March 1, 201511 yr RIP, the man was a consummate professional. I'm glad he got to see the Sox win a world series
March 1, 201511 yr This is awful. I was just reading yesterday about how he was desperate to get in the Hall before he passed. Damn.
March 1, 201511 yr Every bit the ambassador for Chicago Baseball as anyone. I was there when he was activated to bat in an additional decade. A wonderful and cheerful great player I got to see in his prime
March 1, 201511 yr Met him once and know his son. Hell, I have his cell number. He was the nicest guy and made you feel like family. RIP Minnie.
March 1, 201511 yr Minnie had been exercising with the Northwestern Hospital heart patients last year at my health club. He was popular with everyone and a really sweet person RIP
March 1, 201511 yr Minnie was my dad's 2nd favorite White Sox when he was a kid, close behind Nellie Fox. During the 2005 playoff run, I went to Games 3 and 4 in Anaheim, the last one with a friend of mine who happened to be Cuban. We had nosebleed seats, but the last few innings the crowd really thinned out, and so we decided to relocate to a section along the 1st base line where we saw a large contingent of Sox fans. Shortly after we sit down, I realize we are sitting right next to Minnie Minoso. Minnie spoke with us throughout the rest of the game, and he was the 1st person I high-fived at the end of the game. He couldn't have been nicer or more excited about the Sox. Minnie loved the Sox through and through. Talented, classy, loyal--you couldn't ask for a better representative for the organization. RIP Minnie.
March 1, 201511 yr Damn. He was a great representative of Chicago and the White Sox. In the years when the team had no chance it was guys like Minnie who made baseball special and a reason to go watch the team play. Being a baseball fan is so much more than just watching championship teams. It's watching great people and respecting the traditions. RIP Minnie got to play when it was game not a business. When I was growing up I remember him playing in the 1980s and the newspaper coverage about his career. I remember having his baseball card and looking at the stats. He was lucky in some ways, unlucky he couldn't have hit free agency and made some real money.
March 1, 201511 yr He was so much fun in 05 06. I think I've mentioned that I don't know s much about Sox history since my dad was an Is fan. Minoso was it. He was the first guy I knew and clung too and wish I could have seen.
March 1, 201511 yr Mr. White Sox. What a great dude. Just one of those people who loved life. Always had the time to say hello and tell a story. Take care Minnie! Thanks for the smiles and memories.
March 1, 201511 yr I remember when Sox got Minnie in 1951, and how he captivated the city and especially Sox fans. To this day I use variations of his name in many of my passwords, so I think of him often. He was a dandy. Funny how he and Ernie Banks died so close together in time. RIP.
March 1, 201511 yr I just read a good, but probably easy for a big White Sox fan, trivia question. There is still an active player who had a teammate who was a teammate of Minnie's.
March 1, 201511 yr QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Mar 1, 2015 -> 11:16 AM) I just read a good, but probably easy for a big White Sox fan, trivia question. There is still an active player who had a teammate who was a teammate of Minnie's. Took me a while but I figured it out. That's awesome
March 1, 201511 yr Should be a H.O.F. The guy won't get nearly the same media attention for this as Banks death either. R.I.P. to a great guy.
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