May 23May 23 Two factoids today:May 23, 1954 - The Sox quest to find a competent third baseman appeared to be at an end as G.M. Frank Lane sent infielder Grady Hatton and $100,000 dollars to Boston for All-Star George Kell. It was the first time the Red Sox had sold a player outright since the “Babe” Ruth deal.Kell’s best year was 1955 when he hit .312 with 81 RBI’s. However, he had a bad back which limited his playing time and he was traded to the Orioles early in 1956 as part of a six-player deal.May 23, 2024 – Over the decades when it came to the White Sox facing the Orioles you could almost always count on something strange, bizarre or unusual taking place at some point with the result usually costing the Sox an opportunity to win.On this night at Guaranteed Rate Field, the Sox had scored four runs in the ninth inning and had the tying runs on base, trailing 8-6 when the game ended in one of the strangest ways possible.Andrew Benintendi hit a pop up in the infield. Orioles shortstop Gunnar Henderson drifted over to make the play when base runner Andrew Vaughn was called for interference even though Henderson had plenty of time to make the catch. It ended the game as Henderson was credited with an unassisted double play!
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