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Poor air quality, due to Canadian wild fires, gave Yankee Stadium a hazy look and forced postponement of the Sox Wednesday game. With Wednesday’s game in New York postponed because of poor air quality, what better time to look at some other unconventional reasons why White Sox games were not played. *Sept. 19, 1901: The White Sox game in Baltimore was canceled in honor of … [Read more...] about NON-TRADITIONAL WHITE SOX POSTPONEMENTS

If it weren’t for an astute telegraph boy in Washington DC, we may never known about perhaps the most efficiently-pitched game in White Sox history. Using just 67 pitches, future Hall of Famer Red Faber fired a complete-game in the White Sox 4-1 win before 6,500 at Comiskey Park on this date (May 12) in 1915. The paucity of pitches didn’t come to light until Frank Saffell … [Read more...] about TODAY (MAY 12) IN WHITE SOX HISTORY: A 67-PITCH COMPLETE GAME!

Andrew Vaughn heads home after walking off the Sox at Guaranteed Rate Field. Without stretching the bounds of credibility too much, you could call the White Sox 12-9 win over Tampa Bay on Sunday the most improbable in the 123-year history of the Chicago American League Ballclub. Consider … *the reeling Sox entered the game at 7-21 (tied for the worst 28-game start in … [Read more...] about APRIL 30, 2023: THE MOST IMPROBABLE WHITE SOX WIN EVER? (DON’T STOP BELIEVING)

There are no off days for the @SoxNerd! While the team is off, basking in the glow of Sunday’s improbable win, here is a look at some memorable moments that happened on this date in White Sox history: 1901, SOX SLAM THE FIRST SLAM: The Sox crushed Detroit 19-9 at South Side Park on the strength of two grand slams, including the first one in American League history by Herm … [Read more...] about TODAY (MAY 1ST) IN WHITE SOX HISTORY: HELLO MINNIE (1951)!

Wednesday is Stan Jok’s birthday. Don’t feel bad if you haven’t heard of old Stan, who was born on this date in 1926 in Buffalo, N.Y. He played only nine games for the White Sox in 1955. Stan has become one of the reference points for my daughters for what it was like to grow up with the SoxNerd as your dad. For some reason, Stan was part of a long-forgotten … [Read more...] about HAPPY B-DAY STAN JOK AND THANKS FOR HELPING ME EMBARRASS MY TEENAGE DAUGHTER!