[For our readers who are not aware, our newest minors contributor, Salina Rae Silver, is both a writer and photographer. In September, Salina undertook the monumental effort to secure media passes to each White Sox minor league affiliate. She drove over 20 hours total to capture the action at every level and deliver it to our readers. With no postseason minors baseball to speak of in Chicago, today begins a series of notebooks Salina crafted to capture her experience at each affiliate. The first of her insider stories takes place on September 2, in Kannapolis, N.