March 15, 1976 - After stepping in at the last minute to buy the franchise and prevent them from being moved to Seattle, Bill Veeck appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated. The caption said, “Baseball Couldn’t Shut Him Out. Bill Veeck of the White Sox.” Veeck would own the team from 1976 through 1980 in his second stint.

Then Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley, a big Sox fan, was instrumental in contacting Veeck to see if he would get involved since Daley did not want to see the club relocated. The original plan by baseball was to move the Sox to Seattle thus ending the lawsuits filed by that city, King County and the state. Then Charlie Finley would move his Oakland A’s to the South Side. Originally the other owners voted down Veeck’s bid, demanding that he change financial ownership terms in it. Amazingly Veeck somehow got it done and the other owners reluctantly voted to let him have the franchise.

Happy Birthday to Harold Baines, born in 1959, and an unhappy Birthday to Jon Jay, born in 1985. Jay played only 47 games for the 2019 White Sox, signed primarily due to his childhood friendship with Manny Machado. It was hoped that Jay and Machado's brother-in-law, Yonder Alonso would help Machado make the decision to accept the White Sox offer. Neither lobbied Machado. Jay even said Machado should take the best deal.