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1890Harry Grabinerthe White Sox’s first and longest-serving general manager, was born in Chicago. He was an employee of the team for forty years and literally rose from peanut salesman to vice president. Grabiner served under three Comiskey owners: Karel, J. LouisAnd Elegance. Back then, “general manager” wasn’t really a standalone position, so Grabiner was the […]
This Christmas classic is particularly suitable for a baseball conversion. Although originally the creation of a Montgomery Ward copywriter for a 1939 season promotion, Rudolph was made famous by the portrayal of legendary cowboy singer-actor Gene Autry. Autry was the original owner of the Angels and led the team through seemingly endless name changes for […]
Many people think that Win -likeliness added (WPA) is a useful statistics. Many coverings, including our own game wrap polls, would like to refer to them. Others think that it is simply something that is conceived in 2008 by a Fangraphs trainee to at least get something on a CV and has little goal for […]
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 […]
