Lip Man 1 Posted April 13, 2023 Share Posted April 13, 2023 April 13, 1965 - The Sox turned the tide so to speak from 1964, beating the Orioles in Baltimore opening day, by the score of 5-3. They lost to the same club to open the 1964 season at Comiskey Park by the exact same margin. Tommy John, making his White Sox debut, picked up the save for Gary Peters. He struck out “Boog” Powell with two on in the ninth inning to close it out. The 1965 White Sox would win 95 games under Al Lopez in his last full season as Sox skipper. They finished in second place, seven games out. April 13, 2009 - The White Sox beat the Tigers, 10-6, in a unique game in baseball history. Jermaine Dye and Paul Konerko hit back-to-back home runs in the second inning — both times reaching the 300-homer career mark! According to Baseball-Reference, no teammates have EVER reached 300, 400, or 500 home run milestones in the same game, much less the same inning or with back-to-back blasts. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Kids Can Play Posted April 13, 2023 Share Posted April 13, 2023 From what I read and know from reading old baseball history, the 1965 Sox were just too many years before MLB woke up and added more teams in the expanded playoff format. Sadly in 1965, the Sox were the 2nd best team in the AL and 3rd best overall record in MLB and didn't have a chance to compete for a World Series title. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lip Man 1 Posted April 13, 2023 Author Share Posted April 13, 2023 (edited) 2 hours ago, The Kids Can Play said: From what I read and know from reading old baseball history, the 1965 Sox were just too many years before MLB woke up and added more teams in the expanded playoff format. Sadly in 1965, the Sox were the 2nd best team in the AL and 3rd best overall record in MLB and didn't have a chance to compete for a World Series title. Had MLB had two divisions say during the Sox "Golden Age" from 1951-1967 they would have made the post season six times. And 1965 wasn't even their best club...that was 1964. Edited April 13, 2023 by Lip Man 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4uckOffCommieScum Posted April 13, 2023 Share Posted April 13, 2023 3 hours ago, The Kids Can Play said: From what I read and know from reading old baseball history, the 1965 Sox were just too many years before MLB woke up and added more teams in the expanded playoff format. Sadly in 1965, the Sox were the 2nd best team in the AL and 3rd best overall record in MLB and didn't have a chance to compete for a World Series title. They had 162 games to compete for a world series title Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Kids Can Play Posted April 14, 2023 Share Posted April 14, 2023 23 hours ago, FourEyesShottenhoffer said: They had 162 games to compete for a world series title I get that, but in todays' version of making the playoffs and as its been for quite some time the Sox would have been in the playoffs. In 1965 they were one of the best teams and had zero chance of winning the WS. Hence why MLB got smart and added more playoffs teams years later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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