TODAY IN SOX HISTORY: JUNE 6

[StatManDu]

A DAY OFF TO HOPE AND PRAY

1944: All Major League games were cancelled as the country turned its attention to Europe where allied forces invaded occupied France.

 

AND PRINT IT!

1966: Lee Elia clubbed the first home run of his career in the White Sox 5-1 win – their fifth straight – at California. Elia’s blast came in the second, an inning after the Sox had taken the lead for good on Floyd Robinson’s RBI single. Dennis Higgins, the cousin of Joe Crede, fired four perfect innings for his second save in preserving Juan Pizarro’s fifth win.

 

LET’S BE FRANK: HE’S DRAFTED

1989: The White Sox used their first round pick on Frank Thomas thus beginning one of the most productive careers in franchise history. The first baseman out of Auburn was the seventh overall pick of the draft. Fourteen months later, Thomas debuted for the Sox.

 

ATTA BOY, ALEX

2006: Alex Cintron’s three-run homer in the eighth lifted the White Sox past the Tigers 4-3 before 37,192 at US Cellular Field. Cintron’s homer, his first with the Sox, came with two outs and Jermaine Dye and Joe Crede on base.

 

By the way, some of these appear on the left field board at three times during each Sox home game as the "White Sox Almanac"

 

 

[Jordan4life_2007]

I remember that Cintron HR like it was yesterday. No lead was safe against us that first half. Seemed like we were coming back from legitimate deficits 2-3 times a week. We were owning every top closer in baseball.

Edited June 6, 2011 by Jordan4life

[Milkman delivers]

I remember that Cintron HR like it was yesterday. No lead was safe against us that first half. Seemed like we were coming back from legitimate deficits 2-3 times a week. We were owning every top closer in baseball.

 

I was there for that. And yes, you are correct. The 2006 team in the first half was the most fun team I can ever remember.

[JoeBatterz]

I did not even know that Lee Elia played for the Sox. Awesome!