Both Jim Kaat and the Chicago White Sox came into 1973 with…
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“Any time they cut into your arm, you’re going to worry,…
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The 1979 White Sox were accustomed to excitement in Comiskey…
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Five days before the 1979 All-Star Game, two fifth-place teams…
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The Chicago White Sox entered a Memorial Day weekend series having…
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To fans who followed major-league baseball in the 1970s and 1980s,…
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Stan Wasiak’s nearly five-decade bus ride in professional baseball…
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The Houston Astros’ deadline deal for Seattle Mariners ace…
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In his prime in the 1940s, Walker Cooper was thought to be the…
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The Pandemic Baseball Book Club hosted a special panel discussion…
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Second baseman Newt Allen’s Kansas City Monarchs teammates…
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September 4, 1973: Jim Kaat mows down Rangers with 5-hit shutout
September 10, 1976: Angels’ Nolan Ryan strikes out 18 and walks 9 in 185-pitch effort
July 14, 1979: Irish Night in Chicago brings luck to Claudell Washington with three-homer game
July 12, 1979: Chicago’s Disco Demolition Night results in White Sox loss and forfeit
May 26, 1973: Wilbur Wood, White Sox beat Cleveland in a two-day marathon
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