Well hey there, strangers, it’s been a couple of months since our last mothership podcast. But with a day off falling right at the midpoint of the season and a platform change to Riverside.fm in progress, it seemed a reasonable time to sit down and talk White Sox baseball. To that end, Melissa Sage-Bollenbach, Kristina Airdo and Hannah Filippo joined Brett Ballantini to check in on Chicago’s first half and future fortunes.

• What excites each of us most about the position the White Sox are in at the moment?
• Assessing Will Venable’s first half-season as a manager
• What is most troubling about the place the White Sox now sit, still a mere five games better than the 121-loss club of a year ago?
• Taking a hard, not fawning, look at the Noah Schultz promotion
• Is there about where each of us expected to be as fans at the 81-game mark of 2025?
• Speed round: Will the second half be better or worse for the White Sox, as well as thoughts on a final loss total
• Will Colorado break the modern mark for losses? Some of us feel the Rockies will BLOW PAST 121

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