Sox In The Basement

White Sox Smack Down The Cubs

After years of irrelevance, an underdog White Sox team took two of three from a high-level Cubs team. The result was a statement that this team is for real, and the south side was no longer a punchline. We're here to tell White Sox fans it is perfectly fine to puff out your chest around town, and to look ahead to a great summer of baseball.
Video version on YouTube! Brought to you by Hayat Home Medical Equipment. Chris Lanuti and Ed Siebert sit at a basement bar on the South Side of Chicago to discuss their favorite team - The Chicago White Sox in a podcast "For Fans, By Fans!" Listen. Subscribe. Share. SUBSCRIBE NOW​ on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, everywhere podcasts can be found and always at SoxInTheBasement.com!

White Sox Make Statement Against Kansas City

If you didn't believe in the White Sox before their series against Kansas City, you should believe now. Believe that the manager knows his team, the talent is better than expected, and those who cannot keep up will not play much. Get excited about the White Sox and a brave new world on the south side in "30 Minutes of Sox!"
Video version on YouTube! Brought to you by Hayat Home Medical Equipment. Chris Lanuti and Ed Siebert sit at a basement bar on the South Side of Chicago to discuss their favorite team - The Chicago White Sox in a podcast "For Fans, By Fans!" Listen. Subscribe. Share. SUBSCRIBE NOW​ on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, everywhere podcasts can be found and always at SoxInTheBasement.com!

White Sox Who Deserve Their Flowers

After buying flowers for mom, we also give out flowers to White Sox players and coaches who deserve an early-season bouquet. Then we finish the show with one player who only deserves some weeds. 
Video version on YouTube! Brought to you by Hayat Home Medical Equipment. Chris Lanuti and Ed Siebert sit at a basement bar on the South Side of Chicago to discuss their favorite team - The Chicago White Sox in a podcast "For Fans, By Fans!" Listen. Subscribe. Share. SUBSCRIBE NOW​ on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, everywhere podcasts can be found and always at SoxInTheBasement.com!

Will Venable's Impact On The White Sox

It has been a while since a White Sox manager had a good enough team for his decisions to be questioned, but such is the price of improvement. Will Venable now has to decide if development or wins are the top priority. A tangent on the career of Bo Jackson and the SoxNerd are also in this "30 Minutes of Sox!"
Video version on YouTube! Brought to you by Hayat Home Medical Equipment. Chris Lanuti and Ed Siebert sit at a basement bar on the South Side of Chicago to discuss their favorite team - The Chicago White Sox in a podcast "For Fans, By Fans!" Listen. Subscribe. Share. SUBSCRIBE NOW​ on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, everywhere podcasts can be found and always at SoxInTheBasement.com!

Fun Is Back For The White Sox

The White Sox keep winning. Fun is winning and winning is fun! Can they get even better? James Fox of FutureSox talks about the players that are still coming as this year progresses, and the impact they could have. Get the final word on the Roch Cholowsky nonsense from last week, and find out when our guest thinks Hagen Smith should join the rotation.
Video version on YouTube! Brought to you by Hayat Home Medical Equipment. Chris Lanuti and Ed Siebert sit at a basement bar on the South Side of Chicago to discuss their favorite team - The Chicago White Sox in a podcast "For Fans, By Fans!" Listen. Subscribe. Share. SUBSCRIBE NOW​ on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, everywhere podcasts can be found and always at SoxInTheBasement.com!

White Sox Baseball Just Got Fun

After an 8-4 run through their last 4 series and a 13-12 run following that terrible 1-6 start, White Sox baseball is fun again for the first time in years. How long will it last? What's next for this team? We hit the listener mail and put our finger on the pulse of White Sox Nation in "30 Minutes of Sox!"
Video version on YouTube! Brought to you by Hayat Home Medical Equipment. Chris Lanuti and Ed Siebert sit at a basement bar on the South Side of Chicago to discuss their favorite team - The Chicago White Sox in a podcast "For Fans, By Fans!" Listen. Subscribe. Share. SUBSCRIBE NOW​ on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, everywhere podcasts can be found and always at SoxInTheBasement.com!

White Sox Have A Closing Problem

The White Sox aren't a perfectly formed team, but the lack of a solid closer at the end of games is making things worse. We also talk about absurd rumors surrounding the teams #1 Overall Draft Pick and Chris Getz's weird recent stop into the TV booth. 
Video version on YouTube! Brought to you by Hayat Home Medical Equipment. Chris Lanuti and Ed Siebert sit at a basement bar on the South Side of Chicago to discuss their favorite team - The Chicago White Sox in a podcast "For Fans, By Fans!" Listen. Subscribe. Share. SUBSCRIBE NOW​ on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, everywhere podcasts can be found and always at SoxInTheBasement.com!

White Sox Have Something Brewing

The bats are working. Munetaka Murakami looks like a legit star. So, what's next. The White Sox keep tweaking the roster and another starting pitcher should be inserted into the rotation shortly. Will he join a team closing the gap on becoming a .500 ballclub?
Video version on YouTube! Brought to you by Hayat Home Medical Equipment. Chris Lanuti and Ed Siebert sit at a basement bar on the South Side of Chicago to discuss their favorite team - The Chicago White Sox in a podcast "For Fans, By Fans!" Listen. Subscribe. Share. SUBSCRIBE NOW​ on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, everywhere podcasts can be found and always at SoxInTheBasement.com!

The Difference Between Good And Bad For The White Sox

The difference between 6 games under .500 and actually being 11-11 is razor thin, and the White Sox front office can make changes today to close that gap. The question is if accountability will be timely or delayed by money, status or ego. Is it too early to make decisions on some of these young players?
Video version on YouTube! Brought to you by Hayat Home Medical Equipment. Chris Lanuti and Ed Siebert sit at a basement bar on the South Side of Chicago to discuss their favorite team - The Chicago White Sox in a podcast "For Fans, By Fans!" Listen. Subscribe. Share. SUBSCRIBE NOW​ on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, everywhere podcasts can be found and always at SoxInTheBasement.com!

White Sox May Have A Problem Here

Listeners sound off on the first three weeks of the 2026 White Sox season, and some familiar targets of ire have reappeared. There may be a bunch of arms down in AAA, but can we get a few bats? Either the front office has face-planted on hitter evaluations or this is just a small sample size. What do you believe? We also use a simple method to find confidence in some starting pitchers coming soon.
Video version on YouTube! Brought to you by Hayat Home Medical Equipment. Chris Lanuti and Ed Siebert sit at a basement bar on the South Side of Chicago to discuss their favorite team - The Chicago White Sox in a podcast "For Fans, By Fans!" Listen. Subscribe. Share. SUBSCRIBE NOW​ on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, everywhere podcasts can be found and always at SoxInTheBasement.com!