Brett Ballantini has written about baseball, basketball and sometimes hockey for the NBA, MLB, NHL, and Slam, Hoop, Sporting News, the Athletic, Sports Illustrated, South Side Hit Pen, Sox Populi, SB Nation and others. He was CSN Chicago’s Blackhawks beat writer when their 49-year Stanley Cup drought ended in 2009-10, and moved to the White Sox beat after that. Brett has run South Side Sox since 2018.
Let’s start by addressing the story of the day: Our new, power-packed energy wad of a middle infielder, Chase Meidroth, has been called up for the series against his former and drafting team, magically, just one day after a full season in the majors won’t result in the White Sox losing a year of player control.