those games be cancelled or resch…

Guest: Dan Szymborski, FanGraphs
A lot of show this week with over 100 minutes of discussion about Yoan Moncada’s new contract and Luis Robert’s impact on the White Sox playoff odds with Dan Szymborsk…

Jim is joined by Greg Nix, filling in for Josh. We discuss the results from the first week of Spring Training, including positive and negative overreactions. 


Then it's time to preview Shortstop and …

Josh and Jim breakdown Aaron Bummer's contract extension while previewing the upcoming 2020 season for the catcher, first and second base positions. Could Yasmani Grandal be a Top 10 position player?…

Guest: Jim Callis, MLB.com

This episode is split into two halves. The first part is having one of our best friends of the show, Jim Callis of MLB.com, joining the show to share his predictions for Lui…

Josh and Jim start the 2020 Season Preview with a deep dive into the White Sox starting pitching staff. Looking at what worked for each starter in 2019 that they need to carry over in 2020, and what …

Guests: Collin Whitchurch and Nick Schaefer, Baseball Prospectus

The Baseball Prospectus Top 101 prospect list was just released, and editors Collin Whitchurch and Nick Schaefer join the show to discu…

SoxFest 2020 Recap We kick off our seventh season podcasting about the Chicago White Sox recapping the 2020 SoxFest. Hear from Rick Hahn, Yasmani Grandal, Eloy Jimenez, and Andrew Vaughn discuss the …

Guests: 

• James Fegan, The Athletic
• Connor McKnight, 670 the Score
• Kevin Powell, 720 AM WGN

Guest: Connor McKnight, 670 the Score

Major League Baseball delivered punishment to the Houston Astros for using technology to inform hitters of what pitches were coming. The fallout has been widespre…