Lip Man 1
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February 25, 1917 - The White Sox, badly needing a competent first baseman, reacquired Arnold “Chick” Gandil from Cleveland for 3,500 dollars. Gandil would go on to become the ring leader of the infamous “Black Sox” scandal in 1919. In his last regular season game for the Sox, he’d go 3 for 4 in a loss to Detroit. In that tainted World Series, Gandil would hit .233 with a triple and five RBI’s. Perhaps sensing what was coming he retired after the World Series loss to the Reds. In 1910 he actually started his career with the White Sox playing 77 games but after only hitting .193 he was sold to Montreal of the Eastern League. February 25, 1946 - The White Sox created what is regarded as the first media guide, handed out to beat writers. Now, clearly there were programs and even media guides published before 1946, even by the White Sox themselves. However, those were often (always?) Spring Training and/or player rosters-only. The guide, written by Marsh Samuel and running 17 pages, actually just triggered a deeper, more interesting story ... that the White Sox were once forerunners of the metrics revolution! According to researcher Alan Kornspan at Cleveland State, beginning in 1946 and following in the footsteps of some other innovative figures (Branch Rickey, for one), Samuel began tracking advanced statistics, likely of his own creation but resembling some of what we see in the metrics world today. Cleveland owner Bill Veeck got wind of what Samuel was doing — and hired him away. At that point, Sox successor Ward Stevens took the reins and continued the work, which was still merely siloed in the P.R. department — not player evaluation. However, once Frank Lane was hired as G.M. he added Earl Flora as both publicity director but also statistician. Lane’s pet stat, tracked as a child rooting for the Cincinnati Reds, was RBI with RISP. Under Lane’s direction, Flora started tracking reach percentage (i.e. on-base percentage), base runs (both bases advanced by runners, as well as bases a batter’s hit moved runners) and GWRBI. In fact, Lane felt so strongly that RBIs were an overblown stat that he created his own offshoot: OBR (opportunities to bat in runs), the percentage of time batters drove in RISP. Flora eventually returned to sports editing, to be replaced by future White Sox G.M. Ed Short, a tireless worker who drove statistical analysis on the South Side to new heights.
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Venable said shortstop Colson Montgomery, who was out for a second day Tuesday with an unspecified illness, was feeling a little bit better. “We’’ll see where he’s at [Wednesday],” Venable said. • There’s no estimate yet on when center fielder Everson Pereira, acquired in an offseason trade with the Rays, will return to game action after experiencing tightness in his right side, Venable said. “Especially with that side stuff, you just don’t want to mess around and turn it into a longer stint than it needs to be,” he said.
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“Having been in Chicago since 1973 [as a pitcher] with the White Sox, they’re one of the most educated fan bases around,” Stone told the Sun-Times. “Some people don’t like it that they boo or don’t show up in a losing streak, but the fan can express his feelings as he wants. There’s nothing wrong with booing. If you’re going to be in line for the cheers, you have to be for the boos. The fans know what is good baseball and what is bad.” https://chicago.suntimes.com/white-sox/2026/02/24/white-sox-chairman-jerry-reinsdorf-birthday-steve-stone-john-schriffen-chris-getz
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True they can but I don't know about the part when it comes to "baseball-intelligence" shall we say with him either.
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Like the fact the Sox stole four bases. Don't like the fact they are letting Sosa a defensive liability play at third base (or anywhere in the field for that matter.) Guy is a DH.
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https://chicago.suntimes.com/bears-stadium/2026/02/24/soldier-field-renovation-post-chicago-bears-era-illinois-general-assembly
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February 24, 1948 - Sox G.M. Les O’Connor sent pitcher Eddie Lopat to the Yankees for three players. Lopat, was a soft tossing, off speed pitcher who won 50 games in four years with the Sox, twice having an ERA under three. He would quickly develop into one of the aces on the Yankees dynasty clubs of the 1950's winning 113 games in seven and a half years. He also went 4-1 in World Series play. Of the players the Sox got in return, only pitcher Bill Wight had any success on the South Side winning 34 games in three seasons. Another one of the players acquired, catcher Aaron Robinson, would be sent that November to the Tigers for a youngster named Billy Pierce.
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Bolded part is very true
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With labor unrest in MLB and the Bears situation my guess is the Sox stadium issue is far down the list of priorities for the organization as well as the city/state at this point. I suspect nothing tangible has taken place. My guess is they stay at Rate Field until Ishbia takes over with a short term extension and then he'll take over any future stadium issues.
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Asked whether the Bears leaving Illinois would mark a failure of the state’s ability to negotiate, Pritzker said, “There’s a limit to what the taxpayers of Illinois are going to spend on a stadium or on infrastructure.” https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/20/pritzker-bears-stadium-not-chicago/
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Even though it doesn't count it's always nice to beat the Cubs.
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And the Sox injury history since around 2016 has been well documented. This should be a major concern.
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https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/19/chicago-bears-stadium-move-indiana/
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Correct I did know this although as you point out that was never confirmed and was a rumor.
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You are welcome.
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What's the over/under on the number of runs the Cubs score in the first inning? 😆
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They will when Ishbia takes over until then you get "fiscal responsibility" (JR's words) and like it! 😆
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February 18, 1998 – Former White Sox broadcaster Harry Caray (born Harry Carabina), died in Rancho Mirage, California at age 83. It was four days after he suffered a stroke during his Valentine’s Day dinner, and two weeks short of his birthday and the beginning of his 54th season in the majors. Caray was born in St. Louis, was a terrific prep ballplayer, and while playing semipro baseball in the city he wrote to KMOX radio, insisting he could do a better job broadcasting than the current analysts. After brief stops in Peoria and Kalamazoo covering sports, he hooked on broadcasting the Cardinals and Browns in 1945. A hallmark of Harry’s style was his sprightly rapport with fans, as he often was broadcasting solo, with no color man. And often to his detriment with ownership, Caray was willing to criticize the play on the field, including that of his own team. After his long tenure in St. Louis and one year in Oakland, the White Sox hired Caray for TV and radio. He worked for the team from 1971-81 before skipping the South Side for the Cubs, with whom he’d finish his career. The Sox offered Caray more money to stay for the 1982 season than the Cubs but Caray had an acrimonious relationship with new owners Jerry Reinsdorf and Eddie Einhorn and wanted no part of the ill-fated SportsVision experiment. In addition to his many years broadcasting baseball, Caray also broadcast St. Louis Flyers hockey, University of Missouri football, St. Louis University and Western Michigan University college basketball, the Boston Celtics and St. Louis Hawks of the NBA and eight Cotton Bowl games (1958–64, 1966) on network radio.
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https://awfulannouncing.com/mlb/rob-manfred-expanding-national-inventory-new-tv-deals.html
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On paper they should be better but lots of issues could derail the season again. 4th place finish is probably the best you can hope for in the division and to not lose 100 games.
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