The Catbird Speaks 1.26.15 - There was a Soxfest

The season of unabashed optimism is at hand! In the immediate wake of SoxFest, Collin Whitchurch, Nick Schaefer, Ethan Spalding and James Fegan got together to talk White Sox. Agenda items include:

--Avisail has lost some weight

--They're winning the whole thing!

--Hector Noesi is here to stay

--Much, much more!

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The Catbird Speaks 10.1.14 - This is going to sound dumb in the morning

Most of the gang got together--James Fegan (@JRFegan), Nick Schaefer (@Nick_TCS) and Matt Adams (@2015WhiteSox)--to wrap up the last threads of the 2014 White Sox season, talk about Paul Konerko's goodbye, other weird stories about the Sox roster usage, mourn the bullpen, pine for Melky Cabrera in free agency and...

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The Catbird Speaks - 6.30.14: It's an intervention!

James Fegan, Nick Schaefer and Collin Whitchurch sat down for a Sunday night gabfest on the White Sox. Our slated topics of conversation were Carlos Rodon's negotiations, the ever-changing bullpen, the fifth starter conundrum, trade deadline goals and target, and what to do about the corner outfield slots. See how close we stuck to the agenda!

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The Catbird Speaks 5.30.14 - "How far along in the Lewinsky scandal were we when Robin broke his leg?"

The White Sox are semi-streaking, over .500 and within a good weekend of a playoff spot.

Naturally, Collin Whitchurch, Nick Schaefer and James Fegan got together to discuss their issues with Robin Ventura's decision-making, whether or not the Sox are staying true to their rebuilding mission, what the heck Hector Noesi is doing, what stud pitcher the Sox should take with their stud draft pick, and...the All-Star Game?

The quote in the title is paraphrased, but rest assured, we cover the topic.

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The Catbird Speaks 4.15.14

The Catbird Speaks 4.15.14

A doomed podcast full of errors, microwave noises, long pauses and abrupt endings manages to make the light of day. James Fegan, Matt Adams and Rob Flot logged in to chat with one another Sunday afternoon, and when they weren't staring grumpily at Sunday's game, they covered the first two weeks of White Sox baseball.

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The Catbird Speaks - 4.7.14 - Apologies to the Mrs.

In today's episode of The Catbird Speaks, Nick Schaefer and Collin Whitchurch join James Fegan. They discuss the first-week progress of important new White Sox players like Avisail Garcia, Jose Abreu, Adam Eaton, Erik Johnson and Bionic John Danks, all while watching the Sox lose to the Royals on Saturday. Everything goes swimmingly until Nick insults James' wife and fisticuffs ensue.

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The Catbird Speaks 3.31.14 - He's a good-looking man. Can't argue otherwise

Rob, Nick, Matt and James sat down for a pre-Opening Day podcast that covered all the important topics of pre-season excitement, slagging opposing teams and assessing the viability of the starting rotations...until it goes off the rails and becomes discussion of what kind of breeding partner Alex Rios would be.

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