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This is Defector, a new sports blog and media company. We made this place together, we own it together, we run it together. Without access, without favor, without discretion, and without interference.

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<a href="https://twitter.com/johnwilmeswords">John Wilmes</a> is a writer and professor in Chicago. His work has appeared in The Ringer, GQ, Chicago Reader, and The New Republic, among other places. He is the author of the novella Jad&#8217;s Dad Milo.

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Andrew Benintendi gives a kind of grim looking thumbs-up in profile after completing a TV interview following his walk-off hit in the Chicago White Sox's win on September 24.

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“We’re Trying To Focus On Losing”: A Night With The White Sox At The Edge Of History

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A man looks at the oil painting "Beer Garden with A.K." (2009) by Nicole Eisenman

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The Beauty Of The Ordinary Is There For The Painting

Fans look on during the eighth inning between the Chicago White Sox and the Minnesota Twins at Guaranteed Rate Field in 2022.

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At Home With The Worst Team In Baseball

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Bears’ New Stadium Proposal Includes A Lifetime Of Public Debt

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Bears Owners Roll Out Grotesque Stadium Plan With History’s Creepiest Launch Ceremony

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NASCAR Got Wet In Chicago

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Cleveland Indians v Chicago White Sox

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A Fight Is Brewing In Chicago Between A Multinational Concessions Business And Its Workers

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Patrick Redford

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Chicago Guy Rescued After Quarter-Mile Stroll Onto Frozen Lake Michigan

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How A “Deeply Progressive” Coffee Chain Is Trying To Crush Its Workers’ Union

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