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Looks like the White Sox still haven't improved their baserunning fundamentals.

Not sure about the radio contract, but the Sox paid WSNS-TV to televise the games from 1973-1976. The Sox paid production costs and sold the advertising themselves. (WSNS had similar deals with the Bulls and the old Chicago Cougars hockey team.) That was a big drop-off from the Sox previous contract with WFLD, which had paid more than a million dollars a year to lure the Sox away from WGN in 1968.

Schriffen's baseball play-by-play: 2021 Little League World Series on ESPN:

... and he accepted it. But the city's offer was for a domed stadium shared by the Sox and Bears. And the Bears had no interest in it. https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1986-06-16-8602120949-story.html

This is the plan the city presented for the site in 1985. But the city said the financing would only work is if it was a multi-purpose stadium for the Sox and Bears. The Sox tentatively agreed to it, even though they preferred a baseball-only stadium. But the Bears didn't like the financial arrangements, so the plan fell apart. https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1986-06-16-8602120949-story.html

Here are some brief clips from 1980 (Jump ahead to 2:35) And a few more Ozzie starts a line-drive double play here (skip ahead to 1:10)