Today in Chicago White Sox History: November 26
1961The spitball, banned since 1920 in Major League Baseball, remained so after an 8-1 vote by baseball’s Rule…
Today in Chicago White Sox History: October 28
1914White Sox pitching star, executive and Comiskey-by-marriage Johnny Rigney was born in Oak Park. Rigney had a nondescript…
Today in Chicago White Sox History: October 11
1899The new American League was formed, in Chicago. The city didn’t have a team in the league at…
Today in Chicago White Sox History: September 2
1918In a season-ending doubleheader (the 1918 season ended early because of World War I) at Detroit, Buck Weaver…
Today in Chicago White Sox History: August 29
1915White Sox pitcher Jim Scott fired a 5-0 shutout over the Philadelphia A’s … and he did it…
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1910Ed Walsh threw a well-timed masterpiece, on Ed Walsh Day: His second career 15-strikeout game, whitewashing Boston 1-0…
Today in Chicago White Sox History: June 25
1903 It was a tale of two games. The first nine innings, played to a tie, was full…
Today in Chicago White Sox History: June 24
1914 In a telegram discovered in 2012, White Sox owner Charles Comiskey told scout George Mills that the…
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1931 In a deal that wasn’t catastrophic but nonetheless didn’t work out for the White Sox, the club…
Today in Chicago White Sox History: May 7
1927 The Comiskey Park upper deck officially opened to fans, as 37,000 fans streamed in to watch the…