James really needs to wash his dishes; it's honestly getting out of hand. He doesn't even have a clean mug to use. This platform is ad free but please, someone send James a clean Dugout Mug, or any mug for that matter. Speaking of mugs, the White Sox poured runs into an quasi-empty and clean Wrigley Field on Sunday night against the Cubs in an exhibition game, which prompted Jon and James to share their observations from the contest (:30). Jon is all about the intrastate jawing on social...

T-minus one week until the White Sox are playing actual baseball! Jon and James fling words back and forth regarding Dallas Keuchel's theory on how young teams, like the Sox, perform (:45). Jon's latest trip to The Rate to watch a Sox workout stirred up two thoughts 1) Harold's Chicken should be a park staple and 2) Luis Robert is, uh, pretty heckin' good (5:45). We put James on the spot by asking him what are the biggest remaining questions surrounding the team, as the league hurls towards...

James was mere milometers away from pure mai tai bliss when the White Sox announced prodigious young pitcher, Michael Kopech, would forego playing the 2020 MLB season. Now the biggest question on all Sox fans' minds is: why is Kopech sitting out? Jon and James list the known reasons why the 24-year-old won't be playing this season (:45). White Sox's pitching coach Don Cooper has expressed concern for Kopech, though in such a manner that speculated Kopech's history of mental heath struggles...

News! News?! Well, sort of. Jonny G (no relation to Kenny G[?]) and Jimmy Pop chat about Lucas Giolito's comments on his White Sox cohorts who are currently missing from action (i.e. Moncada, Kopech, Cuthbert), plus ANDREW VAUGHN AT 3B ALERT (2:15). James then dives into his story of Reynaldo Lopez, who he, himself, believes has gained command over his previously inconsistent mental approach to baseball (8:45). What about White Sox's schedule jumped out to Jon and James (13:15), and The Field...

I don't know if it's true or not, but James says he's grown six inches and can dunk now. Jon didn't corroborate that claim, but I like to imagine James posterizing an NBA-caliber center while screaming "This one's for you, Brey!" Finally, Jon and James were able to set foot in the sacred, though desolate, Guaranteed Rate Field for the first time this year. The guys share takeaways from Sox practice (:45) before conversing about Yoan Moncada being "held out" of Monday's team workout (6:15)....

Jon Greenberg and James Fegan parse through Chicago's player pool and notice a surprising omission of a former first-round pick. Plus, is there any indication as to where the Sox's second training site will be?

Jon Greenberg and James Fegan detail Chicago catcher's, Yasmani Grandal, rise from amateur baseball success to potential guiding voice in the White Sox clubhouse.

Ah baseball, sweet, sweet baseball, how we've missed you. Now, how do we plan on covering you during one of the most strenuous times in recent memory? Jon Greenberg and James Fegan lay out what obstacles reporters face covering teams in a condensed season and amid a pandemic.

Baseball! Baseball is back! Scream it from the mountain tops! Hug the closest fan next to you...psych! Don't do that. We're in the middle of a pandemic. Jon Greenburg and James Fegan broach if the condensed season is good or bad for the young White Sox (:30). Just how good is Chicago's advanced scouting, and can it be a valuable instrument in a shortened year (3:30)? We take mildly informed shots in the dark, in regards to Chicago's overall record, for your entertainment (6:45).

We're at the point where every MLB negotiation update is like the fisherman from that State Farm commercial that teases and tempts us with that tantalizing dollar bill. Tom and James aggressively apply a generous amount of hand sanitizer at hearing the news of Rob Manfred and Tony Clark rendezvousing in Arizona (1:30). What concessions will both sides need to make in order to reach a compromise? Tom, in an act of defiance, denounces MLB's expanded playoffs (9:45). How can the Sox cash in on...

Tom and James aren't the only White Sox faithfuls that have put their cojones on a table at some point in time. The Bizners tour Chicago's draft selections and react to Tony Vitello, White Sox first-round selection Garrett Crochet’s coach at Tennessee, "cojones" comment (2:45) and whether the 20-year-old left-handed pitcher will sign below slot value (7:30). The guys also study Chicago's remaining four draft picks: righty hurler Jared Kelley (9:30) as well as the trio of pitchers that rounded...

Happy one year anniversary to White Sox Business! Get your rammin' man hard hats on and buckle up, this episode is dynamite. Out of the blocks, Tommy and Jimmy rejoice that there's White Sox news to cover, though that's short lived, as James expresses his concerns about Chicago's first-round draft selection, Garrett Crochet (1:00). The Athletic's senior baseball writer, Keith Law, then joins the Business to indulge Tom and James on all their questions about Crochet, among other things, and...

Man, I've had so many hard outs lately; I think Tom's mentioned it in, like, the last three episodes. But hey, that's the life of a superstar producer - yaknowwhatImean ahah. Speaking of superstars, which soon-to-be White Sox will ascend to the game's pinnacle? Keanan Lamb, Senior MLB Draft Writer at Baseball Prospectus, joins Tommy and Jimmy to determine which precocious young fellow will be joining the White Sox in this year's MLB Draft (9:30). Keanan gives you Bizners the 411 on prospects...

Husband of the year, James Fegan, who is also the head chef of his own imaginary restaurant that I came up with, Feeding Fegan, whipped up a delectable dinner for his misses. What did he make? Hell if I know. But it instigated a hunger in me that can only be quelled by baseball talk. Eric Longenhagen, FanGraphs Lead Prospect Analyst and consummate hairy gentleman, gives Tommy and Jimmy the deets on this year's draft (5:15). How did Eric's approach to this year's draft differ than in years...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

Oh yeah, baby! Another rollicking edition of WSB is here, and with a guest, no less. The Athletic's Minnesota Twins beat reporter (and longest-running interviewee, plus former Sox writer), Ol' Two Timein' Dan Hayes, joins Tommy and Jimmy to analyze...uh...proper sidewalk etiquette during the pandemic (4:15). OK, baseball talk. The triumvirate tackle an event in which tackles executed, the 2000 White Sox-Detroit Tigers brawl (17:40). The guys propose a White Sox-Twins Twitch streaming war lead...