Will Venable: the White Sox manager who used basketball tactics to transform a baseball loser

Filed by Dirk Danger

The White Sox were one of the worst teams in MLB history. Now they are just five wins from a place in the World SeriesThe postgame celebration songs pounded through the Bluetooth speakers in the Chicago White Sox clubhouse on Monday night, minutes after the team’s playoff victory over the Cleveland Guardians at Progressive Field.The White Sox, who lost 121 games two seasons ago, have made a remarkable turnaround. A team who were once so abject that they stopped tweeting out their results are now