South Side Sox

On this day 94 years ago, a Moose was born. | Diamond Images/Getty Images A South Side baseball star is born 1930 Bill “Moose” Skowron, prep legend and eventual White Sox player and fixture, was born in Chicago. After winning a batting title and serving as punter, placekicker and halfback for the Purdue Boilermakers, Skowron signed with the Yankees. He was a nine-year … [Read more...] about Today in White Sox History: December 18

Red Faber got an early Christmas gift from the American League on this day, 104 years ago. A future Hall-of-Famer is cleared to continue throwing an illegal pitch! 1914 Clarence “Pants” Rowland was named White Sox manager, replacing Jimmy Callahan after a 70-84-3, sixth-place season in 1914. Rowland, who got his nickname from wearing oversized pants during his … [Read more...] about Today in White Sox History: December 17

Douglas Stringer/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Who is the ninth-best prospect in the White Sox system? The trade of Garrett Crochet to Boston, bringing in four top prospects from a system at least as good as ours, is a good enough time as any to signal a transition in the voting and to get rid of the expended Prospect Vote history that topped each of the first seven … [Read more...] about 2025 South Side Sox Prospect Vote: Round 10

John Rigney (center) completed his ascendance from White Sox player to (co-) GM on this day, 69 years ago. A palace coup leaves the South Siders with co-GMs 1940 In a minor trade, the White Sox shipped Jack Knott to Philadelphia for third baseman Dario Lodigiani. Knott was approaching his later 30s but was coming off of two strong, two-plus WAR seasons, while Lodigiani, … [Read more...] about Today in White Sox History: December 16

This photo pretty well sums up the Yonder Alonso era, which began for the White Sox on this day, six years ago. | Tom Pennington/Getty Images Ugh, a reminder of the Manny Machado courting 1960 White Sox owner Bill Veeck made up for some of his bad deals after the 1959 season by pilfering pitchers Juan Pizarro and Cal McLish from the Reds for infielder Gene Freese. … [Read more...] about Today in White Sox History: December 15