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The Chicago White Sox was one of the original eight American League teams formed in 1901. They are located on the city's South Side and often referred to as the South Siders or the Pale Hose. The Sox's often futile history includes an 88-year drought between World Series titles, from 1917 to 2005. The Sox have won three Series titles, six AL pennants and four division titles in their history.
That history includes one of baseball's most ignominious chapters: The "Black Sox Scandal" of 1919, in which eight members of the heavily favored Sox allegedly conspired to throw that year's World Series to the Cincinnati Reds....
That history includes one of baseball's most ignominious chapters: The "Black Sox Scandal" of 1919, in which eight members of the heavily favored Sox allegedly conspired to throw that year's World Series to the Cincinnati Reds....
The Chicago White Sox was one of the original eight American League teams formed in 1901. They are located on the city's South Side and often referred to as the South Siders or the Pale Hose. The Sox's often futile history includes an 88-year drought between World Series titles, from 1917 to 2005. The Sox have won three Series titles, six AL pennants and four division titles in their history.
That history includes one of baseball's most ignominious chapters: The "Black Sox Scandal" of 1919, in which eight members of the heavily favored Sox allegedly conspired to throw that year's World Series to the Cincinnati Reds. The eight, including hitting star Shoeless Joe Jackson, pitchers Eddie Cicotte and Lefty Williams and third baseman Buck Weaver, were acquitted of all criminal charges, but Commissioner Kennesaw Mountain Landis banned them from baseball for life anyway. The powerful franchise owner Charles Comiskey had assembled was devastated, and the Sox would not return to the World Series until 1959, when they lost to the Dodgers in six games. Comiskey died in 1931, but his family retained control of the Sox until 1959, when flamboyant Bill Veeck took over. Veeck was known as a promotion-crazy maverick whose gimmicks included cow-milking contests and an exploding scoreboard. Health issues forced Veeck to sell John Allyn in 1961, but Veeck re-acquired the team in 1975 and brought back his wild style, including such innovations as uniform shorts and a Disco Demolition night that resulted in a forfeit. But Veeck did not have the finances to remain viable and sold the team to a group headed by Jerry Reinsdorf and Eddie Einhorn before the 1982 season. The Sox won a division title the next under manager Tony La Russa and reached the postseason again in 1993 and 2000. They wouldn't return to the World Series until 2005, when they swept Houston in four games under manager Ozzie Guillen, their former shortstop. The Sox have played in what is now called U.S. Cellular Field since 1991, across the street from the old Comiskey Park, the one-time "Baseball Palace of the World."
That history includes one of baseball's most ignominious chapters: The "Black Sox Scandal" of 1919, in which eight members of the heavily favored Sox allegedly conspired to throw that year's World Series to the Cincinnati Reds. The eight, including hitting star Shoeless Joe Jackson, pitchers Eddie Cicotte and Lefty Williams and third baseman Buck Weaver, were acquitted of all criminal charges, but Commissioner Kennesaw Mountain Landis banned them from baseball for life anyway. The powerful franchise owner Charles Comiskey had assembled was devastated, and the Sox would not return to the World Series until 1959, when they lost to the Dodgers in six games. Comiskey died in 1931, but his family retained control of the Sox until 1959, when flamboyant Bill Veeck took over. Veeck was known as a promotion-crazy maverick whose gimmicks included cow-milking contests and an exploding scoreboard. Health issues forced Veeck to sell John Allyn in 1961, but Veeck re-acquired the team in 1975 and brought back his wild style, including such innovations as uniform shorts and a Disco Demolition night that resulted in a forfeit. But Veeck did not have the finances to remain viable and sold the team to a group headed by Jerry Reinsdorf and Eddie Einhorn before the 1982 season. The Sox won a division title the next under manager Tony La Russa and reached the postseason again in 1993 and 2000. They wouldn't return to the World Series until 2005, when they swept Houston in four games under manager Ozzie Guillen, their former shortstop. The Sox have played in what is now called U.S. Cellular Field since 1991, across the street from the old Comiskey Park, the one-time "Baseball Palace of the World."
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Chicago White Sox Tickets
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Konerko the leader in the clubhouse — literally
With Ozzie Guillen and Mark Buehrle gone, White Sox veteran Paul Konerko — whether he likes it or not — becomes the face of the franchise.
"Captain" means more than it ever did if only because it may be used more than ever with first-year...Tags: Ozzie Guillen, A.J. Pierzynski, Baseball, Paul Konerko, World Series
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Dodgers Web musings: 2012 team is not wowing followers
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Peyton Manning has been medically cleared by two doctors, including the one who performed his neck fusion surgery, to resume his NFL career, unnamed people told ESPN.
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Reports: Nationals nab ex-Sox pitcher Jackson
Former Chicago White Sox pitcher Edwin Jackson has agreed to a one-year deal with the Washington Nationals, according to multiple reports.
As first reported via Twitter by Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com, Jackson -- who was sent to St. Louis by the Sox in...Tags: Washington Nationals, Edwin Jackson
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NL gets the best of AL in Joe D's Legends Game
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Sox to play exhibition for Christina-Taylor Green memorial
Tribune reporterFor a second straight spring, the Chicago White Sox will play a charity game in Tucson, Ariz., with proceeds benefitting the Christina-Taylor Green Memorial Foundation. The game against the Los Angeles Dodgers will be played March 23 in the former spring...Tags: Los Angeles Dodgers, Gabrielle Giffords, Spring Training
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Marlins will grow grass long to exploit their speed
Just over a month before the first exhibition games are played, Marlins Park is taking the pivotal step from building to ball field.
Amid the pungent aroma of fertilizer, local politicians and Marlins officials laid the first few pieces of sod along...Tags: Juan Pierre, Baseball, David Samson, New York Mets, Emilio Bonifacio
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Sox pitching 'Appreciate the Game'
In the past, we have had "Grinder Rules," which fit perfectly for a 2005 World Series championship.
And we had "The Kids Can Play," which wasn't all that bad, and, just a year ago, "All In."
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So how to follow up the much-mocked (like "All Out"...Tags: Ozzie Guillen, Baseball, Adam Dunn, Services and Shopping, World Series
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Power rankings: No. 15 Blue Jays
No. 15 Blue Jays: 16th in a series counting down to spring training. Next: Dodgers.
One more year, two at the most.
Unless that pesky Mayan calendar is correct, and the Earth drifts into a black hole or is attacked by a higher species we never knew...Tags: Milwaukee Brewers, St. Louis Cardinals, J.P. Arencibia, Detroit Tigers, John Farrell
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Edwin Jackson likely to land one-year deal; hurts Orioles chances in sweepstakes
The Baltimore SunRight-handed pitcher Edwin Jackson, the best free agent remaining on the market, is much more likely to accept a one-year deal and test free agency again after the 2012 season than to ink a multiyear contract, according to an industry source. And that...Tags: Matt Cain, St. Louis Cardinals, Zack Greinke, Baseball, Baltimore Orioles
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Grant Gustin happy being 'Glee's' smooth criminal
RedEyeGrant Gustin's road to"Glee"started in Chicago. The 22-year-old, who plays Sebastian on the Fox series, was living in Lincoln Park last year with castmates from the national touring company of "West Side Story" when he submitted an audition video to...Tags: Naya Rivera, Football, Arts and Culture, Glee (tv program), Concerts
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