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Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the MLB. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in White Sox fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. This week, we tackle a thorny problem for the White Sox: Strengthening a weak roster, […]
3 months ago | 2 reads
1914 White Sox pitching star, executive and Comiskey-by-marriage Johnny Rigney was born in Oak Park. Rigney had a nondescript couple of years in the minors and 1937 majors debut before the talent-starved Sox thrust him into the starting rotation in 1938. There, he blossomed, with 4.6, 4.5, 6.7 WAR from 1938-40. Only seven pitchers in […]
3 months ago | 2 reads
The Arizona Fall League is already in its third week, and the White Sox have nine prospects in action, headlined by OF Braden Montgomery (White Sox No. 1/MLB No. 35) and LHP Hagen Smith (No. 5/No. 88). Rounding out the crew: IF Sam Antonacci (No. 11), RHP Tyler Davis, IF Ryan Galanie, RHP Carson Jacobs, […]
3 months ago | 2 reads
It is the ninth year of Top Prospect voting at South Side Sox! First, let us review past years: To make sure we give the SSS readership a strong vote in our South Side Sox Top 100, we’re going to run five or 10 polls before kicking off our Top 100 Prospect countdown. Ideally, we […]
4 months ago | 8 reads
1876 Some 24 years before the White Sox were even founded, a key member of the later-1900s Pale Hose was born on this day. Patrick “Patsy” Doughtery of Andover, N.Y. came to the White Sox during their 1906 World Series-winning season. The club purchased Doughterty from the New York Highlanders on June 6, when the […]
4 months ago | 2 reads
Chicago’s South Side was on top of the world on this day, 20 years ago. The club completed one of the most impressive regular season and postseason runs ever, sweeping the Houston Astros to capture Chicago’s first World Series title since 1917. Eighty-eight years of misery were history the moment Juan Uribe charged Orlando Palmeiro’s […]
4 months ago | 6 reads
1931 White Sox founder and owner Charles Comiskey died in his home in Eagle River, Wis. He left his entire estate to his son, Louis Comiskey (including the White Sox) assets valued at $1,529,707 million (the equivalent to around $30 million today). Comiskey died in his sleep. He was 72 years old and had been suffering from heart […]
4 months ago | 3 reads
Our latest Reacts survey asked a daunting question, with many holes to fill and just one true strength on the club: Should the White Sox trade a catcher this offseason? The answer was a split decision, with nearly half of you saying: NO. Those who forced themselves to pay along overwhelmingly chose Edgar Quero, not […]
4 months ago | 3 reads
1955 White Sox co-GMs Chuck Comiskey and John Rigney made their first trade — shortstop Chico Carrasquel and center fielder Jim Busby went to Cleveland for slugging center fielder Larry Doby, the left-handed power hitter the Sox had been lacking in the previous three years. The deal also made room in the starting lineup for a rookie shortstop from Venezuela named Luis Aparicio. Doby’s best […]
4 months ago | 4 reads
It is the ninth year of Top Prospect voting at South Side Sox! First, let us review past years: To make sure we give the SSS readership a strong vote in our South Side Sox Top 100, we’re going to run five or 10 polls before kicking off our Top 100 Prospect countdown. Ideally, we […]
4 months ago | 2 reads
1901 In possibly the first instance of crosstown movement, Cubs center fielder Danny Green signed for bigger money with the White Sox as one of scores of players ditching the National League for the more lucrative pastures of the American. Green was coming off of a very strong 1901 season, with a 3.9 WAR buoyed […]
4 months ago | 3 reads
1911 News broke early, in the Chicago Tribune, that Nixey Callahan would be returning as White Sox manager in 1912, replacing Hugh Duffy. Owner Charles Comiskey emphasized having a manager in Chicago year-round, to help with spring training arrangements and offseason moves — Callahan was a Chicago resident. (The official announcement was made on October […]
4 months ago | 3 reads
It is the ninth year of Top Prospect voting at South Side Sox! First, let us review past years: To make sure we give the SSS readership a strong vote in our South Side Sox Top 100, we’re going to run five or 10 polls before kicking off our Top 100 Prospect countdown. Ideally, we […]
4 months ago | 2 reads
1920 Taking less than a month to deliberate, a grand jury formally implicated Swede Risberg, Chick Gandil, Shoeless Joe Jackson, Buck Weaver, Eddie Cicotte, Lefty Williams, Happy Felsch and Fred McMullin, along with five gamblers, in the Black Sox scandal over the 1919 World Series. The indictments were highlighted by nine counts of conspiracy to defraud. A lesser-reported (and contradicting the absolutist take […]
4 months ago | 3 reads
Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the MLB. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in White Sox fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. Welcome back to Reacts, with our first poll of the offseason! As addressed in the […]
4 months ago | 6 reads
The Arizona Fall League is off and running. The White Sox have nine prospects in action, headlined by Braden Montgomery OF (No. 1/MLB No. 35) and Hagen Smith LHP (No. 5/MLB No. 88). Rounding out the crew: Sam Antonacci IF (No. 11), Tyler Davis RHP, Ryan Galanie IF, Carson Jacobs RHP, Caden Connor OF, Connor […]
4 months ago | 2 reads
1887 Two minor players for the White Sox who just missed playing together on the same South Side squad were born on this day. Lefty outfielder Finners Quinlan, who played for the White Sox in 1915, was born in Scranton, Pa. Farther east in Indianapolis, 1911 shortstop Roy Corhan arrived. Corhan had the better career, […]
4 months ago | 3 reads
1909 Bruce “Soupy” Campbell (no relation to the Chicago Blackhawks Stanley Cup-winning defenseman with the same name and nickname), a Chicago native (LaGrange H.S.) who played the first two of his 13 major league seasons on the South Side, was born 113 years ago today. Though he played just 16 career games (age 20-22) with the […]
4 months ago | 3 reads
It is the ninth year of Top Prospect voting at South Side Sox! First, let us review past years: To make sure we give the SSS readership a strong vote in our South Side Sox Top 100, we’re going to run five or 10 polls before kicking off our Top 100 Prospect countdown. Ideally, we […]
4 months ago | 3 reads
This year’s NLCS series between Milwaukee and Los Angeles elicited plenty of attention, but not only because the Dodgers were in it. While casual fans and international viewers love Shohei Ohtani, everyone outside the Dodgers fanbase cheered for David to defeat Goliath, another issue came to light: The salary mismatch between these two teams, and […]
4 months ago | 2 reads
1909 Hugh Duffy took over as the fifth White Sox manager of all time, after Billy Sullivan had a disappointing 78-74 year in his one year at the player-manager helm. Just as Sullivan’s defensive genius didn’t serve him particularly well as a skipper, Duffy was a Hall of Fame player who ended up a lousy […]
4 months ago | 2 reads
1912 The White Sox capped the most amazing City Series ever, having rallied from a 3-0 deficit to win the final four and take the crown. And on this day, in front of a Comiskey Park crowd of 14,985, the South Siders walloped the Cubs, 16-0. The rout would stand as the biggest win and […]
4 months ago | 3 reads
Who ya gonna believe, me or your own eyes? It’s appropriate to begin by considering what Chico said to Margaret Dumont in Duck Soup, because being a fan of the White Sox is a lot like watching a Marx Brothers movie — only without quite as many laughs. The line is especially appropriate when defense […]
4 months ago | 2 reads
1912 Once down 3-0 in the City Series, the White Sox rallied late for a third straight win, 8-5, to force a deciding game in a Series the Cubs had all but sewed up. The Good Guys had rallied for three runs in the sixth inning to snag a 4-3 lead on the home team, […]
4 months ago | 2 reads
1912 The White Sox continued their climb back into the City Series with a 7-5 win at Comiskey Park that cut the team’s deficit in the Series to 3-2. Joe Benz was the hero, with six innings of relief to earn the win but also the single that spurred the winning rally: With the Cubs […]
4 months ago | 2 reads