1907
The White Sox departed Chicago on the Sundown Restricted prepare, en path to Mexico Metropolis for spring coaching — the first-ever Spring Coaching held exterior of the US. The touring social gathering for the defending World Series Champions consisted of 49 folks, with 5 others (together with Nick Altrock) picked up at stops alongside the best way south.
White Sox proprietor Charles Comiskey had promised his gamers an unique spring coaching journey in the event that they prevailed in successful the 1906 AL pennant, and crew scout Ted Sullivan ended up deciding on the Mexican capital. Comiskey additionally sensed that Latin America may develop into fertile floor for future baseball prospects (prescient), and hoped that this spring journey would assist develop the sport in Mexico and result in participant signings at some point.
Some Mexico Metropolis followers did come out to help the White Sox on their eight-game journey, however the metropolis itself could not have been prepared for prime time: There was no scorching water for gamers of their lodge rooms, and with few telegraph connections, information in regards to the eight video games was laborious to ship again to Chicago. Moreover, Comiskey priced the video games too excessive and ended up returning to Chicago for the 1907 season within the pink.
That summer season, the White Sox spent nearly all of the season in first place, however faltered in late August and completed in third, 5 1⁄2 video games out.
1959
A court docket ruling in opposition to White Sox co-owner Chuck Comiskey, and in favor of sister and co-owner Dorothy together with new proprietor Invoice Veeck, ensured that possession of the membership would fall out of Comiskey palms for the primary time because the crew’s inception in 1900.
Chuck’s core argument was that his late mom, Grace, supposed all the time to maintain the White Sox within the household, and thus Dorothy ought to have provided her 54% of the White Sox to Chuck first/solely. In actuality, Chuck was so assured Dorothy couldn’t promote exterior of the household that he lowballed his sister; had he simply produced a good/market provide, he would have taken over the White Sox, as he felt was his birthright.
1967
In what’s believed to be a primary, the White Sox received permission to make use of an experimental “partial” designated hitter of their residence Spring Coaching video games. This primitive DH rule allowed a participant to pinch-hit twice in the identical recreation (relatively than simply as soon as), offered each groups conform to the rule earlier than the sport.
It’s not identified whether or not the White Sox each employed this experimental DH in a recreation.
1996
It was yet one more Corridor of Fame near-miss for Nellie Fox.
Eleven years after his controversial denial for HOF admission — Fox earned 74.7% of the 1985 balloting however was two votes shy of the 75% threshold and was not rounded up for entry — the same boondoggle occured.
This time, Fox earned 75% of the votes from a Veterans Committee who agreed on 5 gamers to be added to the 1996 HOF class; nevertheless, only one “trendy” period participant may very well be elected, and Jim Bunning polled higher than Fox.
For a second time, Fox was “elected” to the Corridor of Fame — and denied. The unsuitable could be righted in 1997.
2020
Coming off of a 25-homer, 5.2-WAR season, Yoán Moncada signed a five-year, $70 million contract extension. The deal adopted extensions given to Eloy Jiménez and Luis Robert Jr., who received theirs with out ever having performed a recreation within the majors. Moncada’s scenario higher resembles that of Cuban countryman Robert, in that each had been signed to huge bonuses to depart Cuba, in Moncada’s case $31.5 million.
Moncada struggled to fulfill his 2019 greatness in 2020, contracting COVID firstly of Summer time Camp and battling fatigue over the 60-game season. He bounced again for a 4.0 WAR season in 2021, however slumped to a .212 common in simply 104 video games in 2022 after which an injury-riddled 2023. The 2024 season was no higher, and the White Sox purchased Moncada out of his contract relatively than pay him $25 million for 2025.
