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Since, the White Sox have played in U. S. Cellular Field, which was originally called New Comiskey Park and nicknamed The Cell by local fans.
In, the team moved into historic Comiskey Park, which they would inhabit for more than eight decades.
Probably the most infamous moment in the White Sox rivalry was in 1994 when the White Sox confiscated Albert Belle's corked bat, and the ensuing attempt by Indians pitcher Jason Grimsley to crawl through the Comiskey Park ( now U. S. Cellular Field ) clubhouse ceiling to retrieve it.
Rumor was the Cubs could hold home games across town at Comiskey Park, home of the American League's Chicago White Sox.
July 12, 1979 became known as " the day disco died " because of Disco Demolition Night, an anti-disco demonstration at Comiskey Park in Chicago.
* 1933 – The first Major League Baseball All-Star Game is played in Chicago's Comiskey Park.
The home run is still considered to be the longest home run ever hit in the old Comiskey Park, some saying that it went 600 feet ( 183 meters ).
In the first inning, Williams caught a line drive by Ralph Kiner, slamming into the Comiskey Park scoreboard and breaking his left arm.
** A Disco Demolition Night publicity stunt goes awry at Comiskey Park, forcing the Chicago White Sox to forfeit their game against the Detroit Tigers.
* July 6 – The first Major League Baseball All-Star Game is played at Comiskey Park in Chicago.
) It was designed by the architect Zachary Taylor Davis ( who four years earlier had designed Comiskey Park for the Chicago White Sox ), incorporating the new " fireproof " building codes recently enacted by the city.
The first Major League Baseball All-Star Game was held at Comiskey Park ( home of the Chicago White Sox ) in conjunction with the fair.
The Synchronicity Tour began in Chicago, Illinois in July 1983 at the original Comiskey Park, and ended in Melbourne, Australia in March 1984 at the Melbourne Showgrounds ( the final concert featured Simple Minds, Flock of Seagulls, The Fixx, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, and The Police topping the bill ).
In his last at-bat, at Comiskey Park in Chicago on October 4, he collected a broken-bat single up the middle, but the A's lost to the White Sox, 5 – 2.
It shared the neighborhood now known as Bronzeville with many historic places: Comiskey Park was a few blocks away, west of what is now the Dan Ryan Expressway ; the land used to expand the campus in the 1940s through 1970s was home to many of Chicago's old famous jazz and blues clubs, with performers like Louis Armstrong highlighting the neighborhood.
Lights for the softball field were donated from the old Comiskey Park in Chicago.
LaMotta and Robinson had their fifth bout at Comiskey Park, Chicago, Illinois on September 26, 1945.
Before more modern football stadiums were built in the United States, many baseball parks, including Fenway Park, the Polo Grounds, Wrigley Field, Comiskey Park, Tiger Stadium, Griffith Stadium, Milwaukee County Stadium, Shibe Park, Forbes Field, Yankee Stadium, and Sportsman's Park were used by the National Football League or the American Football League.
* July 12, 1979: WLUP Chicago disc jockeys Steve Dahl and Garry Meier staged " Disco Demolition Night " at Comiskey Park between games of a scheduled Chicago White Sox-Detroit Tigers double-header.
The Maroons met the Cardinals in late November near the end of the season for a game at Chicago's Comiskey Park, under snowy conditions.
Soon, the combination of poor home gates and the lure of $ 2, 500 guarantees to play at larger venues ( like Wrigley Field, Comiskey Park and the Polo Grounds ), made the Triangles primarily a traveling team.
Veeck hired two plainclothes police officers to accompany Doby as he went to Comiskey Park to prevent the large number of black fans from affecting the first black player to enter an American League stadium.

Comiskey and was
Originally, the award was known as the J. Louis Comiskey Memorial Award, named after the Chicago White Sox owner of the 1930s.
Johnson, a Cincinnati-based reporter, had been recommended by his friend Charles Comiskey, former major league star with the St. Louis Browns in the 1880s, who was then managing the Cincinnati Reds.
Johnson, a Cincinnati-based reporter, had been recommended by his friend Charles Comiskey, former major league star with the St. Louis Browns in the 1880s, who was then managing the Cincinnati Reds.
In 1894, another team calling itself the Millers was formed when Ban Johnson and Charles Comiskey revived the Western League in hopes of making it a second major league.
In the broadcast booth, Caray made a habit of privately singing along with the song while long-time Comiskey Park organist Nancy Faust was playing it for the public.
The first All-Star Game was held as part of the 1933 World's Fair in Chicago, Illinois, at Comiskey Park and was the brainchild of Arch Ward, then sports editor for the Chicago Tribune.
* in 1983, the game was played on Wednesday night, July 6, at Chicago's Comiskey Park 50 years to the day after the first all-star game in the same location.
He worked to clean up the hooliganism that was tarnishing the reputation of players in the 1920s, and inserted his office into negotiations with players, where he deemed appropriate, to end a few of the labor practices of owners like Charles Comiskey that had contributed to the players ' discontent.
Gandil enlisted several of his teammates, motivated by a dislike of club owner Charles Comiskey whom they perceived as a tightwad, to implement the fix ; Comiskey had developed a reputation for underpaying his players for years ( under the MLB reserve clause, players either had to take the salary they were offered, or couldn't play Major League Baseball, as they were property of the original team, and no other team was allowed to sign them ).
By most contemporary accounts, the two factions almost never spoke to each other on or off the field, and the only thing they had in common was a resentment of Comiskey.
Despite the season being on the line, White Sox owner Charles Comiskey suspended the seven White Sox still in the majors ( Chick Gandil had conspicuously left the team and was playing semi-pro ball ).
Disco Demolition Night was a promotional event that took place on Thursday, July 12, 1979, at Comiskey Park in Chicago, Illinois, during which a crate filled with disco records was blown up on the field.
On July 12, 1979, just a few months after Newsweek had reported on the " over " of disco music, a " tongue-in-cheek " promotional event known as Disco Demolition Night was held at Chicago's Comiskey Park.
* The MLB Rookie of the Year Award was established by the Chicago chapter in 1940 and was known as the J. Louis Comiskey Memorial Award ( after the Chicago White Sox owner of the 1930s ).

Comiskey and site
It was built by Charles Comiskey after a design by Zachary Taylor Davis, and was the site of four World Series ( one of which was played by the Chicago Cubs because of a lack of seating at Wrigley Field ) and more than 6, 000 major league games.
Comiskey Park was the site of four World Series.
The site of the old park was turned into a parking lot to serve those attending games at the new Comiskey Park ( later renamed U. S. Cellular Field ).
After Charles Comiskey built a wooden grandstand on the site in 1900, it became the home of the Chicago White Sox of the American League.
Comiskey Park, the previous ballpark used by the White Sox from 1910 until 1990, was located in what is currently the site of a parking lot directly across 35th Street from what is US Cellular's main gate today.

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