Malachi Hayes

1 week ago | southsidesox.com | Malachi Hayes

Lauren Leigh Bacho/MLB Photos via Getty Images Compared to most of my South Side Sox colleagues, I’ve been on the sunnier side as of late about the development of the team’s future outlook under the new regime. By no means did I think they’d be particularly watchable in 2025, but I did suspect that we’d see enough positive flashes from a fresh roster of young players to make it at least a little more worthwhile. I still do think that. We’re about 1/15th of the way through a long season.

3 weeks ago | southsidesox.com | Malachi Hayes

Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images We’re only five games into the season. It’s not too late for predictions, right — especially if they’re bold? Davis Martin makes All-Star team, leads Sox pitchers in WARBold predictions are supposed to be bold, right? Martin was better in his 2022 debut year than his 4.83 ERA suggests. If you recall, he was sitting pretty at 3.65 through 13 games and 62 innings before getting tagged for nine runs on the last day of the season.

Sep 27, 2024 | southsideweekly.com | Malachi Hayes

For some fans, baseball is beautiful because the outcome of a game doesn’t have to matter. This is especially true on the South Side, where the White Sox have lost a mind-boggling 120 games, and will likely set the record for the most losses (121) in an MLB season by the time this paper hits newsstands. That doesn‚Äôt stop a few hours at Guaranteed Rate Field from being a summertime Chicago activity for almost any mood.

Aug 1, 2024 | southsideweekly.com | Malachi Hayes

Baseball is a game of failure. This isn’t a bad thing. It’s an entrenched facet of a game in which the defense is always stacked against hitters and winning streaks are fleeting at best. A baseball superstar with a .300 batting average is still only getting a hit three times out of ten. Award-winning pitchers usually allow somewhere around one baserunner per inning and at least a couple runs per game.

Jun 20, 2024 | southsideweekly.com | Malachi Hayes

It’s been an offseason of uncertainty for the Chicago Bears. A year after a long-anticipated deal to move to Arlington Heights fell through over a property tax dispute, the team returned this spring with an ambitious proposal for a new stadium on Chicago’s lakefront. The would-be state-of-the-art domed facility, that couldn’t bear less resemblance to the team’s current home at Soldier Field, received plenty of fanfare.