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July 17, 1989: Carlton Fisk records 2,000th career hit
On July 17, 1989, the New York Yankees and Chicago White Sox opened a scheduled three-game series at Comiskey Park.1 The Yankees entered the game with a 46-45 record, six games behind the AL East-leading Baltimore Orioles. The White Sox had won four straight but were 36-56, buried deep in the AL West Division cellar, […]
April 10, 1981: Carlton Fisk homers in return to Fenway Park
Beginning on March 18, 1981, Comiskey Park was the new ballpark where Carlton Fisk would work to hone his craft. The catcher known as “Pudge” signed on the dotted line of a five-year $3 million contract with the Chicago White Sox. It would seem unlikely that the Boston Red Sox, Fisk’s former team, would have […]
May 16, 1984: Carlton Fisk hits for the cycle with only triple of the season
At Comiskey Park in mid-May 1984, there was a chance for “a miraculous happening,”1 an opportunity for something that had not happened since between July 1 and August 6 of 1977, when both Chicago teams were in first place for more than a month. Six weeks into the season, as May 16 arrived, the Cubs […]
August 2, 1985: Catcher Carlton Fisk tags out two baserunners on same play
From time to time you’ll see a catcher involved in a double play.1 They take part in “strike ’em out, throw ’em out” double plays, in which the batter strikes out and the catcher nails a baserunner attempting to steal a base on the same pitch. They are the second half of double plays in […]