This Day In Sox History...May 18

[Lip Man 1]

May 18, 1957 – Historically if it was Baltimore, it usually meant strange things for the White Sox. Case in point, on this night the Sox had to catch a train to Boston and the Orioles agreed to end the game at 10:20 their time regardless of the outcome.

The Sox trailed 3-0 going into the seventh inning when they scored four runs. That half inning was strange in itself because the Sox used five pinch hitters and two pinch runners in it! The Sox were still leading 4-3 in the ninth inning. Paul LaPalme was brought in to protect the lead.

With 30 seconds remaining until curfew, he elected to pitch to Dick Williams. League rules did not allow for a suspended game under these circumstances so the Sox could have legally stalled the final seconds away. Unfortunately, they didn’t. LaPalme threw...Williams swung...home run. Tie game... make that a suspended tie game which had to be replayed from the start later in the season.

 

May 18, 1983 - Still another bizarre moment in Baltimore.

On this night Sox pitcher Rich Dotson tossed a complete game one-hitter. Only he lost it 1-0!

His only mistake came when “Disco” Danny Ford lofted a pitch down the right field line at Memorial Stadium that fell into the first row of seats. The ‘blast’ went about 312 feet, an out in most other parks. The hit came in the eighth inning. Dotson wasn’t sharp overall, allowing seven walks but he kept getting out of trouble until Ford connected. 

 

[The Kids Can Play]

14 minutes ago, Lip Man 1 said:

May 18, 1957 – Historically if it was Baltimore, it usually meant strange things for the White Sox. Case in point, on this night the Sox had to catch a train to Boston and the Orioles agreed to end the game at 10:20 their time regardless of the outcome.

The Sox trailed 3-0 going into the seventh inning when they scored four runs. That half inning was strange in itself because the Sox used five pinch hitters and two pinch runners in it! The Sox were still leading 4-3 in the ninth inning. Paul LaPalme was brought in to protect the lead.

With 30 seconds remaining until curfew, he elected to pitch to Dick Williams. League rules did not allow for a suspended game under these circumstances so the Sox could have legally stalled the final seconds away. Unfortunately, they didn’t. LaPalme threw...Williams swung...home run. Tie game... make that a suspended tie game which had to be replayed from the start later in the season.

 

May 18, 1983 - Still another bizarre moment in Baltimore.

On this night Sox pitcher Rich Dotson tossed a complete game one-hitter. Only he lost it 1-0!

His only mistake came when “Disco” Danny Ford lofted a pitch down the right field line at Memorial Stadium that fell into the first row of seats. The ‘blast’ went about 312 feet, an out in most other parks. The hit came in the eighth inning. Dotson wasn’t sharp overall, allowing seven walks but he kept getting out of trouble until Ford connected. 

 

Fond memories of that 1983 team. What a pitching staff we had!

[The Mighty Mite]

4 hours ago, The Kids Can Play said:

Fond memories of that 1983 team. What a pitching staff we had!

That team was just about unbeatable the last 4 months, then came the playoff against the Orioles.

[South Side Hit Men]

40 minutes ago, The Mighty Mite said:

That team was just about unbeatable the last 4 months, then came the playoff against the Orioles.

Tony and team outcoached, outplayed, outsmarted. Tony didn't have syringes until he went to Oakland.

 

 

[Lip Man 1]

5 hours ago, The Kids Can Play said:

Fond memories of that 1983 team. What a pitching staff we had!

After the All-Star break Hoyt, Dotson and Bannister went 42-5. That's right...42-5.

Not only were those guys unbeatable, they didn't miss starts or have inning limitations.

Those were the days.

[The Grinder]

What a likable team that was