Malachi Hayes

The hits outnumber the misses in the deals between this historic pairing.

It’s been real, and it’s been fun (even if the baseball wasn’t always).

Joe Resis, Dante Jones, Malachi Hayes, Brian O’Neill, Chrystal O’Keefe and Brett Ballantini discuss the big Sox Machine news, review last weekend’s deals and decide whether Chris Getz is the same as the old boss

E van Beverly doesn't identify as a serious baseball fan. But as a lifelong South Sider and longtime bartender in Woodlawn bars where the game is

Sixteen staffers take a stab at how the coming baseball season will play out, with L.A. or Atlanta likely to take it all By Brett Ballantini, Year of the Hamster, Tommy Barbee, Joe Resis, Melissa Sage-Bollenbach, Ryiin, Chrystal O'Keefe, Dante Jones, Brian O'Neill, Malachi Hayes, Hannah LaMotta, Nello Rubio, Adrian Serrano, RiqueSuave, Leigh Allan, and Ashley Sanders Mar 27, 2024, 10:06am CDT 0 Comments

Now it’s time for the scary stuff, as 16 staffers take a stab at soothsaying how sucky the Sox should be By Brett Ballantini, Year of the Hamster, Tommy Barbee, Joe Resis, Melissa Sage-Bollenbach, Ryiin, Chrystal O'Keefe, Dante Jones, Brian O'Neill, Malachi Hayes, Hannah LaMotta, Nello Rubio, Adrian Serrano, RiqueSuave, Leigh Allan, and Ashley Sanders Mar 27, 2024, 10:53am CDT 0 Comments

Brett Ballantini sits down with Melissa Sage-Bollenbach and Malachi Hayes to address the 2024 season and swap favorite Opening Day stories

I kind of miss when more TV shows gave us 24 or more episodes every year, instead of eight hour-long episodes every three years. More than anything, I miss filler episodes. Filler episodes are the worldbuilding that make great TV shows what they are. There’s nothing terribly worthwhile about them in and of themselves, but they’re another way to have some friendly and familiar faces on the screen, even if you aren’t terribly invested in what’s happening.

one out in the top of the sixth inning, I turned to the TV, which I had not been facing, and watched Braden Shewmake fly out to shallow center field. I let out the deepest of sighs — there was absolutely nothing in the world I wanted to do less than need to recap being on the wrong end of a no-hitter. This offense’s historic ineptitude has already been established. Would a regular loss not do?

Malachi Hayes breaks down the pluses and minuses of the coming White Sox pitching talent with Brett Ballantini — plus deep dives into Garrett Crochet and Michael Kopech