The White Sox Blog vs. Yours Truly

If I do say so myself, I think I’m pretty awesome, but I am not the only blogger who specializes in White Sox culture. Shocking, I know. Recently, I have come across a blog appropriately called The White Sox Blog. This anonymous blogger is a female fan, like me, with the ambition to track and record all things White Sox with the hopes of being able to blog a World Series championship. (Man, that 2005 win seems like a long time ago!)

This blogger posts almost daily (with one seemingly uncharacteristic recent 10-day hiatus), and mostly provides updates on the day’s game, with some of her own opinions along the way. She uses a very endearing kind of sarcasm and humor that can make even the most painful of games entertaining to read about.

An example of this would be the heart-wrenching game on August 18^th in Minnesota, a town the Sox are not known for playing well in. Pretty much, the score went back and forth between each team leading the game. The White Sox nation thought we had it in the bag with Alexei Ramirez’s homerun to tie it up in the 9^th and his go-ahead RBI single in the 10^th. But oh wait! Then came former White Sox player, current Twin, Jim Thome to knock a walk-off homerun against his former team. (And cue my heart breaking.) The White Sox Blogger decided to show this with pictures.

The White Sox Blog is by no means an academic piece of literature. (The “About” section flat out said there would be an “occasional overlooked typo” or “sloppily researched fact.”) It is, however, written by a well-informed fan who seems to know what is going on in the White Sox world, and her opinions seem genuinely knowledgeable. And I’m not just saying that because she agrees with me that the Sox should have kept Scott Podsednik as lead-off man and left-fielder instead of Juan Pierre. (Read why here.)

The blog is a fan’s opinion written out, probably partially for her own entertainment and benefit, but also to inform other fans on how their team is doing. It’s not as straightforward as a curious fan might get from a Major League Baseball affiliated website, but it is a more user friendly means of getting the necessary information (as long as the reader knows the acronyms for baseball statistics). Most of her little details come in the form of humor, which makes the blog more enjoyable to read.

The White Sox Blog is actually somewhat similar to what I am aiming to do. It gives the gist of what’s happening on the field with some personal thoughts as well with some sarcasm and sassy zing thrown in along the way. I however hope to give less of a play-by-play and more opinion and inside the clubhouse and office information. Box scores can be found anywhere. I want to take my readers on more of a personal ride and take them deeper into the White Sox organization than they might get to go with another blog. I may only be 21, but I have 21 years worth of White Sox knowledge and experience that I can’t wait to share with the world.