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The Chicago White Sox was one of the original eight American League teams formed in 1901. They are located on the city's South Side and often referred to as the South Siders or the Pale Hose. The Sox's often futile history includes an 88-year drought between World Series titles, from 1917 to 2005. The Sox have won three Series titles, six AL pennants and four division titles in their history.
That history includes one of baseball's most ignominious chapters: The "Black Sox Scandal" of 1919, in which eight members of the heavily favored...
That history includes one of baseball's most ignominious chapters: The "Black Sox Scandal" of 1919, in which eight members of the heavily favored...
The Chicago White Sox was one of the original eight American League teams formed in 1901. They are located on the city's South Side and often referred to as the South Siders or the Pale Hose. The Sox's often futile history includes an 88-year drought between World Series titles, from 1917 to 2005. The Sox have won three Series titles, six AL pennants and four division titles in their history.
That history includes one of baseball's most ignominious chapters: The "Black Sox Scandal" of 1919, in which eight members of the heavily favored Sox allegedly conspired to throw that year's World Series to the Cincinnati Reds. The eight, including hitting star Shoeless Joe Jackson, pitchers Eddie Cicotte and Lefty Williams and third baseman Buck Weaver, were acquitted of all criminal charges, but Commissioner Kennesaw Mountain Landis banned them from baseball for life anyway. The powerful franchise owner Charles Comiskey had assembled was devastated, and the Sox would not return to the World Series until 1959, when they lost to the Dodgers in six games. Comiskey died in 1931, but his family retained control of the Sox until 1959, when flamboyant Bill Veeck took over. Veeck was known as a promotion-crazy maverick whose gimmicks included cow-milking contests and an exploding scoreboard. Health issues forced Veeck to sell John Allyn in 1961, but Veeck re-acquired the team in 1975 and brought back his wild style, including such innovations as uniform shorts and a Disco Demolition night that resulted in a forfeit. But Veeck did not have the finances to remain viable and sold the team to a group headed by Jerry Reinsdorf and Eddie Einhorn before the 1982 season. The Sox won a division title the next under manager Tony La Russa and reached the postseason again in 1993 and 2000. They wouldn't return to the World Series until 2005, when they swept Houston in four games under manager Ozzie Guillen, their former shortstop. The Sox have played in what is now called U.S. Cellular Field since 1991, across the street from the old Comiskey Park, the one-time "Baseball Palace of the World."
That history includes one of baseball's most ignominious chapters: The "Black Sox Scandal" of 1919, in which eight members of the heavily favored Sox allegedly conspired to throw that year's World Series to the Cincinnati Reds. The eight, including hitting star Shoeless Joe Jackson, pitchers Eddie Cicotte and Lefty Williams and third baseman Buck Weaver, were acquitted of all criminal charges, but Commissioner Kennesaw Mountain Landis banned them from baseball for life anyway. The powerful franchise owner Charles Comiskey had assembled was devastated, and the Sox would not return to the World Series until 1959, when they lost to the Dodgers in six games. Comiskey died in 1931, but his family retained control of the Sox until 1959, when flamboyant Bill Veeck took over. Veeck was known as a promotion-crazy maverick whose gimmicks included cow-milking contests and an exploding scoreboard. Health issues forced Veeck to sell John Allyn in 1961, but Veeck re-acquired the team in 1975 and brought back his wild style, including such innovations as uniform shorts and a Disco Demolition night that resulted in a forfeit. But Veeck did not have the finances to remain viable and sold the team to a group headed by Jerry Reinsdorf and Eddie Einhorn before the 1982 season. The Sox won a division title the next under manager Tony La Russa and reached the postseason again in 1993 and 2000. They wouldn't return to the World Series until 2005, when they swept Houston in four games under manager Ozzie Guillen, their former shortstop. The Sox have played in what is now called U.S. Cellular Field since 1991, across the street from the old Comiskey Park, the one-time "Baseball Palace of the World."
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Kazmir and first-place Rays drop Yanks into cellar
The AL East is upside down. Scott Kazmir and the first-place Tampa Bay Rays knocked New York into the division cellar Thursday, beating the visiting Yankees 5-2 for their seventh victory in eight games. Akinori Iwamura and Shawn Riggans homered off...Tags: Kenny Rogers, Derek Jeter, Bobby Jenks, Major League Baseball, Gary Glover
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Yankees' Girardi psyched for series
Joe Girardi is well-acquainted with the Subway Series. He participated in the inaugural Yankees- Mets series in 1997, then again in 1998 and 1999, and served as the Yankees' bench coach in 2005. Yet managing the Yankees in this weekend's series will be a...Tags: Joe Girardi, Baseball, New York Mets, Boston Red Sox
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Barack, sweetie, you really have quite a way with words
'Hold on one second, sweetie!" I yelled to a guy across the newsroom, using the S-word in public. He had a question about my Get Out of "Sex and the City" Movie Card offer, still available to men and women at chicagotribune.com/nomovie. He wanted to...Tags: Bill Clinton, Michigan, Chicago Cubs, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama
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In covering Cubs, bias suspicion looms
This is an old sportswriters rule: No cheering in the press box. Expect to see that rule broken whenever Tribune Co. sells the Chicago Cubs. Ever since the parent company of the Chicago Tribune bought the ball team in 1981, Tribune journalists have...Tags: Major League Baseball, Sam Zell, Long Island, Baseball, Newsday
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ESPN's Phillips fan of interleague baseball play
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Baseball Today
SCOREBOARDThursday, May 15 Chicago White Sox at Los Angeles Angels (10:05 p.m.) Jon Garland (4-3, 4.30 ERA) makes his first start against Chicago since the White Sox traded him to the Angels for shortstop Orlando Cabrera in the offseason. Javier Vazquez (4-3, 3....Tags: New York Yankees, Matt Stairs, Milwaukee Brewers, Baseball, Josh Beckett
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AL: Indians' Sabathia Shuts Out A's
C.C. Sabathia pitched a five-hitter and struck out 11 Athletics in a 2-0 victory Wednesday in Cleveland, the Indians' major league-leading seventh shutout. Sabathia (3-5) extended the scoreless streak of Indians starters to 43 1/3 innings since Friday....Tags: C.C. Sabathia, Major League Baseball, Ichiro Suzuki, Matt Stairs, Tennis
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Waste warriors
RedEyeCigarette butts. Leftovers tossed into plastic bags. And dog poop—in baggies, if the trash collectors are lucky. These are items we squeeze into garbage cans, some of which are overflowing in alleys. Imagine opening a trash bin to find a dead possum...Tags: Health and Safety at Work
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The forgotten confines
TRIBUNE REPORTERMike Reischl, Chicago 10th District cop and chief of the Way Out in Left Field Society, understands if you're a die-hard Cubs fan but can't recall the Spuds, Orphans, Rainmakers, Trojans or Panamas—all former nicknames for Chicago's National...Tags: John McGraw, Major League Baseball, Baseball, Ring Jr Lardner, American League
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Composite 2008 Michigan summer sports schedule
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