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• The right man, for the right franchiseFocus on Sport/Getty Images Jeff Torborg treated everyone he met well, made many friends and raised a great family. He will be greatly missed He was the right man, at the right time for the right franchise. Jeff Torborg, former major league catcher and former White Sox manager, passed away on Sunday, at the age of 83. He was suffering from Parkinson’s Disease the last several years, ...2025See more Jeff Torborg rumors -
• Dick Allen is elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame!It’s too late for him to enjoy, but Dick Allen finally gets his due. | Ron Vesely/Getty Images Our all-time great slugger finally gets his due Almost four years ago to the day, we lost Dick Allen. Ironically, his death came on the eve of yet another Hall of Fame vote that saw him fall short. Today, FINALLY, the Hall of Fame has righted and long-wrong by electing the timeless slugger to the...2024Read about Dick Allen headline news -
• Today in White Sox History: November 30Yes, the Chicago Cardinals even used to practice at Comiskey Park. Their last game at the ballpark took place on this day, 66 years ago. | Chicago Sun-Times Collection/Chicago History Museum/Getty Images The Cardinals say goodbye to Comiskey Park, fittingly — with a loss 1955 It was the start of a new era at shortstop for the White Sox. On this date, the team purchased the contract of youn...2024See more articles White Sox latest news -
• Today in White Sox History: November 10Brian Drahman left the White Sox on this day 31 years ago, but later returned as a minor league “rehab whisperer.” | Chicago White Sox A future “rehab coach” is sent down south 1948 New White Sox GM Frank “Trader” Lane made his first deal, and it was a beauty. Lane traded backup catcher Aaron Robinson to the Tigers for a young, left-handed pitcher named Billy Pierce and $10,000. Pierce w...2024Click for news about White Sox latest news -
• Joy of a Completed Set: 1957 Topps!I never owned a 1957 Topps card during my original stint as a card collector in the early 90s, with my modest smattering of vintage not stretching back further than 1969 or so. The first 1957 Topps card I acquired was a year or two after I had returned to the hobby, scoring myself a beat-up, miscut Mickey Mantle for $54 in November 19, 2013 (still have the email receipt). Over a decade later, Octo...2024Continue with Mickey Mantle latest news -
• Today in White Sox History: October 6On this day 41 years ago, Mike Boddicker silenced a loud White Sox offense in the ALCS. | Ronald C. Modra/Getty Images A day of playoff setbacks includes an offensive meltdown in Baltimore 1905 The White Sox lost the pennant on the next-to-last day of the season when pitcher Doc White couldn’t beat the bottom-feeding St. Louis Browns. White and the Sox lost, 6-2, and handed the flag to the...2024Check it out White Sox news today
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• Today in White Sox History: September 27Frank Isbell put his stamp on the strangest doubleheader in White Sox history, on this day, 119 years ago. | Chicago History Museum/Getty Images The weirdest doubleheader in team history ends in a split 1905 Simply put, this was the craziest doubleheader in White Sox history. In the opener in Boston, the American Bill Dineen no-hit the South Siders, 2-0, at the soggy Huntington Avenue Base...2024Read about White Sox injuries -
• Today in White Sox History: September 24One year ago today, this stolen base landed Luis Robert Jr. in rarefied air. | Bob DeChiara-Imagn Images La Pantera steals his way into the record books 1919 A 6-5 win over the St. Louis Browns clinched the pennant for the White Sox. Eddie Cicotte got the win. Shoeless Joe Jackson’s double in the ninth drove in the game- and pennant-clinching run. The Sox would beat out Cleveland by 3 1⁄2 ...2024Read about White Sox injuries -
• Today in White Sox History: August 17Manager Harold Baines? Twenty years ago today, his short, substitute run started. | Albert Dickson/Sporting News via Getty Images via Getty Images Ha-rold slides over into the manager’s seat 1962 The final piece of the Billy Pierce-Eddie Fisher trade (involving six total players) was named, as San Francisco sent pitcher Verle Tiefenthaler to the White Sox. Tiefenthaler would pitch in just ...2024See more White Sox injury -
• Outside The Confines: 300 for JudgePhoto by Adam Hunger/Getty Images One of many more milestones to come. On Wednesday, Aaron Judge got his 300th home run, and managed to get a little shade from the White Sox right beforehand. Judge’s big bomb came right after Juan Soto was intentionally walked. Judge became the player to achieve the 300 home run milestone the fastest, which has many people wondering if this is just the b...2024Read about Adam Hunger injury -
• Today in White Sox History: July 31On this day nine years ago, we lost our greatest southpaw legend, Billy Pierce. | Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images So long, Billy Pierce 1909 “Sleepy” Bill Burns fired a two-hitter in a doubleheader opener, defeating Walter Johnson in Washington, 1-0. The White Sox also knocked off the Senators in the nightcap behind a complete game from Frank Smith, 4-0, holding Washington to seven hits on th...2024Check it out White Sox -
• Today in White Sox History: July 23On this day 17 years ago, Billy Pierce got a permanent honor at Sox Park. | Nuccio DiNuzzo/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images Billy Pierce gets a big honor — and two years later, another southpaw stole his thunder! 1968 Manager Al Lopez had an emergency appendectomy, and would miss 36 games. Les Moss took over while Lopez was sidelined. 1986 GM Ken Harrelson sent Bobby...2024Click for news about White Sox injury -
• Today in White Sox History: July 14On this day 118 years ago, the Chicago Tribune coined the nickname for the team that would go on to become the first White Sox World Series winner. | Chicago Tribune HITLESS WONDERS, activate! 1906 Early 20th Century baseball coverage was undeniably colorful, and never more so than on this day in the Chicago Tribune. Covering another no-hit, improbably win for the White Sox...2024See also White Sox injury status -
• Today in White Sox History: March 19On this day 54 years ago, future White Sox broadcast mainstay Ken Harrelson (No. 40) suffered what essentially became a career-ending injury. The Hawk breaks a leg 1970 Future White Sox broadcaster and raconteur Ken Harrelson broke his leg sliding into second base during a spring training game with Cleveland. The break was so bad he was unable to return until September and effectively end...2024Check it out White Sox injury status -
• Vote for the 2024 South Side Sox White Sox Hall of Fame!Jack McDowell came the closest to being elected, without topping the 75% threshhold, in our last Hall of Fame election. | Otto Greule Jr/Allsport/Getty Images Let’s immortalize our sixth class of the best South Siders of all time Once upon a time, the Chicago White Sox had a team Hall of Fame — until they decided to put it in mothballs, in favor of an extended gift shop. Now the Sox have ...2024Visit the page Jack McDowell availability report
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"I consider him, Billy Pierce and Roland Hemond to be one of the three finest men I ever was blessed to know and call a friend." - 2024
"Here are the Top 10 and Worst 10 Opening Day starts in White Sox history: The Top 10 Frank Smith’s all-time best White Sox opener effort, in 1910, was a one-hit shutout Eddie Lopat in 1947, Wilbur Wood in 1976 and Mark Buehrle in 2005 also were shutouts Billy Pierce in 1957 and Lefty Williams in 1920 both went 11 innings to earn their top scores Only one game in the Top 10 was a loss: Bill Dietrich’s heartbreaker in 1946 Dylan Cease’s amazing Opening Day win in 2023 is tied for 11th all-time, an 81 game score The Bottom 10 Not altogether surprisingly but still a bit shocking: Five of the 10-worst Opening Days ever thrown have come in the 21st Century, despite this era comprising approximately 20% of seasons in White Sox history Indicative of how good the 1963 White Sox would turn out to be, the club won Ray Herbert’s 12 game score start, the sixth-worst in team history Poor Vern Kennedy; he not only authored the only negative game score in White Sox Opening Day history — it was the only time he got the ball to start Opening Day!" - 2023
"” Lefthander Billy Pierce had taken over from Marichal to begin the 10th for the Giants." - 2022
"White Sox pitcher Billy Pierce called Richards the smartest manager he ever had." - 2021
"2022 Golden Days Era Committee Candidate: Billy Pierce" - 2015
"Billy Pierce, White Sox Power Pitcher, Is Dead at 88" - 2014
"" The rest of the 10-person ballot: Ken Boyer, Gil Hodges, Bob Howsam, Tony Oliva, Billy Pierce and Luis Tiant."
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• Today in White Sox History: September 21This photo of Minnie Miñoso was taken at Comiskey Park just 18 days before he became the second White Sox hitter to send a home run over the ballpark’s roof. | John Austad/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images Minnie Miñoso sends a titanic blast out of Comiskey Park 1901 The White Sox won the first major-league American League pennant despite losing to the Philadelphia A’s,...2024See also White Sox trade rumors -
• Today in White Sox History: September 10Here are three all-time White Sox greats, still contributing to the club after retiring: longtime scout and ace centerfielder Johnny Mostil, Hall-of-Famer and (minor league) Memphis Chicks manager Luke Appling, and farm director Johnny Rigney. | Transcendental Graphics/Getty Images Johnny Rigney finally takes another loss 1927 With a 11-1 loss in the nightcap of a doubleheader in Washingto...2024Check it out White Sox salary -
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• Today in White Sox History: August 6Nellie Fox, batting at Yankee Stadium about 10 weeks before manager Marty Marion arbitrarily ended his consecutive-games streak, on this day 69 years ago. | Set Number: X2675 Nellie Fox sits, with reluctance 1936 Twelve years before breaking a major-league record (see below), Luke Appling started a 27-game hit streak with a 2-for-5 game in a 9-6 win over at St. Louis in a doubleheader open...2024See more White Sox -
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• Today in White Sox History: July 10He might have been battling the afternoon sun, but on this day two years ago Robbie Grossman (then a left fielder in Detroit) snapped his MLB record with a fly ball drop that would come to cost the Tigers a win at Sox Park. | Quinn Harris/Getty Images Robbie Grossman finally drops the ball 1916 The White Sox swept Boston in a doubleheader, 4-0 and 3-0, with Lefty Williams and Reb Russell e...2024See more articles White Sox statistics -
• Today in White Sox History: June 25On this day 62 years ago, the White Sox tried to kick-start their season with Charlie Maxwell. A couple of day-off deals to try to save a season 1953 White Sox manager Paul Richards was regarded as one of the smartest people ever to lead a baseball team. With the Sox going for a series sweep of New York and leading 4-2 in the ninth inning, Richards brought in pitcher Harry Dorish to reli...2024See also White Sox
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• Today in White Sox History: June 27The biggest (or only) enduring moment of Gordon Beckham’s White Sox career came 15 years ago today, with a walk-off against the Cubs. | Phil Velasquez/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images A couple of Crosstown walk-offs 1910 The White Sox lose the final game played at their original ballpark, South Side Park III (39th Street Grounds). Cleveland knocks them off, 7-2, in fr...2024Visit the page White Sox -
• Today in White Sox History: April 15Future Hall of Famer starter Red Faber helped the White Sox to a 2-0 start 109 years ago today. He also improved to 2-0. How? Find out below. The South Siders count the Browns down and out 1915 It was the biggest shutout in team history, as the White Sox pasted St. Louis, 16-0. The Pale Hose put up seven runs before the home Browns even got to bat, and scored in every inning but the third...2024Continue with White Sox -
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• Today in White Sox History: October 9On this day, young White Sox executive Chuck Comiskey made what would go down in history as a brilliant move to restore the fortunes of the franchise: Hiring Frank Lane. | Chicago Sun-Times A big hire, a huge upset — and a sad ending 1906 With flurries in the air, baseball’s third World Series (and first-ever intracity Series in baseball) kicked off at West Side Park. The 116-win Chicago ...2023Check it out White Sox -
• Today in White Sox History: October 8Tim Raines cracks one of his White Sox record-tying four hits, in Game 3 of the 1993 ALCS, on this day 30 years ago. | Set Number: X45090 Wilson Álvarez and Tim Raines reverse the course of the ALCS 1919 The White Sox won again in Cincinnati, narrowing their World Series deficit to four games to three, taking Game 7, 4-1. The Pale Hose were in control from the jump, as Shoeless Joe Jackso...2023See more White Sox
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• Billy Pierce, White Sox Power Pitcher, Is Dead at 88
Mr. Pierce, a Chicago White Sox left-hander with a blazing fastball, became one of baseball’s leading pitchers of the 1950s....2015Click for news about White Sox
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• Today in Cubs history: The Lindy McDaniel game
lindymcdaniel.com The Cubs reliever did it all, helping put his team in a first-place tie. 1963 was a watershed year for the Chicago Cubs. The widely-mocked College of Coaches was quietly ended. Bob Kennedy led the team for the entire year, though his title was still given as “head coach,” and the team got off to a surprisingly good start. A good 16-12 May had them in contention, led by tw...2023See more articles Chicago Cubs
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• In 1958, Lou Boudreau predicted there would be four major leaguesLou Boudreau at Wrigley Field for the 1947 All-Star Game | Bettmann / Contributor And other words of wisdom from the Cubs radio announcer, 65 years ago. I was researching something recently — and honestly I can’t remember what it was — when I came across an article “By Lou Boudreau, as told to Jack Rosenberg” from the Chicago Tribune of April 13, 1958. At the time, Boudreau was not quite 4...2023See more Wrigley Field -
• Today in White Sox History: August 17Pablo Ozuna’s leadoff home run on this day, 17 years ago, became one-quarter of an MLB first. You want leadoff homers? We got leadoff homers 1962 The final piece of the Billy Pierce-Eddie Fisher trade (involving six total players) was named, as San Francisco sent pitcher Verle Tiefenthaler to the White Sox. Tiefenthaler would pitch in just three games for the White Sox, making his major l...2023Read about White Sox -
• Just how good was Garrett Crochet’s Opening Day start?It rarely got better than what Garrett Crochet offered this year on Opening Day. | Kamil Krzaczynski-USA TODAY Sports In White Sox history? 79th percentile ... not bad for a first career effort Yes, it’s been an incredibly long week and especially endless day, but Garrett Crochet’s surprise excellence on Opening Day — pitching at least one inning and exceedingly sharper than anyone had th...2024See more Garrett Crochet -
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• Today in White Sox History: August 19During his impressive 1953 campaign, Billy Pierce had a run of nearly 40 scoreless innings to begin August. | Set Number: X1324 Billy Pierce finally gives up a run 1900 Yes, it’s a pre-major league White Sox item, featuring a non-White Sox player. But this one is too funny. The White Sox lost a doubleheader to the Milwaukee Brewers, with Rube Waddell tossing two complete games, 2-1 and 1...2023Click for news about White Sox
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• Gary Peters, 1937-2023
Our tribute to the Rookie of the Year and dominant 1960s pitching force comes in the form of an extended Q&A With the passing of Gary Peters, once again we are able to produce a wonderful tribute to him in the form of an extended Q&A. Peters, by WAR, was the 17th-best pitcher in the history of a very pitching-rich franchise, and tied with Ray Durham for 38th-best player overall. Our sincerely cond...2023Read about Gary Peters
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• Today in White Sox History: September 27With a win on this day 103 years ago, Dickie Kerr became the fourth 20-game winner in the 1920 White Sox rotation. | Transcendental Graphics/Getty Images An amazing feat by a doomed rotation 1920 A 2-0 win over the Tigers gave Dickie Kerr his 20th win of the season in a game that took all of 66 minutes, one of the quickest games in franchise history. But it also gave the White Sox their f...2023Click for news about White Sox scandal -
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