During a world tour in which several European Countries were visited, the French Baseball Federation honors New Giants manager John McGraw and Chicago White Sox owner Charles Comiskey with a medal for their efforts to promote the game of baseball in France. This world tour started in 1924 in Canada and would sail the Atlantic…
In today’s episode, we will describe how the Chicago White Sox got their nickname Black Sox. It has nothing to do with them throwing the 1919 World Series. The general thought is that the Chicago White Sox were called the Black Sox because eight of their players threw the 1919 World Series. But that is…
Shortly after the 1913 World Series, that was won by the Philadelphia Athletics with its A$100,000 infield, the owner of the Chicago White Sox, Charles Comiskey and the manager of the New York Giants, John McGraw, started a promotional tour around the globe. According to the legend, Charles Comiskey and John McGraw made the plan…
This morning I read at Fox Sports.com that the new MLB commissioner Rob Manfred is willing to open the door of Cooperstown for Pete Rose. Normally Pete Rose would have been a fix for the Hall of Fame, but in his role as manager of the Cincinnati Reds, he bet on games in which his…
