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1923The man who would later be nicknamed ‘Moose’ Walt dropswas born in Moosup, Conn. Dropo would grow to 6’5″, 220 pounds (gigantic for the time, still quite big today!), earning the double meaning of his nickname. He came to the White Sox in time for the 1955 season, as part of a Frank Lane attempt […]
1905The White Sox lost the pennant on the penultimate day of the season when Werper Doc White Could not beat the lower nourishing St. Louis Brown. Wit and the SOX lost, 6-2, and handed the flag to the Philadelphia Athletics. The SOX would finish two games from the pace the season. That year they had […]
1923Although the team did not strive for the pennant, the White Sox made a late move that would have great consequences in the short and long term: Fielder Koopcentrum Maurice Archdeacon From the Double-A Rochester tribe in the International League, for the impressive sum of $ 50,000. The Speedster hit him .357 for the tribe […]
1923In a competition in Comiskey Park, White Sox Pitcher Hollis “Sloppy” Thurston Threw an impeccable collection of relief (the side of only nine pitches) versus the Philadelphia Athletics. Thurston’s spotless inning came in the 12th and mowing Frank “Beauty” McGowan, Clarence “Chick” Galloway and Sam Hale. Thurston only became the fifth pitcher in MLB history […]
