March 31, 1996 – Michael Jordan, after his first spring training, was assigned to the Double-A Birmingham Barons of the Southern League where he would play in 127 games. He only hit .202 but he had 30 stolen bases, drove in 51 RBI’s and had 17 doubles.

He then moved to the Arizona Fall League, where he had a more impressive season hitting .252. Without the 1994-95 labor stalemate, Jordan would have reported to Charlotte in 1995, with an outside shot at seeing the majors that year.

March 31, 1996 - Because of a quirk in the calendar the Sox had a March opening day for the first time in franchise history when they started the 1996 season in Seattle on the final day of the month.

Frank Thomas hit a home run off Randy Johnson in the first inning but the Sox lost the game 3-2 in 12 innings striking out 21 times in the process. Johnson struck out 14 hitters himself in seven innings. The Sox have since opened in March a few times since then but 1996 was the first time it happened.

March 31, 2025 – Baseball can surprise you. A White Sox club rebuilding for the second time since 2016 got a much-needed boost in a 9-0 win over the Twins at Rate Field.

Martin Perez, the only name player signed in the off-season, threw six innings of no-hit ball with nine strikeouts to get the win. In doing so he helped tie two records.

He became only the second pitcher since 1901, joining Hideo Nomo of the Red Sox, to throw at least six hitless innings with nine or more strikeouts in his first game with a new team.

And he continued a stellar stretch of pitching as the White Sox became the fourth team in baseball to have a starting pitcher go five-plus innings and not allow an earned run in the first four games to start a season. They joined the 2019 Blue Jays, 2013 Giants and 1976 Brewers in that category. Unfortunately that excellence didn’t last for much longer.

March 30, 2026 - The White Sox became the first team to hit consecutive grand slams in March.