Lip Man 1 Posted June 2, 2023 Share Posted June 2, 2023 June 2, 1959 – Down through the seasons when the White Sox played the Orioles strange and bizarre things seemed to take place. For the most part those instances took place in Baltimore but on this night, Comiskey Park played host to one that fans attending never forgot. Future Sox pitcher Hoyt Wilhelm was on the mound for the O’s in the first inning when a swarm of gnats descended on to the pitching mound area. It was so bad he couldn’t see the plate and the game was halted as trainers, the grounds crew, even umpires tried to get rid of the bugs. Finally after 16 minutes Sox owner Bill Veeck, ordered the fireworks crew in from the center field bullpen to set up a launch site. One explosion later the gnats were gone and the game resumed. Wilhelm and Baltimore would win it 3-2. June 2, 1967 - The Sox traded infielder Jerry Adair to Boston for two players, one of whom was pitcher Don McMahon. McMahon would be spectacular out of the bullpen going 5-0, grabbing three saves and having an ERA of 1.67 in 51 games in a little over 91 innings for the “Near Miss” White Sox. June 2, 1995 - With the Sox having blown four straight games to the Indians, and off to an 11-20 start, manager Gene Lamont was fired and replaced by abrasive, taciturn third base coach Terry Bevington. Bevington would turn out to be a disaster on the field and in the clubhouse and the long-term effects of the way Lamont was dismissed would cause his mentor and former Sox coach Jim Leyland to turn down overtures by owner Jerry Reinsdorf to take over after Bevington was removed before the start of the 1998 season. He’d be replaced by first time manager Jerry Manuel. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Kids Can Play Posted June 2, 2023 Share Posted June 2, 2023 6 hours ago, Lip Man 1 said: June 2, 1959 – Down through the seasons when the White Sox played the Orioles strange and bizarre things seemed to take place. For the most part those instances took place in Baltimore but on this night, Comiskey Park played host to one that fans attending never forgot. Future Sox pitcher Hoyt Wilhelm was on the mound for the O’s in the first inning when a swarm of gnats descended on to the pitching mound area. It was so bad he couldn’t see the plate and the game was halted as trainers, the grounds crew, even umpires tried to get rid of the bugs. Finally after 16 minutes Sox owner Bill Veeck, ordered the fireworks crew in from the center field bullpen to set up a launch site. One explosion later the gnats were gone and the game resumed. Wilhelm and Baltimore would win it 3-2. June 2, 1967 - The Sox traded infielder Jerry Adair to Boston for two players, one of whom was pitcher Don McMahon. McMahon would be spectacular out of the bullpen going 5-0, grabbing three saves and having an ERA of 1.67 in 51 games in a little over 91 innings for the “Near Miss” White Sox. June 2, 1995 - With the Sox having blown four straight games to the Indians, and off to an 11-20 start, manager Gene Lamont was fired and replaced by abrasive, taciturn third base coach Terry Bevington. Bevington would turn out to be a disaster on the field and in the clubhouse and the long-term effects of the way Lamont was dismissed would cause his mentor and former Sox coach Jim Leyland to turn down overtures by owner Jerry Reinsdorf to take over after Bevington was removed before the start of the 1998 season. He’d be replaced by first time manager Jerry Manuel. That 1995 team from a hitting standpoint was a really good team. The reason they finished 68-76 in a second straight shortened season, was the pitching staff was horrible besides having a crappy manager. POS Name G R H 2B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS 1B Frank Thomas 145 102 152 27 40 111 136 74 308 454 606 1.061 UT Dave Martinez 118 49 93 16 5 37 32 41 307 371 436 806 CF Lance Johnson 142 98 186 18 10 57 32 31 306 341 425 766 RF Mike Devereaux 92 48 102 21 10 55 25 51 306 352 465 817 3B Robin Ventura 135 79 145 22 26 93 75 98 295 384 498 882 LF Tim Raines 133 81 143 25 12 67 70 52 285 374 422 796 2B Ray Durham 125 68 121 27 7 51 31 83 257 309 384 693 SS Ozzie Guillen 122 50 103 20 1 41 13 25 248 270 318 588 C Ron Karkovice 113 44 70 14 13 51 39 84 217 306 387 693 Team Totals 145 755 1417 252 146 712 576 767 280 354 431 785 AL Rank 5 2 7 8 2 2 2 4 5 5 The pitching staff was garbage with a 4.85 ERA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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