Game Thread: Rockies (58-103) at White Sox (83-78)

That's not the important part. My Sunday coverage meant that almost every regular game I did this year was the final game of a series, in one way or another. This is the last game thread of the last series of the last week of the 2026 season. Usually, that means one thing and one thing only.

But things are not usual, and with a feeling that would have been unimaginable six months ago, we can say for certain that this will not be the final game thread of 2026 on South Side Sox. And I can say for certain that I've never been close to this happy to write a preview of any Sox game in the month of September.

Any tips on where to find the official New Era champagne goggles? | Getty Images Not to sound too much like Bill Simmons, but in my head, I'm queuing up the great final battle scene of Return of the King and imagining Aragorn riding a horse rallying his troops. It's the culmination of the ultimate comeback story. We've watched our protagonist move from among the last descendants of an ancient bloodline reduced to wandering in the wilderness, to the top of his old society. He was leading his army into near-certain death, sure, but goddamn if he wasn't going out as the King of Gondor .