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On this day 44 years ago, Steve Stone got the honor of his baseball life. | Focus on Sport/Getty Images A former South Side hurler and future broadcaster caps off the season of his life 1920 As a response to the Black Sox scandal that saw members of the White Sox throw the World Series in 1919, baseball owners unanimously elected Kenesaw Mountain Landis as the first … [Read more...] about Today in White Sox History: November 12

Jill Weisleder/MLB Photos via Getty Images Who is the best prospect in the White Sox system? It is the eighth year of Top Prospect voting at South Side Sox! First, let’s review past years: Here’s how 2018 wrangled out — all 42 picks. Also, here’s an archive of every article in the 2018 series. Here’s how 2019 came together, all 50 picks, and the archive as well. Now … [Read more...] about 2025 South Side Sox Prospect Vote: Round 1

Charley Lau, seen here catching Hall-of-Famer Warren Spahn, got his greatest notoriety as a batting coach. On this day 43 years ago, Lau was hired to a record-setting, six-year deal to coach White Sox hitters. | Los Angeles Examiner/USC Libraries/Corbis via Getty Images Charley Lau comes to Chicago, with a record-breaking contract 1926 The White Sox traded one future … [Read more...] about Today in White Sox History: November 11

Brian Drahman left the White Sox on this day 31 years ago, but later returned as a minor league “rehab whisperer.” | Chicago White Sox A future “rehab coach” is sent down south 1948 New White Sox GM Frank “Trader” Lane made his first deal, and it was a beauty. Lane traded backup catcher Aaron Robinson to the Tigers for a young, left-handed pitcher named Billy Pierce … [Read more...] about Today in White Sox History: November 10

These doors should open wide for two ex-Sox players. One that can be rectified, though too late for one of them to know it the state of being known or talked about by many people, especially on account of notable achievements That’s what the folks at Oxford say fame is, and when it comes to the English language, they’re the experts. Bear that definition in mind when we … [Read more...] about That Dick Allen and Tommy John aren’t already in the Hall of Fame is a travesty