This Day In Sox History...July 26

[Lip Man 1]

July 26, 1942 – 17-year-old Chuck Comiskey was being groomed to take over the team and his passions boiled over on this afternoon. In the first game against the Athletics at Comiskey Park, umpire John Quinn kicked out Sox manager Jimmy Dykes for arguing an interference call. Don Kolloway was ruled to have run into a batted ball in fair territory in the eighth inning.

That brought the young Comiskey out on the field to continue the argument. Sox fans roared their approval over his pluck. It turned out he also was ejected by Quinn. The Sox would win that game 2-1 before losing the second one 3-2 in 10 innings.

 

July 26, 1987 - Sox starter Rich Dotson, who had already thrown a one-hitter and lost in Baltimore in 1983, had a perfect game for over seven innings against the Yankees at Comiskey Park and a 2-0 lead.

That however all went out the window when Mike Pagliarulo singled.

Before the frame was over, Dotson got tagged with three runs and would eventually lose the game 5-2.

The key blow was struck by future Sox outfielder Dan Pasqua who had a pinch-hit three run homer in that frame.

[The Mighty Mite]

5 hours ago, Lip Man 1 said:

July 26, 1942 – 17-year-old Chuck Comiskey was being groomed to take over the team and his passions boiled over on this afternoon. In the first game against the Athletics at Comiskey Park, umpire John Quinn kicked out Sox manager Jimmy Dykes for arguing an interference call. Don Kolloway was ruled to have run into a batted ball in fair territory in the eighth inning.

That brought the young Comiskey out on the field to continue the argument. Sox fans roared their approval over his pluck. It turned out he also was ejected by Quinn. The Sox would win that game 2-1 before losing the second one 3-2 in 10 innings.

 

July 26, 1987 - Sox starter Rich Dotson, who had already thrown a one-hitter and lost in Baltimore in 1983, had a perfect game for over seven innings against the Yankees at Comiskey Park and a 2-0 lead.

That however all went out the window when Mike Pagliarulo singled.

Before the frame was over, Dotson got tagged with three runs and would eventually lose the game 5-2.

The key blow was struck by future Sox outfielder Dan Pasqua who had a pinch-hit three run homer in that frame.

I love that story about the 17 year old Chuck Comiskey, I was always a big fan of his. I often wonder what would have happened if his sister sold her shares of the White Sox to Chuck instead of Bill Veeck. I’m pretty sure he wouldn’t have traded Johnny Callison, John Romano, Earl Battey and Don Mincher after the 1959 World Series. We also would have never had an exploding scoreboard either. My guess is that Chuck would have held on to the Sox probably through the mid 70s but like so many of the owners who in those days whose sole business was Baseball he wouldn’t be able to compete especially with free agency. 

Edited July 26, 2023 by The Mighty Mite