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• Today in White Sox History: April 13

Exactly one year ago Garrett Crochet — ironically today’s starter against the White Sox — set some franchise marks, albeit in yet another loss. | Patrick Gorski-Imagn Images Garrett Crochet keeps making entries in the first-year starter record book 1933 In the second game of the season, St. Louis Browns center fielder Sam West went 6-for-6 (five singles, a double) against White Sox ace Te...2025
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• Today in White Sox History: April 10

On this day 36 years ago and for the second straight season, a broken hand would keep ironman Carlton Fisk out of the lineup for a big chunk of time. | Chuck Rydlewski/WireImage Pudge breaks his hand, again 1959 The season opener to a memorable, pennant-winning year started in Detroit, where Billy Pierce faced Jim Bunning. The White Sox blew a 7-4 lead when the Tigers got three runs in the...2025
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• Today in White Sox History: April 9

On this day one year ago, Yoán Moncada’s injury put all “big three” White Sox hitting stars on the IL. | Nick Cammett/Diamond Images via Getty Images Yoán Moncada goes down — and out 1963 The start of the season found the White Sox in Detroit, and it was a highlight game for third baseman Pete Ward. Ward smacked a seventh-inning, three-run home run off of Jim Bunning to push the Sox into t...2025
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• Today in White Sox History: April 8

On this day four years ago, Yermín Mercedes’ legend grew. | Ron Vesely/Getty Images Yermín crushes a ball in his first home at-bat 1963 On this date, one of the biggest “what if’s” in franchise history took place. As per the rules at the time, the White Sox had to choose between two pitchers signed to “bonus baby” contracts, as only one player signed to a deal for more than a certain amou...2025
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• Today in White Sox History: April 7

On this day, 48 years ago, it was time to PLAY BALL! in Toronto. It’s time to play ball — dodging flurries 1970 The worst White Sox team in history began their forgettable season by getting pounded, 12-0, at home by the Twins before just 11,473 fans. Starting pitcher Tommy John only lasted into the fifth inning by giving up six runs (five earned). The Sox would go on to lose a franchise-re...2025
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• This Day in Braves History: Rick Mahler ties N.L. record by throwing his third Opening Day shutout

Photo by George Gojkovich/Getty Images Braves Franchise History 1979 - Ken Forsch no-hits the Atlanta Braves, 6-0. 1987 - Braves starter Rick Mahler ties a National League record by throwing his third Opening Day shutout as Atlanta beats Philadelphia, 6-0. 2004 - Braves rookie Adam LaRoche records the first two hits of his career in one inning as Atlanta beats the Mets 18-10. The Braves ...2025
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• Baseball history unpacked, April 7

Photo by Tim Warner/Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Happy birthday to ex-Cub David Bote* and others, plus more stories for the discerning reader. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at baseball’s colorful past, with plenty of the lore and va...2025
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• Today in White Sox History: March 22

Six seasons before starring for the other Sox, Moose Solters was legging out triples for the Boston Red Sox. Happy-happy to birthday twins born in a magical year for the South Side — and one-day Pale Hose teammates 1904 Bob Elson, who would become the longest-tenured broadcaster in White Sox history, was born in Chicago. Elson graduated from DePaul but became a WGN voice in 1929 almost com...2025
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• Today in White Sox History: March 17

On this day 124 years ago, Dick Padden went against the grain, hopping from the White Sox into the National League. A rare, turn of the century interleague move that saw the South Siders get spurned 1901 The White Sox (and their American League counterparts), busy raiding National League teams to bolster talent for their first season in the majors, suffered a rare setback by losing their p...2025
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• Today in White Sox History: January 31

Two eventual Hall-of-Famers, Al López and Casey Stengel, joke around at Yankee Stadium in 1958. El Señor gets the Hall call 1909 White Sox catcher Billy Sullivan secured a patent on the first chest protector. It contained a wind pad with compressed air and became the forerunner of the modern catcher’s chest protector. Sullivan was the White Sox catcher from 1901-14. Sullivan gets the paten...2025
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• Today in White Sox History: January 12

You may not remember Chris Stewart on the White Sox, but on this day 18 years ago Chicago sent him on an odyssey that would land the catcher on 11 more MLB teams before he hung up his mask. | Matthew Stockman/Getty Images A minor trade, setting in motion a long MLB career 1982 In the January phase of the amateur draft that no longer exists today, the White Sox unearthed the unlikeliest of ...2025
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• Today in White Sox History: January 2

One game played in the White Sox system might have been enough to get Fernando Tatís Jr. a chance to advance in the organization. | Melissa Tamez/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Happy birthday to an all-time player who got away 1939 White Sox pitcher Eddie Smith, who won the 1941 All-Star Game, died at age 80 in Willingboro, N.J. Smith was snagged on waivers from the Philadelphia Athletic...2025
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• Today in White Sox History: December 11

On this day 15 years ago, J.J. Putz signed a prove-it deal with the White Sox, in hopes of getting a closer role again in the future. J.J. Putz arrives to make the back of the South Side pen airtight 1924 White Sox superstar second sacker Eddie Collins, who had led the club to a 14-13 record as player-manager to finish out an awful 1923 season, was named the permanent player-manager of the...2024
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• Bill Melton: 1945-2024

First South Side home-run champ, and longtime broadcaster, passes away at 79 He was an All-Star, an American League home run champion, and later if life a rarity: an honest pre- and postgame host covering the White Sox on television. Former White Sox third baseman Bill Melton passed away after a short illness Wednesday night in Phoenix, at the age of 79. His passing stunned the White Sox family, w...2024
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• South Loop Sox ... again

The 1960s South Loop Sox Park ... that never was. | stadiumpage.com White Sox in “serious” talks to build new stadium in the 78? Late Wednesday evening, news trickled out on Twitter that the Chicago White Sox were in “serious” talks to build a new ballpark on a vacation parcel of land at Clark & Roosevelt streets in the South Loop. While the source of this news is a Sun-Times article, wi...2024
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• What am I feeling, exactly?
Like the ageless Carlton Fisk, our White Sox fandom knows few bounds. | Set Number: X44360 When die-hard meets die, hard Even in a baseball season as disappointing as this one, there is still that “feeling” I get when I’m driving to the park, turning on the television, or streaming the radio broadcast. What IS that feeling? Anticipation, dread, excitement, nervousness? Probably all of the...2022
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"Her 1970s popularization for the Steam single “Na Na Hey Hey (Kiss Him Goodbye)” not only revolutionized the fan experience at Comiskey Park, but is an iconic experience of victory celebration that continues — throughout the world — to this day."

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"And at least then, Reinsdorf and Eddie Einhorn could at least scapegoat the age and condition of then 75-year-old Comiskey Park as cause for a new ballpark."

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"Arriving by helicopter and dressed as Martians, the quartet drops onto the Comiskey Park infield and shakes hands with second baseman Nellie Fox and shortstop Luis Aparicio, giving them toy ray guns as the public announcer informs the 40,000 plus in attendance that the “extraterrestrials” have arrived to help the somewhat short keystone double play combo in their struggle with giant earthlings."

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"Per his SABR biography: Three days after graduating from high school, Ellsworth unexpectedly found himself hurling from the major-league mound at Comiskey Park in Chicago."

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"From her perch at Comiskey Park starting 50 years ago this summer, Faust introduced walk-up music and injected irreverent reactions to in-game shenanigans."

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"The biggest crowd in six years flocked to Comiskey Park, and the Sunday spectators were not only there to see the hometown White Sox play in a doubleheader."

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"26 in Chicago's Comiskey Park, with five innings of workmanlike pitching: one hit and six strikeouts."

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"CHICAGO — When Adam LaRoche was a kid, he used to hang with his father at old Comiskey Park when Dave was a coach with the Chicago White Sox."

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• Today in White Sox History: March 30

On this day one year ago, Braden Shewmake made a splash by homering in his first White Sox appearance — in fact, on the very first pitch he saw. | Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images Braden Shewmake makes a splash on the first pitch he sees 1970 In a swap of arms, the White Sox deal Jerry Nyman to San Diego for Tommie Sisk. Both players would throw their last in the majors in 1970, with Nyman maki...2025
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• A brief history of Cubs neutral site games

Cubs vs. Reds at the Field of Dreams in Dyersville, Iowa | Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images Here are all the games the Cubs have played at parks not the usual homes for MLB teams. The Cubs are getting ready to face the Dodgers in Japan Tuesday evening (7:10 p.m. local time, 5:10 a.m. in Chicago), their first neutral-site games since they faced the Cardinals in London in J...2025
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• The 2025 White Sox promo schedule is out!

Four straight complete games in the 2005 ALCS are commemorated with this unique bobblehead giveaway. | Chicago White Sox Celebrate 125 years on the South Side with a variety of unique promotional items Hello, White Sox fans! The season is drawing closer each day, and Spring Training arrives in about two weeks. With that comes the promotional schedule, so let’s take a peek at the press rele...2025
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• Today in White Sox History: January 23

Yeesh. | Duane Burleson/Getty Images Happy birthday to the cornerstone of one of the worst trades in team history 1928 Alfonso “Chico” Carrasquel was born in Caracas, Venezuela. A 21.3 WAR player over his decade in the majors, Chico made an immediate impact with the White Sox, finishing 12th in AL MVP voting as a rookie and in just his second season becoming the first Latin player ever to...2025
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• Today in White Sox History: March 11

Happy birthday to Nancy Faust, in all likelihood the greatest acquisition the South Siders ever made. | Barry Brecheisen/Getty Images Happy birthday, Nancy! Bonnie Trafelet/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images Mandy and Nancy. 1947White Sox organist and baseball legend Nancy Faust was born in Chicago. Nancy is a White Sox icon, deserving of better...2025
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• Today in White Sox History: March 10

On this day 66 years ago, Bill Veeck officially took control of the White Sox. | Chicago Tribune Months after the purchase, Bill Veeck is cleared to take the keys of Comiskey Park 1914 The White Sox their World Tour vs. the New York Giants to final rest with a banquet in the Gold Room of the Congress Hotel. Pitcher Joe Benz had to skip the celebration — he was getting married that day! Ma...2025
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• Today in White Sox History: January 21

In today’s climate of prospect hype, White Sox would have gone ape over giving away mashing first baseman Dixie Upright on this day, 72 years ago. | New Orleans Pelicans A minor deal that could have been a major regret 1953 In a minor win of a deal, the White Sox sent slugging first baseman Dixie Upright and $25,000 to the St. Louis Browns for third baseman Fred Marsh. Marsh had a mediocre...2025
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• The right man, for the right franchise

Focus 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, ...2025
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• 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...2024
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• As Hall Induction Nears, Pedro Martinez Looks Back on Best Pitching Season Ever
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• How Nancy Faust (and her organ) set the tone for America's pastime
If not for Nancy Faust, "Crazy Train" might have never arrived at the ballpark. From her perch at Comiskey Park starting 50 years ago this summer, Faust introduced walk-up music and injected irreverent reactions to in-game shenanigans....2020
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• Baseball history unpacked, May 26
Happy birthday, Ben Zobrist! | Photo by Joe Sargent/Getty Images A thrice-weekly digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. 1959 was a weird year, Ben Zobrist’s birthday, and other stories. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at baseball’s colorful past, with plenty of the...2023
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• White Sox “need” new stadium to compete?

Apparently, billionaire Jerry Reinsdorf needs more money, and he doesn’t even feel he needs to ask you for it. | John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images We’ve heard this song and dance before Haven’t we heard this story before? Jerry Reinsdorf is again making specious and unsubstantiated claims that the ballpark his White Sox play in inhibits them from competin...2024
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• Inside a Beanball War: How One Play Turned into Three Days of Royals, A's Rage
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• Baseball history unpacked, April 7
Photo by Dylan Buell/Getty Images A thrice-weekly digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Happy birthday to David Bote, the Milwaukee saga, and other stories. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at baseball’s colorful past, with plenty of the lore and various narratives...2023
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• This Day in Braves History: Bud Selig suspends John Rocker
Braves Franchise History 2000 - Bud Selig suspends Braves reliever John Rocker until May 1 after comments made in an interview with Sports Illustrated. Rocker also receives an undisclosed fine and is ordered to undergo sensitivity training. MLB History 1919 - Jackie Robinson is born in Cairo, Georgia. Robinson will become the first black player in major league history when he debuts for the Brook...2023
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• This Day in Braves History: Ronald Acuña becomes youngest player with a grand slam in the postseason

Photo by Rob Carr/Getty Images Braves Franchise History 2013: The Dodgers are the first team to clinch a spot in the League Championship Series as they eliminate the Braves with a 5-4 win in Game 4 of the NLDS. Trailing 3-2 in the bottom of the eighth, the Dodgers reverse the tide on Juan Uribe’s two-run homer off David Carpenter. Carl Crawford hits a pair of solo homers for Los Angeles’s...2023
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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...2023
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• Today in White Sox History: January 19

The player most responsible for sending the White Sox into the basement for three decades, Chick Gandil, was born 137 years ago today. Happy birthday to a player ultimately as big a villain as ever seen in the game 1882 Infamous Black Sox ringleader Chick Gandil was born in St. Paul. The first baseman started his career with the White Sox in 1910, and played his last game, as he helped thr...2025
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• Today in White Sox History: December 10

Future Hall-of-Famer Al Simmons was sold to Detroit on this day, 89 years ago. The South Siders sell off a future Hall-of-Famer 1935 The White Sox sold left fielder Al Simmons to the Detroit Tigers for $75,000 (about $1.7 million in today’s dollars). Chicago had in fact purchased Simmons from Philadelphia along with Mule Haas and Jimmy Dykes three years earlier, in a $100,000 purchase, mak...2024
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• Today in White Sox History: October 9

Charles Comiskey hired Donie Bush (left) as manager on the success of his Pirates squads, but a weak White Sox roster saw Bush survive just two seasons on the South Side. Donie Bush can’t take losing any longer 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 Cubs were huge favorites...2024
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• Today in White Sox History: August 26

Charles Comiskey (left), pictured here in 1920 with Bill Veeck’s father, William, thought the biggest danger to his health was watching White Sox games. On this day 104 years ago, Comiskey learned differently. Today’s theme? Stealing 1920 During a robbery attempt at the Illinois Vinegar Manufacturing Company on August 3, three armed bandits gunned down highly-respected detective sergeant F...2024
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• Meet the Players: International Women’s Day Edition with Melissa Sage-Bollenbach

Melissa Sage-Bollenbach/South Side Sox Let’s celebrate Melissa! According to the International Women’s Day website, March 8 is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating women’s equality. Women should be celebrated daily. I like to think that’s the case at South Side Sox as we consiste...2024
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