{"id":280689,"date":"2020-11-16T11:19:14","date_gmt":"2020-11-16T17:19:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/?p=280689"},"modified":"2020-11-16T11:19:14","modified_gmt":"2020-11-16T17:19:14","slug":"recapping-the-chicago-white-sox-season-and-whats-next","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/recapping-the-chicago-white-sox-season-and-whats-next\/","title":{"rendered":"Recapping the Chicago White Sox Season and What\u2019s Next"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Even if you followed the<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/team\/_\/name\/chw\/chicago-white-sox\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Chicago White Sox<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for a small amount of time this past offseason, it would have been impossible to miss all the hype surrounding this team. After their 2019 season, many fans had high hopes and expectations going into 2020. Of course, these expectations were easily met after the season this team had. The White Sox sat on top of the AL standings for a majority of the year and even managed to make the playoffs for the first time in over a decade. With things trending in the right direction for this talented young team, we\u2019re definitely excited for what the future holds.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"sbi-embed-wrap\">\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media sbi-embed\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CHglGbShdwl\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"13\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<div style=\"padding:16px;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CHglGbShdwl\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" background:#FFFFFF; line-height:0; padding:0 0; text-align:center; text-decoration:none; width:100%;\" target=\"_blank\"> <\/p>\n<div style=\" display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4; 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border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg)\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\" width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\" background-color: #F4F4F4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\" width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\" background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\" background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CHglGbShdwl\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\">A post shared by Chicago White Sox (@whitesox)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reflecting on Last Year\u2019s Unusual Season<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The 2020 MLB season for the Chicago White Sox didn\u2019t exactly begin like normal. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the entire league suspended play before their planned start on March 26. Once owners and players ironed out the details for a shortened 60-game season, games resumed on July 23. Each game held nearly 3X the importance and this made them that much more exciting.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For the Chicago White Sox, things couldn\u2019t have gone much better in 2020. After starting 1-4 to open the season, the team would play 28 games in the month of August and go 19-9 in that stretch. Fans surely expected them to do well, but their performance easily exceeded many expectations we all had. A lot of the team&#8217;s success can be attributed to the impact the rookies made. Whether it was Luis Robert or Nick Madrigal, the young guys on a young team stepped up to the challenge. Tim Anderson and Jose Abreu were also forces to be reckoned with for the majority of the year and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/story\/_\/id\/30305339\/how-jose-abreu-won-american-league-mvp\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Abreu would eventually be named the AL MVP<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. We hope that his success continues for years to come.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"sbi-embed-wrap\">\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media sbi-embed\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CG79F5-Be1D\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"13\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<div style=\"padding:16px;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CG79F5-Be1D\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" background:#FFFFFF; line-height:0; padding:0 0; text-align:center; text-decoration:none; width:100%;\" target=\"_blank\"> <\/p>\n<div style=\" display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; 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font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CG79F5-Be1D\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\">A post shared by Chicago White Sox (@whitesox)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Looking Ahead to Next Year<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When it was all said and done, the Chicago White Sox season saw them finish with a 35-25 record, which gave them a Wild Card berth against the Oakland A\u2019s. Unfortunately, an early series road win wasn\u2019t enough to get the job done, and the team would quickly exit the playoffs in the Wild Card.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As the White Sox head into the offseason, one of the big things on their to-do list is finding a new manager. After parting ways with Rick Renteria, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/story\/_\/id\/30218070\/chicago-white-sox-name-tony-la-russa-76-new-manager\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the team named Tony La Russa as their new manager<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at the end of October. This decision raised a lot of eyebrows throughout the league, as La Russa hasn\u2019t managed a team in ages, and there were a lot of questions about how his style would match with the team&#8217;s young core. Things didn\u2019t look any better <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/hiring-of-tony-la-russa-continues-to-look-worse-and-worse-for-the-white-sox\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">when the news dropped that La Russa was charged with a DUI<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at the beginning of November. It\u2019s not the best thing to happen with your new team manager, and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/story\/_\/id\/30303147\/chicago-white-sox-letting-legal-process-play-tony-la-russa-dui-case\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the team has stated that they understand the seriousness of the situation and will wait for the legal process to play out<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-261765\" src=\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/BillSwerski-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Chicago Stereotypes\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/BillSwerski-scaled.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/BillSwerski-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/BillSwerski-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/BillSwerski-370x278.jpg 370w, https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/BillSwerski-842x632.jpg 842w, https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/BillSwerski-406x305.jpg 406w, https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/BillSwerski-600x450.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/>Chicago Stereotypes That Most Definitely Aren&#8217;t True<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Want to dispel some Chicago myths? 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