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Chicago White Sox

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  • began as the minor league Sioux City Cornhuskers and played in the Western League

    began as the minor league Sioux City Cornhuskers and played in the Western League

  • Charles Comiskey bought the Sioux City team and transferred it to Saint Paul, Minnesota

    Charles Comiskey bought the Sioux City team and transferred it to Saint Paul, Minnesota

  • Western League changed its name to the American League

  • Comiskey moved his St. Paul club to the Near South Side and renamed it the White Stockings

  • the White Stockings won the 1900 American League pennant led by player-manager Dick Padden

  • AL declined to renew its membership in the National Agreement and declared itself a major league

  • White Stockings captured the AL's first major-league pennant the next year

  • the name change to the White Sox was brought on after scorekeeper Christoph Hynes wrote White Sox at the top of a scorecard rather than White Stockings

    the name change to the White Sox was brought on after scorekeeper Christoph Hynes wrote White Sox at the top of a scorecard rather than White Stockings

  • the coldest Opening Day ever, when the temperature was 38 degrees

  • Pants Rowland became the manager and the White Sox added outfielder Shoeless Joe Jackson, second baseman Eddie Collins and outfielder Happy Felsch to the line-up

  • finished in 3rd place with a record of 93–61

  • acquired pitcher Lefty Williams and finished 2nd at 89–65

  • addition of first baseman Chick Gandil and shortstop Swede Risberg

  • Eddie Collins was the hitting hero, batting .409 over the six game series

    Eddie Collins was the hitting hero, batting .409 over the six game series

  • won 4–2 and clinched the world championship

  • win the pennant in 1919 and entered the World Series heavily favored to defeat the Cincinnati Reds in a best-of-9

  • the evidence of involvement disappeared from the Cook County courthouse, and lacking that tangible evidence, a criminal trial ended in acquittals of all the players

  • an investigation into a fixed Cubs game

  • Invention of Television

  • Great Depression

  • following Charles Comiskey's death, the team continued to be operated by his family – first by his son Louis, then by Louis' widow Grace, and finally by their daughter Dorothy Rigney

  • Jimmy Dykes, who led them from 1934 to 1946

    Jimmy Dykes, who led them from 1934 to 1946

  • Recession

  • Pearl Harbor Bombing

  • Perennial All-Star Minnie Miñoso, a former Negro Leaguer who became the White Sox' first black player in 1951

    Perennial All-Star Minnie Miñoso, a former Negro Leaguer who became the White Sox' first black player in 1951

  • Rosa Parks refuses to ride at the back of the bus.

  • ownership passes to a new ownership group led by Bill Veeck

  • the team won its first pennant in 40 years, thanks to the efforts of several eventual Hall of Famers – Lopez, Aparicio, Fox, and pitcher Early Wynn

  • After the pennant-clinching victory, Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley, a lifelong White Sox fan, ordered his fire chief to set off the city's air raid sirens. Many Chicagoans became fearful and confused since 1959 was the height of the Cold War; however, th

  • they became the first team in the history of sports to wear last names on the back of their jerseys

  • Health problems forced Veeck to sell the team to brothers Arthur and John Allyn

  • , Andrew Rozdilsky a lifelong Chicago resident, performed as the unofficial yet popular mascot "Andy the Clown" for the White Sox at the original Comiskey Park

  • Martin Luther King Jr. Civil Rights Speech

  • J.F.K. assassination

  • First Man on the Moon

  • Vietnam Draft

  • Bill Veeck regained ownership of the team

  • Veeck introduced retro uniforms

  • Bob Lemon was named AL Manager of the Year by UPI for his efforts

    Bob Lemon was named AL Manager of the Year by UPI for his efforts

  • Veeck sold the team to an ownership group headed by Jerry Reinsdorf and Eddie Einhorn

  • Tony La Russa his first Manager of the Year award

    Tony La Russa his first Manager of the Year award

  • New Comiskey Park

    New Comiskey Park

  • the White Sox had a cartoon mascot named, 'Waldo The White Sox Wolf' that advertised the ‘Silver and Black Pack’

  • The White Sox led the new American League Central at the time of the 1994 players' strike

  • World Trades Center bombing

  • Comiskey Park was renamed after cell phone company U.S. Cellular bought the naming rights at $68 million over 20 years

    Comiskey Park was renamed after cell phone company U.S. Cellular bought the naming rights at $68 million over 20 years

  • the team's current mascot was introduced as SouthPaw

    the team's current mascot was introduced as SouthPaw

  • Amazingly, despite their 105 year history, this was only the franchise's third World Series championship

  • unveiling of a bronze statue of former White Sox slugger Frank Thomas

  • announced former third baseman Robin Ventura as their new manager, succeeding interim manager Don Cooper

    announced former third baseman Robin Ventura as their new manager, succeeding interim manager Don Cooper

  • the White Sox employed a duo, called Ribbie and Roobarb, as their team mascots

  • coldest opening day in 106 years