Effectively Wild Episode 2225: The White Sox Unfun-Fact-Off

In (dis)honor of the 2024 White Sox displacing the 1962 Mets atop the modern-era single-season losses leaderboard, Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley, FanGraphs’ Ben Clemens , and Yahoo Sports’s Jordan Shusterman conduct a draft of facts and stats about this record-setting Sox season, scored by Sox Machine White Sox reporter James Fegan , who also describes covering the team’s disastrous play. Audio intro : Alex Ferrin, “ Effectively Wild Theme ” Audio outro : Jonathan Crymes, “ Effectively Wild Theme ” Link to MLB.com on loss 121 Link to Reinsdorf letter Link to EW Episode 762 Link to EW Episode 1730 Link to Sox season preview pod Link to worst team hitter WAR Link to CBS on Sox stats Link to ESPN on Sox stats Link to FG payroll page Link to list of worst records Link to Sox splits Link to Getz on Sox last year Link to Getz on Sox this year Link to Sox WAR leaderboard Link to Sox booing 1 Link to Sox booing 2 Link to Sox booing 3 Link to BaseRuns standings Link to losing streak fact Link to 2023 FG Sox post Link to Baumann on 121 Link to The Athletic deep dive Link to ESPN deep dive Link to qualified Sox hitters Link to worst qualified hitters Link to team OBP laggards Link to team OBP+ laggards Link to MLBTR on Zaidi/Posey Link to MLBTR on Mozeliak/Bloom Link to uniforms changes Link to ESPN Rose obit Link to Washington comments Link to EW preseason predictions Link to EW 2163 Stat Blast Link to Ruiz save game Link to GF w/o a save leaders Sponsor Us on Patreon Facebook Group Twitter Account EW Subreddit Effectively Wild Wiki iTunes Feed (Please rate and review us!) Get Our Merch! Email Us: podcast@fangraphs.com var SERVER_DATA = Object.assign(SERVER_DATA || {}); Source