Are the Chicago White Sox a good team?

In an otherwise ho-hum game last week, with the Chicago White Sox trailing the Kansas City Royals 3-2 in the top of the eighth inning, Eloy Jiménez came to the plate with a pair of runners on base.

Who is the better team Cubs or White Sox?

The White Sox currently lead the regular season series 70–64. There have been eight 3 game series sweeps since interleague play began: four by the Cubs in 1998, 2004, 2007, 2008, and four by the White Sox in 1999, 2008, 2012 and 2021.

Was Al Capone a White Sox fan?

At the cross-city exhibition game between the White Sox and Cubs at Comiskey Park an infamous fan sat along the White Sox side of the field, in the front row. The fan was Al Capone, the head of the largest crime syndicate in Chicago (known as the “Chicago Outfit”).

Why is the Chicago baseball team called the White Sox?

In 1900, Charles Comiskey moved the St. Paul Saints to the South Side of Chicago. The team adopted the former nickname of its future rivals (the Cubs) and became the White Stockings, which was shortened to White Sox a few years after the club joined the American League in 1901.

Who is White Sox best hitter?

Career Top 10 Leaders

What baseball team did Al Capone like?

Ralph Capone, who was born in Angri, Italy, began playing ball in 1912 as an 18-year-old with a team called the Algerians. Al, who was five years younger, would go “anywhere that Ralph would go” and the two played for St. Michael’s in 1916, said Gomes.

Did Capone use baseball bats?

Murder with a Baseball Bat Even while powerful forces were amassing against him, Capone indulged in one last bloody act of revenge — the killing of two Sicilian colleagues whom he believed had betrayed him. Capone invited his victims to a sumptuous banquet where he brutally pulverized them with a baseball bat.

What’s the difference between the Chicago White Sox and Chicago Cubs?

Meanwhile the White Sox were the scrappy blue-collar alternative; while the Cubs played in a leafy, bucolic residential neighborhood, Sox fans had to brave an industrial setting in view of the South Side housing projects.

Why do they wear black and white socks on football teams?

As to why they currently wear a black socks, teams frequently change uniform colors and styles. Primarily for merchandising reasons. So the team socks have not only been white and black, they have been striped. And believes it or not, they have even been red.

Why are the Red Sox and White Sox called “Socks”?

At the time, the plural of “sock” was often spelled as “sox.” This is archaic today, but both the Red Sox and White Sox retain it out of tradition. The White Sox’ story is very similar. There had been a “Chicago White Stockings” team in that city going all the way back to the start of pro baseball in 1871.

Why are the Chicago Cubs on WGN Radio?

WGN radio was started by the Chicago Tribune (the “World’s Greatest Newspaper”) in the 1920s and immediately began broadcasting both Cubs and White Sox games; when WGN added a TV outlet the Cubs quickly became the primary draw, particularly as the Cubs only played day games at home, making for superior television.