Heading into the 2021 season, the White Sox figured that their stiffest competition for AL Central supremacy was the Minnesota Twins, a franchise that has historically been a thorn in the sides of the Sox, and who won the division last year. The Twins, however, limped into Chicago for their first meeting with the newly-minted […]
Category: White Sox History
CEASE THE DAY — White Sox 9, Reds 0
After dealing with the gut punch that was Luis Robert going down with a torn hip flexor for 12-16 weeks, the White Sox marched on to Cincinnati to start a brief two-game series with the Reds. They handed the ball to Dylan Cease, fresh off his best outing in the bigs, and he somehow outdid […]
ANYTHING YOU CAN DO I CAN DO BETTER — White Sox 8, Cleveland 0
On Tuesday night at Sox Park, Lucas Giolito and Cleveland’s Shane Bieber put on a master class in pitching in the big leagues, with the two combining for 16 scoreless innings between the two starters, and they only allowed three hits each. Bieber struck out 11 Sox hitters over 9 innings, while Giolito fanned eight […]
MVPito! Abreu named AL MVP
When White Sox first baseman Jose Abreu steps in between the white lines of an MLB diamond, he is motivated by one thing: his mother, Daysi. There is little doubt that she is proud of what her son accomplished in this pandemic-shortened 60 game season, as he won his first MVP award, claiming 21 first […]
WELCOME TO THE SHOW — White Sox 4, A’s 1
The White Sox had a chance to start the postseason at home, but by virtue of stumbling down the stretch, they had to head west to a house of horrors for the Sox in years past, the Oakland Coliseum. But this is a new Sox team, unafraid of going into the Coliseum, and they won […]
SOX HISTORY THAT WASN’T: Charlie Finley
For someone that never owned or was officially associated with the Chicago White Sox, Charles O. Finley’s name pops up a few times in their history. Finley was born in 1918 in Birmingham, Alabama. Finley was a born hustler, putting together a lawn mowing business in Birmingham along with selling newspapers and magazines and serving […]
HOME RUN DERBY — White Sox 5, Reds 0
If the 2020 edition of the White Sox have become known for one thing, it’s hitting home runs, and they did that plenty in the bandbox that is Cincinnati’s Great American Ballpark on Saturday night in a 5-0 win. THE GOOD: All the dingers. Four Sox hitters combined to hit five solo home runs, highlighted […]
LET’S DANCE — ESPN Airs Documentary on Former White Sox OF Michael Jordan
Former White Sox outfielder Michael Jordan is back in the spotlight, after ESPN aired the first two hour-long episodes of a 10 hour documentary on his side job as a professional basketball player. Jordan spent the 1994 baseball season with the AA Birmingham Barons, slashing .202/.289/.266 in a park that was notorious for being unfriendly […]
CATCHER OF THE WEEK: Mike Tresh
In this regular feature, we will help you acquaint yourself with some of the finest practitioners of the most thankless task in baseball to ever don the “tools of ignorance” for our beloved Chicago Baseball teams. This week we feature Mike Tresh. Can you name someone who was born in Hazelton PA, was a catcher, […]
CATCHER OF THE WEEK: Moe Berg
In this regular feature, we will help you acquaint yourself with some of the finest practitioners of the most thankless task in baseball to ever don the “tools of ignorance” for our beloved Chicago Baseball teams. This week we feature Moe Berg. (Moe Berg) was the strangest man to ever play baseball – Casey Stengel […]