Chicago Cubs ace James “Hippo” Vaughn had a dream regular…
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Chicago White Sox owner Bill Veeck faced a dilemma after the…
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The Chicago White Sox had played well in the first half of…
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On the evening of July 1, 1952, the Chicago White Sox were in…
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July 6, 1933: the first All-Star Game at Comiskey Park and, in…
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“I guess maybe I was a little hasty, but I had complete confidence…
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It was an eagerly anticipated matchup between opposite styles…
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The 1977 Chicago White Sox – known ever after as the “Southside…
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The Chicago White Sox were scheduled to open their season on…
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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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September 7, 1918: Boston’s Carl Mays outduels Cubs’ Hippo Vaughn in Game 3
July 2, 1977: Chicago’s Jim Spencer drives in eight runs for second time
October 4, 1981: White Sox overcome 7-run deficit to win season finale
July 3, 1952: Eddie Robinson knocks in seven for White Sox
July 6, 1983: In golden All-Star anniversary, Fred Lynn hits a grand slam and AL ends decade of NL dominance
October 8, 1959: Dodgers win their first World Series after moving west to Los Angeles
October 12, 1982: Paul Molitor records World Series record 5 hits as Brewers cruise in opener
May 14, 1977: Jim Spencer drives in eight runs in White Sox rout
April 18, 1972: Wilbur Wood tosses 3-hit shutout in White Sox’s first night opener
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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June 15, 1975: Kent Tekulve throws a complete game for Charleston
July 9, 1977: Lenny Randle’s homer lifts Mets to 17th-inning win over Expos
August 28, 1986: Stan Wasiak, King of the Minors, reaches end of the road
August 2, 1998: Randy Johnson strikes out 12 in Houston Astros debut
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