THIS DATE IN SOX HISTORY: Apirl 11th

[StatManDu]

THIS DATE IN WHITE SOX HISTORY: APRIL 11TH

THE START OF SOMETHING BIG

1917:

The White Sox kicked off what would be their second World Championship campaign with a 7-2 win over the Browns in St. Louis. The victory was the first of 100 manager Pants Rowland’s club would post that year and would put them over for good.

HELLO SEATTLE!

1969:

The White Sox helped usher in Major League Baseball in Northwest with a 7-0 loss to the expansion Pilots in Seattle. Gary Bell, who would finish the season with the White Sox, got the win before 14,993 at Sicks Stadium. It was the only Opening Day in Seattle Pilot history. The next year, the team would be in Milwaukee playing as the Brewers.

THE FIRST FOR FARMEO

1980:

Ed Farmer earned the first of what would be a club record 30 saves in the White Sox 8-4 triumph over the defending American League champion Baltimore Orioles before 3,902 at Comiskey Park. Farmer tossed 2.1 scoreless innings to preserve Ken Kravec’s victory. The White Sox got down early but Wayne Nordhagen’s two-run homer in the third gave them the lead for good.

HELLO ROBERTO

1993:

In a changing of the guard moment, Roberto Hernandez – with the increasingly ineffective Bobby Thigpen idle -- entered the game with two outs and the tying run on in the ninth and whiffed Danny Tartabull to earn his first save in the White Sox 6-4 win over the Yankees before a matinee gathering of 21,047 at Comiskey Park. Joey Cora's two-run triple in the sixth inning gave the White Sox the lead for good.

SPEEDSTER PAULIE

2000:

Paul Konerko went 4-for-5 with a double and an in-the-park home run in the White Sox 13-6 win over the Tampa Bay Devil Rays at Tropicana Field. Ray Durham extended his club record by leading off a game with a homer for the 11th time. A few batters later, Konerko laced the Sox first in-the-park homer since Ron Karkovice accomplished the feat Aug. 30, 1990. The Sox took the lead for good with three in the fifth on a two-run homer by Chris Singleton and a solo shot by Carlos Lee. Jim Parque got the win, snapping a nine-game losing streak that dated to July 7, 1999. Edited April 11, 2007 by StatManDu

[pcullotta]

Nice read as always Statmandu.

 

Now how can this thread be turned into a b**** fest about BA not getting playing time like all the rest? I got it! IF BA had been playing the day of Paulie's inside the park home run, he would have surely gunned him down at home.

Edited April 11, 2007 by pcullotta

[StatManDu]

QUOTE(pcullotta @ Apr 11, 2007 -> 12:22 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Nice read as always Statmandu.

 

Now how can this thread be turned into a b**** fest about BA not getting playing time like all the rest? I got it! IF BA had been playing the day of Paulie's inside the park home run, he would have surely gunned him down at home.

LOL ... or caught it on the fly!

 

Thanks for the kind words.