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Brooks Boyer Speaks!
Brooks Boyer is the Sox vice-president and chief marketing officer. He gets much of the credit for finally connecting in a big way the Sox marketing effort with the passionate (if not obstinate) legions of winning-obsessed fans that take their Sox baseball seriously. Now he speaks directly to WSI's totally biased Sox Fans about a range of topics important to us in this EXCLUSIVE interview. As if by fate, WSI's Mark Liptak gets insights into Brooks' state of mind about the state of the Sox radio booth just BEFORE the announcement of Steve Stone's move into the booth earlier this spring. Enquiring Sox Fans want to read all about it!

Steve Stone Speaks!
He was there for the Dick Allen era. He was a rotation stalwart for the wild South Side Hitmen of 1977. He won a Cy Young award pitching for Baltimore, and now Steve Stone returns to Chicago's South Side to talk Sox baseball with WSI's totally biased Sox Fans! An EXCLUSIVE interview by Pascal Marco in Arizona!

Tom Paciorek speaks!
He was a key player in the pivotal Winning Ugly era of Sox baseball, both capable of delivering key hits in the 1983 ALCS and unafraid to speak his mind off the field, too. Later he became the popular and witty color man inside the Sox TV booth. Nine years on and Tom Paciorek remains a popular figure on the South Side. Now Tom Paciorek speaks to totally biased Sox Fans and WSI's Mark Liptak in another EXCLUSIVE interview from White Sox Interactive!

Ed Sherman speaks!
Yes Sox Fans, another ones comes over to the Dark Side! This time it's the Chicago Tribune's Ed Sherman who speaks to WSI's Mark Liptak in a frank discussion about the problems caused by the Tribune's conflict of interest owning the Cubs while covering the Sox, his days as a beat writer covering Jim Fregosi's hapless Sox in the late-80's, and what portion of White Sox Interactive was keeping him up nights during the 2005 World Series -- and it wasn't the message board! Another EXCLUSIVE interview from White Sox Interactive!

Jim Kaat Speaks!
Staff ace of the mid-70s Sox, two-time 20 game winner on the South Side, Jim Kaat was yet another leading member of the tough as nails Sox pitching staffs that traced their roots all the way back to the Go-Go era of the 1950s. Now totally biased Sox Fans at WSI can catch up with this Sox Great from the memorable red pinstripes era of Sox baseball, another EXCLUSIVE interview by Mark Liptak for White Sox Interactive! Who loves you, Sox Fans?

Lorn Brown speaks!
He shared Sox broadcast duties with South Side icons like Harry Caray and trailblazers like Mary Shane. He worked for both Bill Veeck and Eddie Einhorn and Jerry Reinsdorf. And it was by fate that he was behind the microphone the night the City of Chicago shook off the losers' stigma of 20 years without any championships as Julio Cruz crossed homeplate to clinch the 1983 Western Division title for the White Sox. He is Lorn Brown and he has plenty of memories to share with WSI's totally biased Sox Fans. Another exclusive interview by Mark Liptak!

Bart Johnson speaks!
Bullpen fireballer, rotation stalwart... Seattle Supersonics walk-on, WFL Chicago Fire public relations prospect... but always a White Sox! Bart Johnson was a mainstay of Sox teams through the 1970s and brings a unique perspective on missed homeplates, bat-wielding batsmen, and of course the Kansas City Royals. South Sider through and through, now totally biased Sox Fans can catch up with Bart as he recounts memorable times with WSI's Mark Liptak. Another WSI Exclusive!

Greg Pryor Speaks!
He played on the South Side in the pivotal years between 1979 and 1982, a period that started with the ballclub near financial collapse and ready to leave town, but gained new ownership, and turned the corner towards respectability. Greg Pryor is one of only a handful of Sox ballplayers who can speak authoritatively about all the changes that ultimately led to championship paydirt 25 years later. Now Sox Fans can catch up with Greg Pryor... another EXCLUSIVE interview from White Sox Interactive and Mark Liptak!

Richard Roeper speaks!
Winning baseball is that matters to Sox Fans, no matter what else might crowd in for their time and attention. Richard Roeper, movie critic, Chicago columnist, TV and radio personality and full-time Sox Fan is no exception! Now he has written a book and spends time speaking to totally biased Sox Fans at White Sox Interactive, of which he himself is one! Another EXCLUSIVE interview from WSI by Mark Liptak!

Milo Hamilton speaks!
Working both North Side and South Side broadcasts across three different decades, sharing the microphone with many the game's greatest broadcast icons, some of them great to work with and others less so. That's Milo Hamilton! It was Milo in the booth with Bob Elson for four seasons in the Go-Go era when mighty Sox teams struggled to get over the hump with the Yankees. Now Milo shares his memories of this golden era from the Sox past and a place and time considered amongst the greatest in franchise history. Another EXCLUSIVE interview from White Sox Interactive and Mark Liptak!

Bob Shaw speaks!
October 6, 1959. For over 46 years it was the last date a Sox pitcher had ever won a World Series game, Game 5 of the 1959 World Series. The Sox winning pitcher that day was Bob Shaw. Now WSI's totally biased Sox Fans can learn what it meant to be on that team and bring glory to Chicago's South Side straight from the mouth of this Sox great from the past, another EXCLUSIVE interview from White Sox Interactive and Mark Liptak!

Chuck Tanner speaks!
He was Sox manager in the key seasons of 1971 through 1975, a period that easily could have ended with the Sox leaving Chicago. But it was through his managerial acumen that Chuck Tanner turned what could have been the most difficult of Sox eras into what became one of its most successful and colorful. Another exclusive interview from WSI by Mark Liptak!

Roland Hemond speaks!
His service inside the Sox front office spans four decades. He was the general manager to pick up the pieces in the wake of the 106-loss 1970 season and turn the Sox back into contenders in just two short years. Working for Bill Veeck he built the 1977 South Side Hitmen. He built the 1983 Winning Ugly Sox, too. And it was Roland Hemond who Fox Sports captured with their national cameras celebrating as the 2005 team won the world championship. WSI's Mark Liptak brings Sox Fans this exclusive interview with the Sox front office legend without peer, Roland Hemond.

Wilbur Wood speaks!
Three-time all star and four-time 20 game winner, knuckleballer Wilbur Wood was the kind of ballplayer every Sox Fan could relate to -- underestimated only by the foolish, and definitely a big-game talent! Now he shares his thoughts about his twelve seasons on the South Side in this EXCLUSIVE interview from WSI and Mark Liptak!

Ken Berry Speaks!
In the latter days of the Go-Go Sox era, perhaps no ballplayer better exemplified the hustle and defensive prowess of the Chicago White Sox than Gold Glove centerfielder Ken Berry. He was there for all the great Sox teams of the 60's and his is a unique perspective on what made it such a great and memorable period in franchise history. Another EXCLUSIVE interview from WSI and Mark Liptak!

Nancy Faust Speaks!
The Sox recently honored her with her own "Nothing But Nancy Day" at Sox Park. Now WSI's totally biased Sox Fans get to hear legendary Sox organist Nancy Faust answer their questions addressed to this franchise icon! WSI's Hal Vickery delivers this WSI EXCLUSIVE from this 35-year insider and Sox treasure.

Jimmy Piersall Speaks!
One-half of the most famous and controversial broadcast teams to ever grace the South Side! Along with Harry Caray, Jimmy Piersall always spoke the truth about the Sox and the team's ballplayers. Now Piersall speaks up to share this thoughts and memories about those glorious days inside the Sox broadcast booth and his one-of-a-kind career as one of baseball's greatest iconoclasts! Another totally biased EXCLUSIVE by Mark Liptak for WSI's totally biased Sox Fans!

Joe Horlen Speaks!
Imagine pitching a full season with a 1.88 ERA. That's Joe Horlen! He was the leading pitcher on the 1967 Sox, the most dominant pitching staff in franchise history since the dead ball era! Now he shares his thoughts about his years with the Sox with Mark Liptak and WSI's totally biased Sox Fans! Who loves ya, baby!

Chet Lemon Speaks!
Star centerfielder on the South Side of the late-70's, Chet Lemon speaks again to Sox Fans in this EXCLUSIVE interview by Mark Liptak for WSI! Who loves ya, Sox Fans!

Leo Bauby Speaks!
Sox photo collector Leo Bauby shares the wealth with his fellow Sox Fans on the internet. Mark Liptak gets the details behind this unique bit of Sox history.

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