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Showing posts with label Chicago White Sox. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Chicago White Sox. Show all posts
Saturday, December 29, 2012

140. Oscar Bielaski: Poles and Bats

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There was a time when I was growing up when I had no idea what I was. I mean, I knew basically what I was - a 6 or 7 year-old boy growin...
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Monday, July 30, 2012

125. Minnie Miñoso: Big Before He Was Minnie

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The strapping young man from the rural providences stood tall and straight as he approached Rene Midesten, the manager of the Ambrosia Cand...
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Thursday, March 22, 2012

114. Joe Jackson: Shoeless Joe in North Jersey

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Well, no set of Black Sox would be complete without Ol' Shoeless Joe. Often portrayed as the hapless victim of the fix, I personally b...

113. Swede Risberg: "Why work, when you can fool the public"

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I hope you are enjoying the " After The Black Sox " series so far. When I was starting the Infinite Baseball Card site the very f...
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Monday, March 19, 2012

112 Lefty Williams: Baseballs, Booze and Black Sox

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Continuing with the post-scandal career of the Black Sox ... Buck Weaver in my mind was the most tragic character from the whole scandal...
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Friday, March 16, 2012

111. Buck Weaver: Innocent, But Still Guilty

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Out of all the Eight Men Out , Buck Weaver is the only one who elicits any kind of sympathy from me. Weaver was a product of his age, uphold...
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Tuesday, March 13, 2012

110. Fred McMullin: The Forgotten Black Sox

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To continue with my series on the 8 disgraced Chicago White Sox, I bring to you the mysterious Fred McMullin. Often overlooked and only gi...
Wednesday, March 7, 2012

109. Chick Gandil: After The Black Sox

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For better or for worse, the story of the 1919 World Series and the 8 Chicago White Sox banished from the game has taken on a mythical qual...
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Tuesday, February 14, 2012

65. Shoeless Joe Jackson: What's In A Name?

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Yeah, I know, I already posted this story a while back, but wait - there's a reason... after much prodding and more than a basketful o...
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106. Joe Jackson: Southbound and Down

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One of the most popular posts I've written was THIS ONE on Shoeless Joe Jackson and his first season of professional baseball with t...

107. Joe Jackson: The Big Easy

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This is the third and last post on the minor league career of Shoeless Joe Jackson. If you missed the previous entries, HERE is the first ...
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Sunday, August 29, 2010

47. "Happy" Felsch: Life After The Black Sox

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As a White Sox fan (and I mean a REAL ONE, not a politically-motivated one like the president who, when pressed, could not name a single ...