11 hours ago11 hr Three factoids today:May 29, 1922 - Continuing to rebuild in the wake of the “Black Sox” scandal, owner Charles Comiskey spent 100,000 thousand dollars and purchased the contract of third baseman Willie Kamm from San Francisco of the Pacific Coast League. Comiskey also threw in three players.Kamm would lead the A.L. in fielding percentage for six straight seasons. In his eight full years with the Sox, he had 80 or more RBI’s four times in a season and in 1925, he not “Babe” Ruth led the league with 90 walks.May 29, 1982 - LaMarr Hoyt was beaten by the Indians 5-2 at Cleveland. Hoyt had won his first nine decisions of the season and coupled with five straight wins to end 1981, meant he had won 14 consecutive decisions. It was the longest win streak over multiple seasons in franchise history at that time. Hoyt hadn’t lost a game since August 15, 1981 at (where else?) Baltimore. Cleveland got to Hoyt for four early runs and never looked back.May 29, 2024 – The absolutely horrific season of 2024 saw the team seemingly set a new low every other day. After a 3-1 loss to the Blue Jays, the White Sox set the franchise record, losing all seven games on a homestand for the first time ever. Never before had they dropped every single game at home playing at least seven contests.They were swept in four by Baltimore and then swept in three by Toronto. On the homestand they scored a paltry 18 runs.
10 hours ago10 hr 47 minutes ago, Lip Man 1 said:Three factoids today:May 29, 1922 - Continuing to rebuild in the wake of the “Black Sox” scandal, owner Charles Comiskey spent 100,000 thousand dollars and purchased the contract of third baseman Willie Kamm from San Francisco of the Pacific Coast League. Comiskey also threw in three players.Kamm would lead the A.L. in fielding percentage for six straight seasons. In his eight full years with the Sox, he had 80 or more RBI’s four times in a season and in 1925, he not “Babe” Ruth led the league with 90 walks.May 29, 1982 - LaMarr Hoyt was beaten by the Indians 5-2 at Cleveland. Hoyt had won his first nine decisions of the season and coupled with five straight wins to end 1981, meant he had won 14 consecutive decisions. It was the longest win streak over multiple seasons in franchise history at that time. Hoyt hadn’t lost a game since August 15, 1981 at (where else?) Baltimore. Cleveland got to Hoyt for four early runs and never looked back.May 29, 2024 – The absolutely horrific season of 2024 saw the team seemingly set a new low every other day. After a 3-1 loss to the Blue Jays, the White Sox set the franchise record, losing all seven games on a homestand for the first time ever. Never before had they dropped every single game at home playing at least seven contests.They were swept in four by Baltimore and then swept in three by Toronto. On the homestand they scored a paltry 18 runs.Kamm was probably the best post-Scandal acquisition, along with Bibb Falk. The less said about 2024, the better. Still want to believe that I just hallucinated that whole season. Edited 10 hours ago10 hr by NO!!MARY!!!
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