43 minutes ago43 min Two factoids today:October 31, 2005 - Happy Halloween!As the White Sox were winning their first championship in 88 years, Sports Illustrated put Scott Podsednik and his winning home run from the second game on the cover. The long caption read, “World Series. In a Match Up of Two Title Hungry Teams, The White Sox Struck First, Dramatically Downing the Astros in Games 1 And 2.” Sports Illustrated then basically ignored the White Sox winning the series by only putting a small circle shot of the team celebrating in the corner of the following week’s cover, breaking a long-standing tradition. The cover that week was Peyton Manning and Tom Brady as the magazine previewed a regular season NFL game….not a Super Bowl matchup, not a playoff contest…but a regular season meeting.October 31, 2024 - The White Sox officially announced the hiring of Will Venable as the 44th field manager in franchise history.Venable came from the Rangers organization where he was the associate manager and helped win a World Series. He also coached in the Red Sox and Cubs organizations after an almost 10-year playing career as an outfielder.He was considered an up-and-comer in the baseball world and many reviews were positive regarding his hiring. He stepped into what many were also considering the most difficult job in the Major Leagues, working with an organization that lost a record 121 games in the 2024 season, had an owner who was at an advanced age, with speculation regarding a new stadium or potentially selling and moving the club and a fan base that, if it wasn’t angry, had simply become apathetic given the state of the club.
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