On July 17, 1989, the New York Yankees and Chicago White Sox…
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After 80 years in the same home on the South Side of Chicago,…
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The expression “wait ’til next year” permeates baseball.…
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For the Chicago White Sox and their fans, the zany summer of…
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Baseball fever found its way to Comiskey Park on October 7, 1983,…
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“It was a new pitching motion that did it for me,” explained…
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Mention the name of Billy Pierce and smiles cross the faces of…
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After Ted Williams belted three home runs in a game for the first…
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When the Yankees took the field at Comiskey Park on Chicago’s…
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When Chicago White Sox pitcher Jack Harshman shut out the Detroit…
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In late June of 1978 baseball historian Eugene Converse Murdock…
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Game Five of the 1917 World Series was back in Chicago and the…
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With 29 wins under his belt, Chicago White Sox ace Eddie Cicotte…
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The Chicago White Sox and Cleveland Indians experienced completely…
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In the 1970s the Cincinnati Reds were one of baseball’s dominant…
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Like muddy urchins tromping through Buckingham Palace and into…
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As the baseball players’ strike got under way in June 1981,…
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In 1987 Candido “Candy” Maldonado was in his second season…
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Mike Cameron and the Seattle Mariners hoped to salvage a win…
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In the annals of Red Sox history, the heartbreak of 1972 is rarely…
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“Rain, hail, thunder, lightning, and flood were summoned to…
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July 17, 1989: Carlton Fisk records 2,000th career hit
September 30, 1990: ‘Farewell, old beauty’: White Sox say goodbye to Comiskey Park
July 1, 1985: Comiskey Park marks its diamond anniversary
October 8, 1983: Orioles clinch AL pennant in final postseason game at Comiskey Park
October 7, 1983: White Sox routed in first playoff game on South Side in 24 years
Gordon, Arenado win 2020 Rawlings Platinum Glove Awards, presented by SABR
This Week in SABR: November 6, 2020
August 20, 1957: Bob Keegan uses new motion to toss no-hitter at Comiskey Park
June 8, 1957: Billy Pierce’s gem extends White Sox lead
May 8, 1957: Ted Williams smashes three home runs in the Windy City
September 18, 1956: Mickey Mantle belts 50th homer as Yankees clinch AL pennant
August 13, 1954: 16 is magic number again for Jack Harshman in shutout duel
May 29, 1925: Syl Johnson, Bibb Falk, and the line drive that changed history
October 13, 1917: White Sox’s big push brings bedlam in Game 5 comeback
September 24, 1919: White Sox clinch AL pennant on Shoeless Joe Jackson walk-off single
June 22, 1921: Harry Hooper homers twice at Comiskey Park, first White Sox batter to do so
July 29, 1970: Four ninth-inning errors give a game away for Ken Griffey, Sioux Falls
October 5, 1960: Bill Virdon saves the day as Pirates get jump on Yankees in Game 1
September 27, 1964: Extra-inning pitchers’ duel closes Colt Stadium in style
July 3, 1981: During major leaguers’ strike, Class A teams play at the Big A in Anaheim
May 4, 1987: Don Zimmer coaches Giants’ Candy Maldonado into hitting for the cycle
May 2, 2002: Mike Cameron hits four homers in one game
October 3, 1972: Fenway faithful are left wondering ‘what if’ as Tigers win AL East by a half-game
May 26, 1907: Big Ed Walsh tosses rain-shortened no-hitter in farcical game