1958Future White Sox hurler Juan Pizarro set a record by recording 17 strikeouts in the Caribbean Series opener. The game was the culmination of Pizarro’s biggest Puerto Rican Winter League season, during which he won the PRWL MVP as he became the second of now four pitchers to win the pitching Triple Crown, going 14-5 […]
1974It was a small trade, but one that the White Sox undoubtedly won and sent a shortstop Eddie Leon to the Yankees for savior Cecil Upshaw. Upshaw only pitched one season on the South Side, but he had a solid late role for the club, finishing 15 of his 29 games with a save, with […]
1906The Pale Hose bid on a World series upset by a 1-0 defeat at home to the Cubsmaking the series even 2-2. Mordecai Brown exacted revenge for a one-point loss Nick Altrock in the Series opener, holding the White Sox to two hits and only two runners in scoring position. Altrock, for his part, was […]
The sports world is no stranger to dramatic falls from grace. Think of it as a collapse of the ninth inning in game 7-one mix of chaos, disbelief and inevitability. Antonio BrownThe career has been a highlight of such moments, in which Gridiron brilliance is combined with turbulence outside the field. But even for a […]