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This Day In Sox History...April 25


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April 25, 1951 - Sox slugger Eddie Robinson hit the first rooftop home run by a Sox player at the original Comiskey Park. Robinson’s blast was off the Browns Al Widmar in the third inning. The Sox won the game 8-6. Robinson hit 29 home runs that year and drove in 117 RBI’s as the Sox went 81-73-1. He would live to the ripe old age of 101!

 

April 25, 2004 – Coming over from the Bulls organization, Brooks Boyer was named vice president of marketing, replacing the taciturn and aloof Rob Gallas. Boyer immediately instituted a series of great ad campaigns including “Sox Pride,” “Win or Die Trying,” "Us vs. Them" and “Change the Game” over the years that keyed interest, tweaked the Cubs directly and generated excitement among the fan base.

 

April 25, 2014 – It was the first big moment in what would be a long and stellar White Sox career for Jose Abreu. The Cuban native smashed a two out ‘walk off’ grand slam off Grant Balfour to beat the Rays 9-6. Abreu would cap off his rookie season by garnering the American League Rookie of the Year award from both The Sporting News and The Baseball Writers Association of America for blasting 36 home runs, with 35 doubles, 80 runs scored, 107 RBI’s, hitting .317 and leading the league in slugging percentage at .581

 

April 25, 2016 – Relief pitcher Matt Albers threw his 30th consecutive scoreless outing breaking the team record set by Jesse Crain. The record dated back to August 5, 2015 and spanned 33 innings. Albers’ streak would end that weekend in Baltimore on April 30 when two unearned runs would cross the plate that was charged to him because of a two-out error by Jose Abreu.

 

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4 hours ago, Lip Man 1 said:

April 25, 1951 - Sox slugger Eddie Robinson hit the first rooftop home run by a Sox player at the original Comiskey Park. Robinson’s blast was off the Browns Al Widmar in the third inning. The Sox won the game 8-6. Robinson hit 29 home runs that year and drove in 117 RBI’s as the Sox went 81-73-1. He would live to the ripe old age of 101!

 

April 25, 2004 – Coming over from the Bulls organization, Brooks Boyer was named vice president of marketing, replacing the taciturn and aloof Rob Gallas. Boyer immediately instituted a series of great ad campaigns including “Sox Pride,” “Win or Die Trying,” "Us vs. Them" and “Change the Game” over the years that keyed interest, tweaked the Cubs directly and generated excitement among the fan base.

 

April 25, 2014 – It was the first big moment in what would be a long and stellar White Sox career for Jose Abreu. The Cuban native smashed a two out ‘walk off’ grand slam off Grant Balfour to beat the Rays 9-6. Abreu would cap off his rookie season by garnering the American League Rookie of the Year award from both The Sporting News and The Baseball Writers Association of America for blasting 36 home runs, with 35 doubles, 80 runs scored, 107 RBI’s, hitting .317 and leading the league in slugging percentage at .581

 

April 25, 2016 – Relief pitcher Matt Albers threw his 30th consecutive scoreless outing breaking the team record set by Jesse Crain. The record dated back to August 5, 2015 and spanned 33 innings. Albers’ streak would end that weekend in Baltimore on April 30 when two unearned runs would cross the plate that was charged to him because of a two-out error by Jose Abreu.

 

April 25, 2014 , Literally a Blast from the Past. 

I remember watching that game.

STARTING LINEUP

Adam Eaton CF
Marcus Semien 3B
Jose Abreu 1B
Adam Dunn  DH
Dayan Viciedo RF
Alexei Ramirez SS
Alejandro De Aza LF
Tyler Flowers C
Gordon Beckham 2B

PITCHERS

Erik Johnson - Starter
Jake Petricka
Zach Putnam
Ronald Belisario
Matt Lindstrom - W

SUBS

Paul Konerko PH
Leury Garcia PR
John Danks PR
Adrian Nieto PR

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