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AL Central · 2026 season · Lost 3-2 to CLE

The story so far

Lost 3-2 to CLE

White Sox fans began hoping only to avoid 100 losses, then celebrated a Kansas City clinch and the first playoff series win in 21 years. Blowing a 2-0 lead to Cleveland turned that euphoria into heartbreak, with misery climbing to 56.

From Reddit fan threads · through Oct 5–11 · 2-3

Season misery
38Content
Worst week
83Mar 23–29
Best week
5Jul 27–Aug 2
Mar 23–29: misery 83 (Despair) · 0-3Mar 30–Apr 5: misery 31 (Content) · 4-2Apr 6–12: misery 63 (Uneasy) · 2-5Apr 13–19: misery 53 (Meh) · 2-4Apr 20–26: misery 38 (Content) · 3-3Apr 27–May 3: misery 24 (Euphoric) · 5-1May 4–10: misery 40 (Content) · 3-3May 11–17: misery 25 (Euphoric) · 5-1May 18–24: misery 44 (Content) · 2-4May 25–31: misery 12 (Euphoric) · 6-1Jun 1–7: misery 42 (Content) · 2-4Jun 8–14: misery 20 (Euphoric) · 4-1Jun 15–21: misery 42 (Content) · 1-5Jun 22–28: misery 36 (Content) · 4-2Jun 29–Jul 5: misery 34 (Content) · 4-3Jul 6–12: misery 30 (Euphoric) · 3-3Jul 13–19: misery 28 (Euphoric) · 2-1Jul 20–26: misery 45 (Content) · 3-3Jul 27–Aug 2: misery 5 (Euphoric) · 4-3Aug 3–9: misery 48 (Meh) · 2-4Aug 10–16: misery 36 (Content) · 4-2Aug 17–23: misery 46 (Meh) · 3-4Aug 24–30: misery 27 (Euphoric) · 4-2Aug 31–Sep 6: misery 45 (Content) · 3-4Sep 7–13: misery 53 (Meh) · 1-5Sep 14–20: misery 51 (Meh) · 4-3Sep 21–27: misery 47 (Meh) · 4-2Sep 28–Oct 4: misery 10 (Euphoric) · 3-0Oct 5–11: misery 56 (Uneasy) · 1-33/234/205/186/157/138/109/710/5
Weekly misery, Monday to Sunday. Above the line is miserable; below is happy.

Storylines

what fans talked about, week by week
Season-long

  • Fans went from dooming over an 8-2 collapse to celebrating the clinch and the first playoff series win in 21 years, then watched the ALCS dream collapse, though many still called it remarkable.

    “Special shoutout to all the players on this team that persevered through the 100+ loss seasons”

    ▲ 369Sep 21–27

    Sep 14–20 ›Sep 21–27 ›Sep 28–Oct 4 ›
Built late
Came and went

angry / anxioushappy / hopefulsplitbigger dot = louder

  1. —Oct 26–Nov 1out
  2. —Oct 19–25out
  3. —Oct 12–18out
  4. 56Oct 5–111-3›
  5. 10Sep 28–Oct 43-0›
  6. 47Sep 21–274-2›
  7. 51Sep 14–204-3›
  8. 53Sep 7–131-5›
  9. 45Aug 31–Sep 63-4›
  10. 27Aug 24–304-2›
  11. 46Aug 17–233-4›
  12. 36Aug 10–164-2›
  13. 48Aug 3–92-4›
  14. 5Jul 27–Aug 24-3›
  15. 45Jul 20–263-3›
  16. 28Jul 13–192-1›
  17. 30Jul 6–123-3›
  18. 34Jun 29–Jul 54-3›
  19. 36Jun 22–284-2›
  20. 42Jun 15–211-5›
  21. 20Jun 8–144-1›
  22. 42Jun 1–72-4›
  23. 12May 25–316-1›
  24. 44May 18–242-4›
  25. 25May 11–175-1›
  26. 40May 4–103-3›
  27. 24Apr 27–May 35-1›
  28. 38Apr 20–263-3›
  29. 53Apr 13–192-4›
  30. 63Apr 6–122-5›
  31. 31Mar 30–Apr 54-2›
  32. 83Mar 23–290-3›