The Cincinnati Reds’ Fred Toney was a big, 6-foot-2, rugged…
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The long love affair between Minnie Miñoso, the first black…
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The Chicago White Sox were happy to be back at home for a Sunday…
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On a sweltering summer afternoon on July 1, 1910, the ballpark…
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The White Sox had good reason to want to get this day’s game…
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It was an epic pitchers’ duel between the Philadelphia Athletics’…
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The Chicago White Sox right-hander Big Ed Walsh “slobber-balled…
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The baseball world changed in 1947. This statement cannot be…
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“If you were anybody, you were at the East-West Game.” —…
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A crowd of 6,000 turned out to Comiskey Park on September 26,…
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The 1950 All-Star Game returned to Comiskey Park for the first…
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The October 1, 1950, doubleheader between the Chicago White Sox…
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Six-foot-seven right-handed pitcher Rich Gale joined Tim Stoddard…
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Bobby Keefe
Joe Nealon
Dan Morogiello
Ted Sizemore
Bill Steele
Bill Thomas
July 1, 1917: Reds’ Fred Toney goes the distance twice in one day
May 1, 1951: Minnie Miñoso homers in first plate appearance for White Sox; Mickey Mantle boosts Yankees with first career homer
July 12, 1951: Saul Rogovin goes 17 innings in losing effort for White Sox
May 31, 1914: Joe Benz humming on all cylinders with no-hitter
July 1, 1910: ‘Baseball Palace of the World’ opens with White Sox’s first game at Comiskey Park
August 29, 1915: Jim Scott tosses shutout in 68 minutes, shortest game in White Sox history
August 4, 1910: Jack Coombs, Ed Walsh hook up in scoreless, 16-inning pitchers’ duel for the ages
August 27, 1911: Big Ed Walsh ‘slobber-balls’ his way to no-hitter for White Sox
September 26, 1947: Few notice as Negro League World Series visits Chicago
September 9, 1944: White Sox rookie Eddie Lopat slings extra-inning gem
August 1, 1943: Thrills and Surprises: 51,723 see Satchel Paige and other Negro League greats in All-Star Game
September 26, 1943: Josh Gibson, Cool Papa Bell, and Buck Leonard lead Homestead Grays in Game 4
July 11, 1950: Red Schoendienst’s 14th-inning homer gives NL a dramatic All-Star win
October 1, 1950: Gus Zernial hits three homers in nightcap; four for the day
This Week in SABR: November 20, 2020
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