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Podcast: Sox Populi - A Chicago White Sox podcast
Episode: Breaking down the first-place Barons
Description: It’s Brett Ballantini’s favorite week of the month, when he gets to again call on president and GM of the first-place Birmingham Barons, Jonathan Nelson. Even after a tightly-fought series in Pensacola didn’t go Birmingham’s way, the club is still tops in the Southern League.
Despite losing five of six to the Blue Wahoos, the Barons have won five of their last 10 and remain a half-game better than their fellow division-leading counterparts, Pensacola
How manager Sergio Santos has handled the first tough turn of the season
Inside baseball: How Jonathan works hand-in-hand with this field ma...