Good afternoon, Chicago.
With the Chicago White Sox’s record-worst season now in the rearview mirror, it’s likely that big changes are ahead for the team, including new players.
That suggests that fans should see some new faces on the Sox in 2025. Some of this season’s players no doubt will leave the team and Chicago as a whole, and will need to find new places to live next year.
Where have Sox players lived over the years? A review of more than 60 years of Sox players’ area ownership and rentals shows that the homes that players have owned have been roughly equally divided between the city and suburbs.
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