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Here are some Sox notes coming out of recent games/events …. *A grand time: Josh Fields’ grand slam Saturday was the first by a White Sox rookie since Miguel Olivo dropped a four-run bomb on the Cubs on June 20, 2003. … Fields’ slam was just the second by a Sox rookie at New Comiskey Park/U.S. Cellular Field and the first since Joe Crede victimized Toronto on Aug. 27, 2002. *A list: Other Sox rookies who have hits grand slams in recent years: Carlos Lee, Oct. 1, 1999; Ray Durham, Aug. 25, 1995 at Detroit; Paco Martin, June 4, 1994 at Baltimore; Joe DeSa, Sept. 13, 1985 at Seattle; Kevin Bell, June 22, 1976 at Kansas City; Carlos May, June 2, 1969. *Two bombs: Fields’ multi-homer game on Friday was the first by a Sox rookie since Brian Anderson went deep twice at Seattle on Aug. 26, 2005 off Felix Hernandez … Fields’ multi-homer game was the first by a Sox rookie in a home game since Joe Crede’s two-dinger output on Aug/ 27, 2002 at US Cellular Field. *Nice catch: A.J. Pierzynski hit his 10th and 11th home runs of the season the recently-completed homestand. Pierzynski has reached double figures in homers in each of his three years with the Sox, making him just the fifth catcher in franchise history to accomplish that feat. The others: Carlton Fisk 10 (1982-1991); Sherm Lollar 5 (1955-1959); Ron Karkovice 5 (1992-1996) and Ed Herrmann 3 (1970-1972). *HR kings: Barry Bonds hit three of his 758 home runs at US Cellular Field … Babe Ruth hit 45 of his home runs at Old Comiskey Park. …Hank Aaron played with the Brewers in 1975 and 1976 but never homered against the Sox.

THIS DATE IN WHITE SOX HISTORY: AUGUST 13/DeBusscher, Forster and Varney For the rest of the day, visit www.whitesoxalmanac.com 1963: Dave DeBusschere, who would later star in the NBA for the Pistons and Knicks, tossed a six-hitter in the White Sox 3-0 win over Cleveland before 17,902. The 6-foot-6 right-hander walked one and struck out three in posting his third win of the year, the only complete game and shutout of his career and the final win of his two-year big league career. 1973: Terry Forster fashioned a complete game in the White Sox 5-2 win at Milwaukee. The hard-throwing lefty gave up five hits and four walks while striking out five. He received offensive help from Carlos May and Jorge Orta, who both homered. 1975: Pete Varney’s bases loaded walk in the 12th got the White Sox a 4-3 win over the Indians before 5,551 at Comiskey Park. Bucky Dent pulled the Sox even in the seveventh when his two-out single scored Brian Downing.

THIS DATE IN WHITE SOX HISTORY: AUGUST 12 For more see, WWW.WHITESOXALMANAC.COM 1978: Mike Colbern was 3-for-3 with four RBIs in the White Sox 6-3 win over the Tigers before 20,128 at Comiskey Park. 1979: Ross Baumgarten threw a two-hitter and Junior Moore and Jim Morrison each drove in two runs to help the White Sox top Toronto 7-0 in the first game of a doubleheader before 14,712 at Comiskey Park. 1982: Tony Bernazard’s sacrifice fly in the ninth enabled the White Sox to walk-off with a 2-1 win over New York before 25,033 at Comiskey Park. Jerry Koosman earned the win with a complete game effort as the Sox pulled to within 3.5 games of first place. 1983: The White Sox lengthened their lead to six games in the American League West with a 2-1 win over Baltimore before 45,588 at Comiskey Park. LaMarr Hoyt went the distance and fanned nine while Dave Stegman and Carlton Fisk drove in the Sox runs in the fifth. 1984: Former White Sox shortstop Luis Aparicio was inducted into the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown. Two days later, the White Sox retired Aparicio’s No. 11 in a ceremony at Comiskey Park. 1990: The White Sox game with Texas at Comiskey Park was rained out after a nearly eight-and-half hour delay. Rain began to fall at 11 a.m. and the game was scheduled to start at 1:35 p.m. but it wasn’t called until 9 p.m. It was unofficially the longest rain delay in history. The White Sox waited because it was Texas’ last trip to Chicago. The game was rescheduled as part of a doubleheader six days later in Texas.

AUGUST 11TH 1910: Ed Walsh tied his own club record by striking out 15 batters in the White Sox 1-0 win against the Boston Red Sox at Comiskey Park. This was the White Sox first shutout and first 1-0 victory at Comiskey Park, which opened July 1. Walsh first set the record Oct. 2, 1908 at Cleveland. The record would be tied two more times before Jack Harshman broke it by fanning 16 on July 25, 1954 at Boston. 1912: Hall of Fame catcher Ray Schalk made his debut as the White Sox were swept by Philadelphia in a doubleheader at Comiskey Park. In his first game, Schalk collected a single in three at bats. Schalk played 17 seasons with the Sox and was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1955. 1914: The White Sox posted a pair of 2-0 victories in a doubleheader sweep over the Cleveland Indians at Comiskey Park. Mellie Wolfgang got the win in the first game while Ed Cicotte took the nightcap as the Sox posted the third shutout doubleheader sweep in franchise history and their first since July 31, 1909. 1957: Walt Dropo homered and drove in four in helping the White Sox salvage a split with an 11-2 win over Detroit in the second game of a doubleheader before 25,220 at Comiskey Park. Nellie Fox was 3-for-4 and scored four times in support of Jim Wilson, who went the distance for his 11th win. 1958: Ray Boone drove in two runs without a hit in the White Sox 3-1 win at Cleveland. Boone, playing first base, plated runs in the fourth and sixth innings with sacrifice flys. Billy Pierce went the distance and K’d seven for his 12th triumph. 1961: White Sox legends Luis Aparicio and Billy Pierce teamed up for a 1-0 win over Kansas City before 20,941 at Comiskey Park. Aparicio accounted for the game’s lone run with a homer and Pierce fired a five-hitter in the win that took just 1 hour and 32 minutes. 1962: The White Sox received five RBIs from leadoff hitter Jim Landis and used a seven-run fourth in pasting the Athletics 11-2 in Kansas City. 1963: The last of the White Sox three solo homers salvaged a split of a doubleheader with Detroit before 22,612 at Comiskey Park. Dave Nicholson’s one-out blast in the 11th handed the Sox a 3-2 win in the second game of a doubleheader. The Sox first two runs came on dingers by Pete Ward and Gary Peters. Peters threw all 11 innings and gave up just six hits and one earned run for his 12th victory. 1964: Pete Ward went 6-for-9 with a home run as the White Sox swepta doubleheader from the Yankees in New York. Ward drove in four runs in the Sox 6-4 win in Game 1 and then collected three hits and scored twice in the 8-2 win in the nightcap. Also in the second game, winning pitcher Juan Pizarro clubbed a three-run homer in a five-run sixth. 1965: Juan Pizarro tossed the only one-hitter of his White Sox career in a 7-0 win over the Washington Senators before 15,886 at Comiskey Park. A leadoff single to Woodie Held in the fifth was the only hit Pizarro would permit. The left-hander walked two and struck out for his second win. It was the Sox first one-hitter since Gary Peters’ gem against Baltimore July 15, 1963. Written by dmarran359 Permalink | Blog about this entry | Add to del.icio.us | digg this This entry has 0 comments: Add your own 12:40:08 PM EDT Edit Entry Delete Entry THIS DATE IN WHITE SOX HISTORY: AUGUST 11TH 1966: John Romano’s two-run homer and Don Buford’s three-run double in the fifth carried the White Sox to a 10-9 win at Kansas City. 1972: After completing a 19-inning loss that began the night before, the White Sox prevailed 1-0 at Oakland thanks to a Carlos May RBI in the first. Dave Lemonds and Cy Acosta combined on a two-hitter. 1973: In just his third big league plate appearance, Brian Downing hit an in-the-park homer for his first hit in a 4-2 loss at Tiger Stadium. Downing victimized Mickey Lolich for the first Sox in-the-park homer since Dick Allen turned the trick twice Sept. 31, 1972 in Minnesota.

Not sure what the plans are info like this but this is what I submitted for use during Elvis Night tonight on the board. Look for it in some form. I'll be there! THE SOX AND ELIVS July 5, 1954: As Elvis records "That's All Right" in the Sun Studios in Memphis, the third-place Sox swept a doubleheader from Baltimore at Comiskey Park with Billy Pierce and Harry Dorish getting the wins. July 2, 1956: On the day Elvis records "Don't Be Cruel," the second-place White Sox were cruel to the Detroit Tigers witha 9-3 victory to improve to 40-26. Sept. 9, 1956: Elvis appears on Ed Sullivan's TV show for the first time. Earlier in the day, the Sox split a doubleheader at Cleveland with Gerry Staley getting the win in Chicago's 6-2 nightcap triumph. Aug. 27, 1965: As the Beatles visit and jam with Elvis at the King's California home, the Sox divide a twinbill with Boston at Comiskey Park. The Sox took Game 1 3-2 on Ken Berry's RBI double in the eighth. April 30, 1957: The Sox lock up a 6-1 win over Baltimore at Comiskey Park on the day Elvis records "Jailhouse Rock." Sept. 24, 1957: The edged the Kansas City Athletics 7-6 in Missouri to improve to 89-60 on the day Elvis releases the single "Jailhouse Rock." Sept. 6, 1971: On the day the Sox last had a pitcher hit a homer in the pre-DH era, Elvis closed a month-run at the Las Vegas Hilton in which he broke his own attendance records. Steve Kealey went deep in the Sox 6-3 Game 1 win in over the Twins at Comiskey Park. June 11, 1972: The Sox Luis Alvarado has an afternoon to remember on the day Elvis played the last of his four soldout shows at Madison Square Garden. Alvarado keyed a Sox sweep of the Brewers by going 4-for-8 w ith a homer in the twinbill. June 16, 1972: Elvis plays Chicago, the Sox play Boston. With Elvis entertaining fans in the Windy City, the Sox split a doubleheadher in Boston. The Sox took Game 1 5-4 with the help of a Bill Melton home run in the first inning. Aug. 1, 1972: Elvis' "Burning Love" single released ... Future Sox pitching coach Dick Bosman and Texas nip Wilbur Wood and the Sox 1-0 in 1 hour and 58 minutes in the Lone Star State. Aug. 4, 1972: On the day Elvis begins a one month run at the Las Vegas Hilton, the Sox trimmed Texas 3-2 at Comiskey Park on Dick Allen's RBI double in the ninth. May 2, 1977: Elvis plays Chicago for the last time. The Sox play in Kansas City and didn't muster as many hits as Elvis. The Sox lost 2-1 with Jorge Orta (2) and Oscar Gamble (2) collecting all of Chicago's hits. June 26, 1977: Elvis played his final concert at Market Square Arena in Indianapolis. That day, the "Southside Hitmen" Sox fell at Minnesota despite a 4-for-4 performance from Brian Downing and homers from Lamar Johnson, Eric Soderholm, Jim Essian and Chet Lemon. Aug. 16, 1977: On the day Elvis passes, the Sox fell 11-10 to the Yankees in New York with Jim Spencer hitting two homers and Lamar Johnson going 4-for-5.

THIS DATE IN WHITE SOX HISTORY: AUGUST 10 Happy 15th birthday to my daughter, Ellie! For the rest of the day, see www.whitesoxalmanac.com 1990: Craig Grebeck and Ozzie Guillen hit back-to-back homers off Texas’ Nolan Ryan in the White Sox 5-1 Game 2 win in the final doubleheader at Old Comiskey Park before 32,073 at 35th and Shields. The home run was Grebeck’s first career blast and was part of the last back-to-back homers at Old Comiskey Park. Wayne Edwards got the victory in making his first career start. In the first game, Jack McDowell earned the win with relief help from Bobby Thigpen as the Sox prevailed 5-2.

THIS DATE IN WHITE SOX HISTORY: AUGUST 8TH For the rest of the day, see WWW.WHITESOXALMANAC.COM 1972: Wilbur Wood bested Nolan Ryan in more ways than one in the White Sox 1-0 at California. Wood turned in a complete game for his 19th win and drove in the game’s only run with a two-out single in the seventh inning. Wood gave up six hits and struck out six as the second-place Sox pulled to within a game of the A’s in the American League West. 1981: Carlton Fisk started at catcher and went 1-for-3 in the American League’s 5-4 loss in the All-Star Game before 72,086 in Cleveland. Pitcher Britt Burns was also named to the A.L. squad but he did not play. This was the latest All-Star Game in history because of the 10-week strike. This was the first action after the work stoppage. 2000: The White Sox thrashed the Seattle Mariners 19-3 before 24,947 at Comiskey Park. Frank Thomas ignited the 24-hit assault with a two-run homer in the first inning for his 78th career blast in the opening frame. “Big Frank” highlighted a five-run outburst in the next inning with a three-run shot. Tony Graffanino hit his first career grand slam in the sixth inning. The 19 runs were the most by the Sox since a 20-8 win at Milwaukee May 15, 1996 and the 16-run margin of victory was the Sox largest since a 17-0 drubbing at Cleveland July 5, 1987.

THIS DATE IN WHITE SOX HISTORY: AUGUST 8 For more see www.whitesoxalmanac.com 1976: Wearing shorts, the White Sox defeated the Kansas City Royals 5-2 in the first game of a doubleheader before 15,992 at ComiskeyPark. Despite the bare knees, the White Sox swiped five bases – including two from Jerry Hairston – in the win. The Sox put on long pants for the nightcap and lost 7-1.

THIS DATE IN WHITE SOX HISTORY: AUGUST 7TH For the rest of the day, see www.whitesoxalmanac.com 1974: Jim Kaat bested Nolan Ryan, who carried a no-hitter into the ninth, in the White Sox 2-1 win over California before 11,636 at Comiskey Park. Kaat’s only mistake was a second-inning home run ball to Frank Robinson. The Sox made Kaat a winner in the ninth when Ken Henderson drove in Dick Allen with the tying run and Bill Sharp brought home B.B. Richard with the winning run. Allen ruined Ryan’s no-hitter with a one-out single in the ninth. Kaat gave up six hits with three strikeouts in improving to 13-8. Ryan struck out 13 in falling to 14-12. Kaat, who was 4-0 against California, was 21-13 in 1974. 1915: With Hall of Fame pitcher Walter Johnson in right field and Hall of Fame outfielder Sam Rice on the mound for the Senatros, the White Sox prevailed 6-2 in Washington. The victory halted the Sox six-game losing streak. 1916: Pitcher Reb Russell swiped home in the third inning of the first-place White Sox 7-1 win over Boston.

Great question ... I bet it wasn't that high figuring the game was only four hours and his strikeout, walk and hit totals weren't high.

THIS DATE IN WHITE SOX HISTORY: AUGUST 6TH For more, see www.whitesoxalmanac.com 1935: The Sox defeated the New York Yankees 9-8 in 15-innings. Zeke Bonura stole home for the winning White Sox run. 1959: The White Sox and Orioles battled to a 1-1 tie in 18 innings at Memorial Stadium at Baltimore. The game was the seventh longest in White Sox history at the time. Billy Pierce went 16 innings before giving way to Turk Lown. This game only took four hours. 1991: Carlton Fisk hit his 200th homer in a White Sox uniform and drove in the tying runs in a 14-5 waylaying of the New York Yankees before 37,355 at Comiskey Park. The Yankees scored five in the first but the Sox pulled even with a five-spot in the fifth. Fisk then tied the game with a two-run single. The Sox took the lead for good in the next inning on Joey Cora’s RBI. In the eighth, Fisk launched his historic blast with Frank Thomas on first.

THIS DATE IN WHITE SOX HISTORY For more, see www.whitesoxalamanac.com (please use a full screen ... I am still having trouble) 1990: The White Sox finished off a five-game sweep of the Milwaukee Brewers by winning 6-1 at County Stadium. Jack McDowell went the distance scattering five hits as the White Sox improved to a season-best 22 games over .500 at 63-41. 1992: Charlie Hough posted the 200th win of his career in the White Sox 9-5 victory over the Minnesota Twins before 36,132 at Comiskey Park. Hough allowed eight hits and four earned runs over 7.2 innings in becoming the 90th pitcher in big league history to reach the 200-win plateau. Robin Ventura’s three-run homer in the third inning off Kevin Tapani helped the Sox overcome a 2-1 deficit.

THIS DATE IN WHITE SOX HISTORY: AUGUST 4TH For the rest of the day, see WWW.WHITESOXALMANAC.COM (I am having technical difficulties with the site, btw ... It's readable, though). 1910: The White Sox Ed Walsh and the A’s’ Jack Coombs dueled in a 16-inning 0-0 tie at Comiskey Park. 1926: Bill Barrett hit the fourth inside-the-park grand slam in franchise history and the first by a Sox player in Comiskey Park history. Barrett victimized Fred Heimach of the Boston Red Sox. The inside-the-park grand slam was one of four by a Sox player in at Old Comiskey Park with the last by Carlos May on Sept. 18, 1971. 1956: The White Sox set a club record with six homers in a 15-4 win over the Baltimore Orioles at Comiskey Park. Jim Rivera hit two homers while Less Moss, Larry Doby, winning pitcher Jack Harshman and Walt Dropo each added as the Sox took their third straight from the Birds. 1985: In the city where he became a legend, Tom Seaver won his 300th game in the White Sox 4-1 win over the New York Yankees in Yankee Stadium. Seaver went the distance and gave up six hits and one walk while fanning seven. Seaver got out of a jam in the eighth by fanning Dave Winfield and then watched Harold Baines make a spectacular catch up against the right field wall to keep the Yankees at bay. Don Baylor flew out to Reid Nichols in left for the final out. 1989: The White Sox won their 12th straight at home in dramatic fashion by defeating the Detroit Tigers 5-4 before 16,918 at Comiskey Park. Trailing 4-3 in the ninth, Carlton Fisk singled and was lifted for pinch-runner Lance Johnson. After the Tigers botched Steve Lyons’ sacrifice, Carlos Martinez got the tying run home. Ozzie Guillen then followed with a double to right that scored the winning run. 1990: The White Sox won their fourth straight in Milwaukee with a 9-6 win over the Brewers. Sammy Sosa’s three-run homer highlighted a six-run sixth. Bobby Thigpen earned his 35th save, surpassing his career-high and club-record of 34 set in both 1988 and 1989. 1991: Knuckleballer Charlie Hough threw the 12th shutout of his career in the White Sox 1-0 win over the Baltimore Orioles before 41,059 at Comiskey Park. The 44-year old right-hander limited the Orioles to five hits while walking two and fanning seven in posting what would be the final win of his White Sox career. Hough got his only run when Frank Thomas homered off Mike Mussina – who was making his Major League debut – in the sixth inning.

Ahh ... 1986. Seems strikingly similar to 2007, doesn't it? Shortly after a euphoric campaign a team of stars starts to falter or age or decline and the Sox start trying out the "gems" of the farm system. In 1986, it was Russ Morman, Bobby Thigpen, Ron Karkovice, John Cangelosi, Ken Williams, Daryl Boston and Joel Skinner ... YIKES! Let's hope the results are better this time around with the likes of Andy Gonzalez, Jerry Owens, Josh Fields and company because 1987, 1988 and the first half of 1989 were some of the darkest days in franchise history and just demonstrated how depleted and ill-equipped the farm system was at that time. It wasn't until Larry Himes started drafting that the Sox experienced their renaissance! For the rest of the day, see www.whitesoxalmanac.com AUGUST 3RD 1906: Future Hall of Famer Ed Walsh fired the second of his four career one-hit shutouts in the White Sox 4-0 win over Boston in Chicago. The one-hitter was one of two for Walsh during the White Sox 1906 championship season. Doc White also had two one-hitters for the “Hitless Wonders” that year. 1959: Nellie Fox made his sixth consecutive All-Star start at second base in the American League’s 5-3 win in the season’s second Mid-Summer Classic in Los Angeles. Fox went 2-for-4 with a run and an RBI in the first All-Star Game played in California. Luis Aparicio started at shortstop and went 0-for-3. Early Wynn gave up one run in two innings of relief while catcher Sherm Lollar made a late-inning cameo appearance. 1982: The White Sox swept a doubleheader from the Yankees in New York. The White Sox took the first game 1-0 and then won the nightcap 14-2. Steve Trout got the win in the opener in what would turn out to be his last in a White Sox uniform. Trout went 5.1 innings and then watchedas Salome Barojas, Kevin Hickey and Dennis Lamp combined for 3.2 of shutout relief. Lamp went the final 1.2 for his third save. Aurelio Rodriguez's RBI single in the fifth accounted for the game's only run. In the nightcap, the Sox banged out 19 hits and got home runs from Harold Baines, Tony Bernazard and Jerry Hairston as the Sox won for the fifth time in a row. 1986: Russ Morman fashioned one of the great debuts in White Sox history in a 10-1 win over the Detroit Tigers before 26,737 at Comiskey Park. Morman became just the second player in big league history to log two hits in an inning in his Major League debut. After singling in his first at bat, Morman homered to leadoff the fourth and then delivered an RBI single later in the frame. Morman joined Billy Martin, who accomplished the feat in 1950, as the only big leaguers to hit safely twice in an inning in a big league debut. Morman was believed to be the the first Sox player to homer in his first big league game. Joe Cowley earned his seventh victory and Carlton Fisk and Harold Baines also homered as the Sox prevailed for the fourth time in their last five outings. 1990: Frank Thomas, playing in just his second Major League game, drove in the winning run in the White Sox 6-2 win over the Brewers in Milwaukee. Thomas delivered the go-ahead run with a two-run triple off the right field wall in the seventh inning. The triple was Thomas’ first major league hit and helped make a winner out of Greg Hibbard, who went the distance to improve to 9-5. Ivan Calderon homered for the third consecutive game.

THIS DATE IN SOX HISTORY: AUGUST 2ND/Black Sox For the rest of the day, see WWW.WHITESOXALMANAC.COM 1921: After only two hours of deliberation, the jury in the “Black Sox” trial returned a not guilty verdict in the eight Sox players' roles in fixing the 1919 World Series. That didn’t matter to Commissioner Kennesaw “Mountain” Landis. He later banished each player – including “Shoeless” Joe Jackson, Buck Weaver and Ed Cicotte – from the game for life. 1936: The White Sox overcame a nine-run deficit in the second game to sweep a doubleheader from the Red Sox at Comiskey Park. After winning the first game 9-1, the Sox trailed 10-1 heading into the last of fifth but rallied to win the nightcap 12-11 in 12 innings for the biggest blown lead in Red Sox history. Clint Brown got the win in the opener while Italo Chelini earned the victory in the second game. 1979: Tony LaRussa replaced Don Kessinger as White Sox manager. LaRussa got his first big league post in just his second season as a professional manager. LaRussa came to the White Sox from Triple-A Iowa where he was 54-51. LaRussa took over the White Sox with the team at 46-60 but was able to help the club split its final 54 games. LaRussa compiled a 522-510 ledger as White Sox manager between 1979 and 1986 and guided the team to the 1983 American League West championship. 1985: Carlton Fisk tagged two Yankees out at home on the same play in the seventh inning of the White Sox 6-5 win at New York. With the game tied at 3, Fisk got Dale Berra and Bobby Meacham at the plate in rapid succession on a relay that started with Luis Salazar in center and continued with Ozzie Guillen at shortstop. In the 11th, Guillen scored from second on Salazar’s slow roller down the first base line. 1990: Alex Fernandez and Frank Thomas each debuted in a doubleheader sweep in Milwaukee. Fernandez, the Sox first round draft pick in June, started the first game and pitched seven strong innings but settled for a no decision in a 4-3 win. Thomas drove in the winning run with a fielder's choice in the ninth. In the second game, Melido Perez gave up just one earned run in 7.1 innings for his 10th victory in the Sox 4-2 win. The doubleheader win was part of a five-game sweep in Milwaukee.

THIS DATE IN WHITE SOX HISTORY: AUGUST 1/Munson's last game For the rest of the day, visit www.whitesoxalmanac.com. ... Also check out July 31st, I was unable to link to it yesterday on a busy day for me! ENJOY! 1964: Knuckleballer Hoyt Wilhelm notched his 100th career victory in the White Sox 9-8 win at Washington. Wilhelml fired 3.1 innings and gave up one run on four hits with no walks and three strikeouts. The Sox put Wilhelm in position for the milestone win when Ron Hansen’s sacrifice fly scored Pete Ward in the 10th inning. Frankie Baumann got the game’s final out with a man to preserve’s Wilhelm’s win. Wilhelm was 41-33 for the Sox between 1963 and 1968. His ERA was under 2.00 in each of his last five seasons on the Southside. 1979: Thurman Munson played the final game of his career in the New York Yankees 9-1 win over the Chicago White Sox before 21,109 at Comiskey Park. Munson, who died the next day in a plane crash in Canton, Ohio, started the game at first base. He walked in the first and then scored on Reggie Jackson’s home run. In the third, Munson was struck out by Ken Kravec in what would turn out to be his last at bat. Munson was replaced by Jim Spencer at first in the bottom of the frame.

THIS DATE IN WHITE SOX HISTORY: JULY 29 For the rest of the day, see WWW.WHITESOXALMANAC.COM 1963: Joe Horlen came within two outs of a no-hitter in the White Sox 2-1 loss to Washington. Chuck Hinton broke up the no-hitter with a single and one out later Don Lock hung a tough-luck loss on Horlen with a two-run homer. 1965: John Romano homered twice and drove in five as the White Sox stomped the Indians 9-4 at Cleveland. Pete Ward also went deep to make a winner out of Hoyt Wilhelm, who knuckled his way to 4.2 innings of shutout relief. 1967: The White Sox acquired slugging outfielder Rocky Colavito from the Indians for outfielder Jim King and a player to be named later. 1968: The White Sox scored five in the 13th in beating the A’s 7-2 in Oakland. Tommy McCraw’s two-run triple put the Sox on top to stay. Wilbur Wood capped the outburst with a two-run single, which was just the second hit of his career. Wood tossed two shutout innings for his seventh win. 1971: Tom Bradley tossed a nine-hitter in the White Sox 4-0 win over the Yankees before 10,124 at Comiskey Park. The bespectacled right-hander walked one and fanned eight in improving to 9-9. Tom Egan and Bill Melton homered as the Sox stretched their winning streak to five. 1972: Ed Spiezio’s single brought home Carlos May with the game-winner in the White Sox 4-3 triumph of the Royals before 7,115 at Comiskey Park.

THIS DATE IN WHITE SOX HISTORY: JULY 28TH WWW.WHITESOXALMANAC.COM 1935: Ted Lyons became just the second pitcher in American League history to collect two doubles in an inning in the White Sox 14-10 win over the Browns in the first game of a doubleheader in St. Louis. Lyons, who earned the victory, banged out two doubles in the Sox 10-run second inning. 1936: The White Sox stomped the Philadelphia Athletics 19-6 at Comiskey Park. Bill Dietrich got the win in the third-highest run output in Sox history. Only 10 days earlier, the Sox beat the Athletics 21-14 at Philadelphia's Shibe Park. 1957: Larry Doby’s single in the seventh broke a tie and lifted the White Sox to a 4-3 win at Baltimore. The White Sox survived Jim Landis’ A.L.-record-tying five strikeouts in the victory. 1959: The White Sox moved into first place to stay with a 4-3 victory over the New York Yankees before 43,829 at Comiskey Park. The Sox prevailed behind Billy Pierce’s complete-game effort and Al Smith’s two-run homer in the eighth.

THIS DATE IN WHITE SOX HISTORY: JULY 27TH For the rest of the day, see WWW.WHITESOXALMANAC.COM NOTE -- If you are ever at a game at US Cellular Field, a version of my work usually runs on the matrix board in left field somewhere around the fifth inning. The same material I submit as part of my job in Scoreboard Operations winds up on my blog at the above address and -- in part -- here. ENJOY! 1951: The Yankees stalled their way to a rain-shortened 3-1 win innings over the White Sox in New York. The Sox took a 4-3 lead in the ninth but the Yankees stalled enough until the rains came. After a 30 minute, the score reverted to the last completed inning of play, which was 3-1 Yankees after eight. In that ninth, the Yankees’ Gil McDougald was ejected for stalling and Yankee manager Casey Stengel used five pitchers to draw things out. 1954: Virgil “Fire” Trucks and Phil Cavarretta were key players in the White Sox 4-0 win over the Yankees before 53,067 on the Southside. The hard-throwing Trucks went the distance while Cavarretta drove in a run and scored in the first inning and keyed a rally in the sixth. The game finished as the fifth-most attended game at Old Comiskey Park. 1960: The streaking White Sox opened a 1.5-game lead atop the American League with a 10-4 win over the Red Sox in Boston. A five-run seventh, highlighted by Nellie Fox’s two-run double, led the Sox to their 10th win in their last 11 outings. 1963: Dave Nicholson went 5-for-10 with a home run, a double and five RBIs and Jim Brosnan saved both games as the White Sox swept a doubleheader at Baltimore. Nicholson homered in the first inning of the Sox 5-3 win in the opener and drove in a run in the four-run second of the 10-1 triumph in the nightcap.

JULY 26TH 1916: Ed Cicotte vexed the New York Yankees 2-0 on a one-hitter at Comiskey Park. It was the second of Cicotte’s three one-hitters with the Sox and his first since May 19, 1914 at Philadelphia. THIS DATE IN WHITE SOX HISTORY: July 26 For the rest of the day, see www.whitesoxalmanac.com NOTE -- If you are ever at a game at US Cellular Field, a version of my work usually runs on the matrix board in left field somewhere around the fifth inning. The same material I submit as part of my job in Scoreboard Operations winds up on my blog at the above address and -- in part -- here. ENJOY! 1931: After taking the opener 5-4 behind Red Faber, the White Sox suffered the worst loss in franchise history in absorbing a 22-5 beating to the Yankees in New York. In the opener, the Sox collected just five hits but one was a homer by Lu Blue in the third inning. The blast was the only one Blue would hit in his two seasons with the Sox. In the second game, the Yankees tied a big league record by having nine players scoring at least two runs. 1934: Sam Jones celebrated his 42nd birthday and his 18th wedding anniversary by twirling a shutout in the White Sox 9-0 win over Washington. 1936: The White Sox were swept by the Yankees in a contentious doubleheader before a crowd of 50,000 at Comiskey Park. The Sox lost the first game 12-3 and dropped the nightcap 11-8. Late in the second game, umpire Bill Summers was forced to leave after he was hit in the groin by a pop bottle thrown from the stands. Commissioner Judge Landis, on hand to watch the game, offered a $5,000 reward over the public address system for the offender but the request only prompted more ire. The storm of pop bottles finally stopped after a plea from White Sox manager Jimmy Dykes. 1941: White Sox reliever Johnny Hallett struck out Joe DiMaggio in an 11-3 loss. The whiff was the “Yankee Clipper’s” first since June 8.

THIS DATE IN WHITE SOX HISTORY/JULY 24 WWW.WHITESOXALMANAC.COM 1943: After the White Sox won the first game 2-1, the nightcap of their doubleheader is interrupted with the announcement at “Mussolini has resigned.” The crowd of 19,374 cheers wildly over the news that the Italian dictator was finished. The Yankees won the game 6-3 after Bill Dietrich got the victory for the Sox in Game 1. 1954: Jack Harshman set a club record with 16 strikeouts in the White Sox 5-2 win at Boston. Harshman gave up two runs on five hits and five walks in improving to 7-4. Harshman, a lefty, broke the record previously held by Ed Cicotte (Aug. 26, 1914), Jim Scott (June 22, 1913) and Ed Walsh (Aug. 11, 1910 and Oct. 2, 1908).

THIS DATE IN WHITE SOX HISTORY: JULY 23 For the rest of the day, see www.whitesoxalmanac.com 1969: Carlos May was the White Sox lone representative at the All-Star Game in Washington D.C. At age 21, May became the youngest player to represent the White Sox in a Mid-Summer Classic. May was 0-for-1 as apinch-hitter in the ninth in the American League’s 9-3 loss. 1972: The White Sox pulled off two 2-1 “walkoff” victories in taking a doubleheader from Cleveland before 20,718 at Comiskey Park. Jay Johnstone’s RBI single in the ninth handed the Sox a win in the opener while Carlos May led off the ninth inning of the nightcap with a solo homer off Ed Farmer to complete the sweep. 1977: The first-place White Sox won at Toronto 10-3 for the second consecutive day. A six-run sixth – capped by Ralph Garr’s three-run homer – put the first-place Sox over the top. 1979: A night after losing 1-0, the White Sox exploded for an 11-3 win at Detroit. Mike Squires was 4-for-6 with two RBIs and Jorge Orta and Rusty Torres both homered as part of the 13-hit attack.

THIS DATE IN WHITE SOX HISTORY: JULY 22/Congrats Harold (1987)! www.whitesoxalmanac.com 1987: Harold Baines didn’t wait long to take over the top spot on the White Sox career home run list. A night after tying Bill Melton’s club career record, Baines became the franchise’s all-time leader with his 155th home run in a 10-5 setback to the Baltimore Orioles before 12,780 at Comiskey Park. Baines’ blast was part of a three-homer inning. Kenny Williams and Ivan Calderon also went deep in the frame. 1989: Ivan Calderon’s three-run homer in the eighth keyed the White Sox 10-6 come-from-behind win at Boston. The Sox scored six times over their final two at bats to pull out the victory. Donn Pall tossed three shutout innings of relief for the save. 1991: Dan Pasqua’s leadoff homer and Ozzie Guillen’s RBI infield single in the sixth enabled the Sox to overcome the Milwaukee Brewers 5-4 before 42,295 at Comiskey Park. … In Cooperstown, N.Y., former White Sox owner Bill Veeck was inducted into the Hall of Fame. 1992: Tim Raines’ two-run double in the eighth finally got the White Sox past the Baltimore Orioles 7-5 before 36,349 at Comiskey Park. Donn Pall earned the win with scoreless innings of relief. The victory was the Sox 10th of the season in their final at bat. 1993: Bo Jackson drove in three runs to lead the White Sox past Milwaukee 7-2 before 29,684 at Comiskey Park. Jack McDowell picked up his 15th win as the first-place Sox increased their lead in the American League West to 2.5 games.

THIS DATE IN WHITE SOX HISTORY: JULY 21 For more info see www.whitesoxalmanac.com 1987: Harold Baines tied Bill Melton’s all-time club mark with his 154th home run in an 11-6 loss to Baltimore before 12,789 at Comiskey Park. Baines’ historic blast came off Ken Dixon in the third inning with Ozzie Guillen on base. 1997: Wilson Alvarez tied a Major League record and set a Sox record by striking out four batters in an inning in the White Sox 3-0 win over Detroit in Tiger Stadium. Alvarez K’d Tony Clark, Phil Nevin (who reached on a wild pitch), Melvin Nieves and Orlando Miller in succession in the seventh inning to become the 28th pitcher in history to accomplish the feat and just the fifth in A.L. history to do it in succession. Frank Thomas’ two-run homer in the first gave the Sox all they would need. 1998: Albert Belle tied a club record by clubbing his 13th homer of the month in the White Sox 6-3 win over the Blue Jays in Toronto. The homer was also Belle’s 30th of the year, marking the seventh consecutive season he has reached that plateau 2004: Mark Buehrle faced the minimum in the White Sox 14-0 win over the Indians in Cleveland. Buehrle gave up two hits but both runners were erased on double plays making him the first Sox pitcher to face the minimum in a complete game since LaMarr Hoyt did it in May 2, 1984 at Comiskey Park. Carlos Loee homered twice and Jose Valentin went deep once as the Sox banged out 19 hits.

THIS DATE IN WHITE SOX HISTORY: JULY 20 For more, see WWW.WHITESOXALMANAC.COM 1986: Neil Allen fired his second consecutive shutout as the White Sox blasted the Yankees 8-0 in New York. Allen limited the "Bronx Bombers" to two hits but he did not strikeout or walk anyone in facing just two over the minimum. He gave up a a one-out single in the fifth and a two-out single in the sixth. Allen finished off the Yankees by retiring the final 10 batters he faced. Allen was backed by a 15-hit attack which inlcluded two homers from Ron Kittle. 1991: Robin Ventura's 10th inning solo homer off Dan Plesac lifted the White Sox to a 7-6 win over Milwaukee at Comiskey Park. Bobby Thigpen picked up the win with two scoreless innings of relief. The win, in front of 40,583, was the Sox 21st of the season in their final at bat. The walkoff homer was the first of Ventura’s record five at New Comiskey Park. 1993: A two-run homer by Frank Thomas was all the White Sox needed in a 2-1 win over Toronto before 30,454 at Comiskey Park. Thomas' sixth inning blast, his 22nd of the year, also brought home Joey Cora, who had doubled. Alex Fernandez went the distance to up his ledger to 12-4. 1994: The White Sox scored two in the first and then let Jack McDowell take over in a 3-0 win over the Detroit Tigers before 38,095 at Comiskey Park. Julio Franco and Robin Ventura accounted for the runs in the first while Darrin Jackson added some insurance with a homer in the seventh. 1997: The White Sox used a 19-hit attack in trashing the Baltimore Orioles 10-2 at Camden Yards. Frank Thomas went 4-for-5 with a homer and four RBI while Harold Baines homered and scored twice. Jaime Navarro got the win in posting his 31st career complete game. 1999: The White Sox played their final game at Milwaukee County Stadium, which served briefly as their home field in the late 1960s. The Brewers broke a tie in the seventh and held on for a 5-4 victory. For the record, Carlos Lee hit the White Sox last home run at Milwaukee County Stadium, a two-run shot in the third inning. The White Sox finished their tenure at County Stadium 86-88 against the Brewers and 8-12 as the home team in 1968 and 1969 for a 94-100 overall record. The White Sox used County Stadium as a home field in 1968 and 1969 to boost sagging attendance.