Both Chicago Major League Baseball (MLB) teams moved into first place earlier this week. Fans can revel in success. The season gives a sense of just starting, however, it is more than half over. The White Sox, with several recent winning streaks moved their won-loss record past the Cubs. The...
By Woodrow Carroll In 1959, the Chicago White Sox ended a 40-year drought by winning the American League pennant. Prior to 1959, the last postseason appearance by the White Sox was 1919. Sadly, the 1919 White Sox are best remembered for the Black Sox scandal that saw eight players on...
By Woodrow Carroll In normal times, the Chicago White Sox would be opening the 2020 Major League Baseball season against the Kansas City Royals Thursday, March 26 at Guaranteed Rate Field in Chicago. Well, these are extraordinary times with the COVID-19 (coronavirus) virus knocking at the door. It remains to...
By Woodrow Carroll Years ago, Major League Baseball’s offseason was called the Hot Stove League. The reference was to baseball’s earliest years when talk centered around the prospects of the upcoming season with little real activity prior to Spring training. Today there is no offseason! Each Major League team knows...
By Woodrow Carroll In the 2018 season with five games remaining, the Chicago White Sox record was 62-95. The White Sox would have had to drop their final five games of the season to reach the not-so magic 100-loss season. To their eternal discredit, the Sox did just that to...
