James Fegan

Articles by James Fegan

White Sox 5, Guardians 3: Water, walks, and a win - Sox Machine

Sports August 11, 2026

As a young White Sox blogger, I found watching post-shoulder capsule surgery John Danks strangely liberating. For one turn in the rotation, it wasn't necessary to analyze how a starter's stuff was peοΏ½...

White Sox 6, Guardians 3: Avoiding a five-game skid with a five-run sixth - Sox Machine

Sports August 10, 2026

For five innings of one-hit ball, Guardians starter Gavin Williams backing up 100 mph heat with knee-buckling curveballs looked like the sort of neat trick that would dominate the night. And in the eοΏ½...

White Sox 9, Rays 1: After a big trade, a big road series victory - Sox Machine

Sports August 3, 2026

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Hawk Harrelson used to say that winning major league baseball games came down to which team made the fewest mistakes. And as a churlish teen, I used to interpret that as indicοΏ½...

White Sox 6, Rays 1: Boppin’ in the Trop - Sox Machine

Sports August 2, 2026

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- On paper, Nick Martinez presented a tricky matchup for the best scoring offense in the American League. For one, he's good; having allowed five runs in his last five starts aοΏ½...

White Sox 2, Yankees 1 (11 innings): Shrimp in Chicago - Sox Machine

Sports August 1, 2026

The White Sox entered Thursday leading the American League with 4.8 runs scored per game; an important detail to file away whenever they do something like get shutout for nine innings in a crucial seοΏ½...

What if buying into the White Sox draft actually does all come down to organizational infrastructure? - Sox Machine

Sports July 13, 2026

In December, the White Sox won the right to pick first overall in a deep 2026 MLB Draft, which everyone assumed at the time correctly set them up to add the long-ballyhooed UCLA shortstop Roch CholowοΏ½...

White Sox 8, Padres 2: Six-run second keys fourth-straight triumph - Sox Machine

Sports May 3, 2026

Last year it took until the second half of the season for the White Sox to earn a sweep, or follow it up a day later with something as lengthy as a four-game winning streak, and it came right as theiοΏ½...

White Sox 7, Athletics 4: Bombs away - Sox Machine

Sports April 21, 2026

In his first two at-bats Sunday, and a pitch into his third, Munetaka Murakami did not look like he was ever going to figure out the slider of A's starter Jeffrey Springs. There are worse failings tοΏ½...

Rays 5, White Sox 3: Unhappy flight - Sox Machine

Sports April 18, 2026

Seranthony DomΓ­nguez hasn't been handed enough save opportunities (3-for-5) yet this season to map out the big trends, but it's safe to say that rather than the stabilizing back of the bullpen force ...