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• Today in White Sox History: April 19While this doesn’t look like a man ready and able to field his position, but on this day 117 years ago, pitcher Ed Walsh tied a major league record with 11 assists and 13 total chances in a 1-0 win over St. Louis. Ed Walsh gets spry 1907 Ed Walsh tied a major league record in a 1-0 win over St. Louis — but not for his pitching prowess. In this game, it was his fielding, as Walsh had 11 as...2024See also White Sox headline news -
• Baseball history unpacked, April 12Ryan Dempster | Photo by George Gojkovich/Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Dempster does a deed 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 to follow as th...2024Click for news about Ryan Dempster headline news -
• Today in White Sox History: April 10Sherm Lollar did this in catching a foul pop a record six times, on this day 62 years ago. Sherm Lollar got a workout in a walk-off win 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 eighth inning, and matters weren’t decided until the 14th. That’s whe...2024See also White Sox rumors -
• Baseball history unpacked, April 10Photo by Silver Screen Collection/Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Happy birthday, Chuck Connors, the piece of metal comes to Chicago, 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...2024See more articles New York Highlanders news today -
• Cub Tracks’ Yu who?Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news and notes, links and discussion, plus more or less scientific food for thought. Javier Assad ran out of gas and a Tatis tater ruined the night. WELCOME to today’s episode of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers and bloggers, ground from #Cubs, #MiLB, and #MLB baseball, overheate...2024Read about Cub Tracks breaking news -
• Today in White Sox History: April 5On this day 29 years ago, Dave Martinez began an extremely impressive three-year run on the South Side. | Mitchell Layton/Getty Images One of the most underrated outfielders in club history begins his career on the South Side 1974 The White Sox opened the season at home under freezing conditions versus the Angels and Nolan Ryan. Wilbur Wood started, which caused broadcaster Harry Caray to...2024Continue with White Sox news
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• It’s time for the Royals to honor George SpriggsOur only alumni The Royals have made some significant moves this spring, inducting Bo Jackson, John Schuerholz and Cedric Tallis into the team’s Hall of Fame. Now that Tallis has been inducted, I’ll need to find a new windmill to tilt at. Bringing attention to the Tallis oversight has been one of my main passions the last five years and I’m very happy for the Tallis family to see this long-overdu...2024See also John Schuerholz injury -
• 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 -
• Baseball history unpacked, March 13Photo by Matt Dirksen/Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Not much happened, but what did happen was important. Happy birthday to current Cubs Mark Leiter Jr. and Keegan Thompson. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at baseball’s colorful past, ...2024Continue with Matt Dirksen injury -
• Today in White Sox History: March 3Harry Caray and Jack Brickhouse were linked not only as broadcast team partners, but in a much stranger way, years later. | Walter Kale/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images Double Hall honors, along with lifesaving surgery 1998 It’s a belated but banner day for White Sox icons, as Larry Doby and George Davis are among four players selected for Hall of Fame enshrinement by...2024Click for news about White Sox injuries -
• Baseball history unpacked, March 1Happy birthday, Adbert Alzolay! | Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Happy birthday, Adbert Alzolay! Bill Veeck in the news, 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...2024See also Adbert Alzolay injury status -
• Today in White Sox History: February 26On this day six years ago, Jake Burger’s unfortunate injury odyssey began. Jake Burger suffers his first injury setback 1991 Five years after his death, Bill Veeck was elected to the Hall of Fame by the Veterans Committee. The two-time owner of the White Sox (also with ownership of St. Louis Browns, Cleveland and the minor-league Milwaukee Brewers) was the last of the “small-time” or “com...2024See more articles White Sox
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• A look back on Harry SimpsonHave Suitcase, will travel I don’t think there’s much debate that baseball players today are better than they were 50 or 100 years ago. For one thing, MLB is now integrated. It’s truly an international sport. The second thing is players at nearly all levels now play and work out year-round. With AAU and traveling teams, pre-teen ballplayers probably play more games in a summer than I played in the...2024Visit the page Kansas City Athletics -
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Tom Browning had a good day | Photo by Focus on Sport/Getty Images A thrice-weekly digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Tom Browning had a very good day on a day full of legends. 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...2023See also Baltimore Orioles
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• Today in White Sox History: April 9
Beauty and abomination: At least on the field, things were pretty for the final home opener at Comiskey Park, 33 years ago today. | Jonathan Daniel/Allsport/Getty Images Big hits from Bill Veeck, Pete Ward, Jim Spencer, Oscar Gamble and Bo Jackson 1963 The start of the season finds the White Sox in Detroit, and it is a highlight game for third baseman Pete Ward. Ward smacks a seventh-inni...2023Continue with White Sox
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"As always, it was a Bill Veeck idea." - 2023
"1946 - Bill Veeck buys MLB’s Cleveland Indians for $2." - 2022
"Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter a bit more about whether Dottie dropped the ball on purpose in the movie version of A League of Their Own, then discuss an Angels defensive meltdown, a vomiting Oakland Athletic, a Javier Báez bad-ball batted ball, Tony La Russa (and Bill Veeck) taking suggestions from the stands, the […]" - 2018
"The son of former Indians owner Bill Veeck is glad to see the "Chief Wahoo" logo, implemented by his father in 1947, will be eliminated from uniforms after this season." - 2016
"In 1947, Bill Veeck and Horace Stoneham created the Cactus League when they moved their teams, the Indians and Giants, out of Florida and into the desert Arizona with Cleveland playing in Tucson and New York playing in Phoenix." - 2015
"Nowhere is this more true than at the corner of Clark and Addison in Chicago, where the sun always shines over Wrigley Field and construction to build a winner has been ongoing since before the days of Bill Veeck and Harry Caray." - 2014
"Maybe it shouldn't have been so surprising that the Winter Meetings were the wildest we've seen since Bill Veeck set up his famous table in the hotel lobby in 1975, trading 22 players in three days."
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• This Day in Braves History: Atlanta trades Joe Torre to CardinalsBraves Franchise History 1969 - The Atlanta Braves trade Joe Torre to the St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Orlando Cepeda. The trade was the result of a salary dispute between Torre and Braves GM Paul Richards who was angry at Torre for his role as a union official. MLB History 1911 - Plumbers at work on the drain pipes at Washington’s Griffith Stadium inadvertently start a fire that burns dow...2024Click for news about Joe Torre -
• Today in White Sox History: March 15On this day 121 years ago, Harry Gleason reported to the wrong Sox. | Chicago Tribune Harry Gleason keeps a hole open at third base 1903 Possibly the weirdest roster snafus in a single season continue, as Harry Gleason (brother of future White Sox manager Kid Gleason) is signed by Chicago — but chooses to report to his former team, the Boston Red Sox (née Americans), instead! The comedy o...2024Click for news about White Sox trade rumors -
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• Another five enter the South Side Sox White Sox Hall of Fame!Jack McDowell leads our latest White Sox Hall of Fame class. Jack McDowell, Ray Schalk, Sherm Lollar, Magglio Ordoñez and Gary Peters join the ranks of immortals. For the third time in six elections, five players have made our South Side Sox White Sox Hall of Fame. Oddly, each of the big classes have come in even years: 2020, 2022 and 2024. This year, Jack McDowell (88.3%), Ray Schalk (83...2024See more articles Jack McDowell stats -
• Today in White Sox History: March 23Oscar Gamble returned to the scene of his greatest season on this day, 39 years ago. | Focus on Sport/Getty Images The South Siders take a Gamble on Oscar 1955 Roberto Clemente made a huge splash with a spring training performance at Fort Myers, Fla. against the White Sox. The rookie clouts a third-inning triple some 425 feet off of the center field fence, the deepest spot in Terry Park. ...2024Click for news about White Sox stats -
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• Today in White Sox History: March 7The second time was not the charm, beginning on this day, 71 years ago. | Chicago White Sox A return engagement for a reliever — and it doesn’t go so well 1953 The White Sox brought back pitcher Earl Harrist for a second tour on the South Side, and it turned out to be significantly less successful than his first. Harrist had a mildly-successful season back in 1947, pitching to a 3.56 ERA ...2024See more articles White Sox stats -
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• Today in White Sox History: February 25If this baseball card looks a little like a mug shot, well, yeah ... George Davis announced his intention to flout contract law and return to play in New York on this day, 121 years ago. | Transcendental Graphics/Getty Images Breaking the law, breaking the law 1903 Though under contract to the White Sox, shortstop George Davis intends to go to court in order to break it and return to the ...2024Read about White Sox -
• In Memoriam: The White Sox We Lost in 2023A southpaw star, long-distance slugger, popular broadcaster and beloved scout were among our dearly departed It’s the time of year where, as we grimace ahead into 2024 and what awaits us with the Chicago White Sox, we look back at those South Siders we lost in 2023. Included among them are a southpaw star, long-distance slugger, departed but popular broadcaster, and beloved scout. Please, feel fre...2023See more White Sox -
• Today in White Sox History: November 26Ron Schuler [right] wanted to hire his own manager, and on this day 32 years ago, he hired Gene Lamont [left]. | DOUG COLLIER/AFP via Getty Images Gene Lamont is hired, right into the catbird seat 1976 It was a move that would pay large returns the following season. On this day, injured third baseman Eric Soderholm signed a free agent deal with the White Sox. Soderholm would become Comeb...2023Continue with White Sox
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• Today in White Sox History: March 1Mark Buehrle (who else?) got the first-ever White Sox start at Camelback Ranch, on this day, 15 years ago. | Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images Opening Day at Camelback Ranch! 1976 Bill Veeck began his second round of ownership of the White Sox in underwhelming fashion, as Spring Training opened in Sarasota with just non-roster players due to an ongoing owners’ lockout. 2009 The White Sox op...2024See more articles White Sox -
• Today in White Sox History: February 29On this Leap Day 84 years ago, Grace Comiskey officially assumed control. | St. Louis Star and Times Leap Day special: Nearly 20 years of woman ownership begins on the South Side 1940 On this Leap Day, we’ll tell the tale of how the Chicago White Sox were run for almost two decades by women — a noteworthy feat (sadly) even today, much less 80 years ago. Grace Comiskey inherited the White ...2024See more articles White Sox -
• This Day in Braves History: February 26thPhoto by Mike Zarrilli/Getty Images Braves Franchise History 2005 - Braves pitcher Mike Hampton and his wife offer a $25,000 reward for the safe return of Jessica Marie Lunsford who disappeared from her Florida bedroom four days earlier. MLB History 1894 - A series of rule changes are implemented that are designed to help pitchers. All foul bunts will now be called strikes and the infield...2024See more articles Philadelphia Phillies -
• Baseball history unpacked, January 29Photo by Matt Dirksen/Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. KB loses his case, the GWRBI is 86ed, 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 to follow as they ...2024See also Matt Dirksen
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• Baseball history unpacked, June 21
Photo by George Gojkovich/Getty Images A thrice-weekly digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Lou Gehrig retires, the Red Baron’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 lore and various narrative...2023Visit the page George Gojkovich
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• Baseball history unpacked, April 10
Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images A thrice-weekly digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Jackie Robinson signs, Bill Veeck gives away seats, Cubs wave the BIG BANNER for the first time and win, too. Always made fresh, never reheated. Episode #778. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted,...2023See more articles Jonathan Daniel
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• Watch “The Saint of Second Chances” and feel good about baseball againMike Veeck presides over son Night Train devouring a so-called “sloppy dog” during one of their many baseball stops — this one, in Florida. As the movie teases, this may not be the last we see of this tag-team. | Acey Harper/Getty Images Can Mike Veeck buy the White Sox, please, and bring this thing full circle? I finally had a chance to view the new Netflix documentary about the tale o...2023Continue with White Sox -
• Sure, we think they’re failuresThe White Sox brain trust, plus three guys standing in front of them. | Kamil Krzaczynski-USA TODAY Sports But from their perspectives, they’re doing just great If there’s one point of agreement among all Chicago White Sox fans, it’s that the Three Stooges who run the team and its baseball operations are completely incompetent. And from the viewfinder of, you know, baseball success, that’...2023See also White Sox -
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• What can be learned from White Sox history?Figure out a way to bring these two guys back to life, and all shall be well. The history of the inglorious season of 1970, that is The White Sox of 1970 have been ingloriously brought to the fore by the White Sox of 2023, as 101 losses is the most for the team since that dreaded 1970 record-setter. But while there is very little hope that the current powers-that-be in Bridgeport can keep...2023Check it out White Sox -
• A visit to the site of the Giants’ original San Francisco home, Seals Stadium
Photo by Jon Brenneis/Getty Images And the story of how the Cubs helped deny the Giants the 1959 N.L. pennant. SAN FRANCISCO — So I was in the Bay Area visiting my dad over the All-Star break, and I thought I’d spend a bit of time visiting the site of the original home of the Giants when they moved to San Francisco in 1958, Seals Stadium. Truth be told, this ballpark has been gone for more...2023See also Grant Brisbee
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• Today in White Sox History: November 2Happy birthday, Wimpy. | Ron Vesely/Getty Images Happy birthday to a South Side folk hero 1946 Beloved White Sox broadcaster and member of the 1983 White Sox division champs Tom Paciorek was born in Detroit. Paciorek was a two-sport star at the University of Houston, drafted in the ninth round by the Miami Dolphins and the fifth by the Los Angeles Dodgers. Offering $18,000 more as a bonus...2023See more articles White Sox
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• Today in White Sox History: March 22Bob Elson, shown here in 1977 hobnobbing with Richie Zisk in the White Sox dugout, broadcast games in Chicago from 1929-75, an unparalleled run. | Barb Urbanek The all-time games-broadcasted king of the South Side is born 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 al...2024Check it out White Sox -
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• Today in White Sox History: March 13Happy birthday, Bill Kennedy, you’re heading to the White Sox! | Bowman An early birthday gift for a solid reliever 1934 All-time White Sox playing and managing great Fielder Jones died, at age 62, in Portland. His 32.0 WAR for the club ranks 10th all-time among hitters and places him as the best center fielder in White Sox history. Jones was staggeringly good with the White Sox, never d...2024Check it out White Sox -
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• Today in White Sox History: December 26Though 34 years old at the time of this photo, baby-faced Carlton Fisk had 12 years in the majors still ahead of him. | Set Number: X25623 And on this day, a Pudge was born 1890 Harry Grabiner, first and longest general manager of the White Sox, was born in Chicago. He was a 40-year employee of the team, rising literally from peanut vendor to vice president. Grabiner served under three Co...2023See more White Sox scandals -
• Today in White Sox History: December 18This scene was repeated 35 times in Juan Pierre’s White Sox career. The outfielder who led the league twice in caught-stealing was officially acquired by the White Sox on this day, 14 years ago. | Phil Velasquez/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images Big names acquired, to no avail 1969 The White Sox swapped Pete Ward to the Yankees for pitcher Mickey Scott, plus cash. Ward...2023See more articles White Sox buzz -
• Today in White Sox History: October 15A crowd of White Sox fans follow their team’s progress during the 1917 World Series against the New York Giants, Peoria, Ill. The crowd look up towards the balcony of a saloon, where a scorekeeper updates the baseball diagram as telegraph reports came in. | Chicago History Museum/Getty Images One title — and one step closer to another 1917 The White Sox won their second World Series title...2023Read about White Sox whispers -
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• Padres 3, White Sox 2: The bullpen takes, but bullpenning gives back“It’s a shame if it’s being portrayed that we were on the cheap on this thing. That’s really interesting because, holy s—, that’s a quarter of a billion dollars we offered with a chance to be higher than what he’s getting.” | Quinn Harris/Getty Images Ten different voices can’t keep the South Siders from their fate, even on a “bullpenning” night at South Side Sox [Tonight carries on a tra...2023Continue with White Sox gossip -
• 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 scandals -
• Today in White Sox History: December 26
In 1930, smack-dab in the middle of his 30-year tenure as White Sox general manager, Harry Grabiner (left) surveys Comiskey Park with former White Sox player and manager Billy Sullivan. | Getty Images A pioneering executive is born 1890 Harry Grabiner, first and longest general manager of the White Sox, was born in Chicago. He was a 40-year employee of the team, rising literally from peanu...2022See also White Sox gossip
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• Today in White Sox History: December 11
Moody, delusional, and terrible: the story of Jaime Navarro’s White Sox tenure. Bringing in two of the worst players in team history 1973It was one of the worst deals ever made by GM Roland Hemond. The White Sox acquired Cubs star Ron Santo after Santo refused a deal to the Angels. Santo, who may have been able to be picked up on waivers, was acquired for pitchers Steve Stone and Ken Frail...2022Continue with White Sox gossip
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