Radio broadcasts had not begun and most devotees of baseball attended the games near home, in the town park or a pasture, with perhaps two or three trips to the city each season to see the Cubs or the Pirates or the Indians or the Red Sox.

And while less than ten years earlier the wayward Black Sox -- all of them top performers in their positions -- had toiled for stingy Charles Comiskey at salaries ranging from twenty-five hundred dollars to forty-five hundred dollars a year, stars now were asking ten thousand dollars, twenty thousand dollars, yes, even fifty thousand dollars a season.

The White Sox had taken a 5-4 lead in the top of the sixth on a pair of pop fly hits -- a triple by Roy Sievers and single by Camilo Carreon -- a walk and a sacrifice fly.

In 1920, as the startling news that the 1919 White Sox had conspired to lose the World Series leaked out, fans grew disillusioned and disinterested in baseball.

Both Johnson and Schilling had suffered injuries during the season and Schilling was traded in the off season to the Boston Red Sox where he contributed to that team's 2004 World Series victory.

On December 3, 2007 the Diamondbacks traded Carlos Quentin, who had failed to perform to expectation, to the Chicago White Sox for first base prospect Chris Carter.

The " Red Sox " name was chosen by the team owner, John I. Taylor, around, following previous Boston teams that had been known as the " Red Stockings ".

For 1908, the National League club returned to wearing red trim, but the American League team finally had an official nickname, and would remain the " Red Sox " for good.

Another pennant winner did not come until their championship season of 2005, when the White Sox won their first World Series championship in 88 years, breaking their epochal drought only a year after the Boston Red Sox had broken their slightly shorter but more celebrated " curse.

Manager Lee Fohl, who had taken over in early 1915, acquired two minor league pitchers, Stan Coveleski and Jim Bagby and traded for center fielder Tris Speaker, who was engaged in a salary dispute with the Red Sox.

With the White Sox, Lane had made over 100 trades involving over 400 players in seven years.

After defeating the wild-card Boston Red Sox 3-1 in the Division Series, Cleveland lost the 1998 ALCS in six games to the New York Yankees, who had come into the playoffs with a then-AL record 114 wins in the regular season.

The Indians have had an on and off rivalry with the Chicago White Sox since the 1959 season ( when the Sox slipped past the Tribe to win the A. L.

Until then, the Brewers had a rivalry with the White Sox, which had become known as The I-94 Series, as both teams are just a short drive from Interstate 94.

Catcher Charles Johnson, who had been acquired along with Wilson in the Hampton trade, was traded to the Boston Red Sox.

The Chicago Police Department made numerous arrests, and the extensive damage to the field forced the White Sox to forfeit the second game to the Detroit Tigers, who had won the first game.

As of July 17, 2012, the Red Sox have had 760 consecutive sellouts, which is the longest such streak in Major League Baseball history ; the club, however, includes all tickets distributed ( paid or free ) when reporting attendance.

Since World War II, the Red Sox have had 18 batting champions ( through 1989 )... Five to 7 points are a lot, given that there may be only a 15-or 20-point spread between a good hitting team and a poor hitting team.

The White Sox owner insisted that since his team played in the open ( they had no roof ), the Astros must play with the roof open, which mitigated the intensity and enthusiasm of the cheering Astro's fans.

A trade with the White Sox, involving the same three Astros in exchange for Jon Garland, had been nixed a few days earlier when Buchholz reportedly failed a physical.

Red Sox history has also been marked by the team's intense rivalry with the New York Yankees, arguably the fiercest and most historic in North American professional sports.

The club was originally called the Chicago White Stockings, after the nickname abandoned by the Cubs, and the name was soon shortened to Chicago White Sox, believed to have been because the paper would shorten it to Sox in the headlines.

There have been eight series sweeps since interleague play began: four by the Cubs in 1998, 2004, 2007, and 2008, and four by the White Sox in 1995, 2008, and 2012.

A minority of students – such as David Sox – are, however, suspicious of the apparent ' Turkish ' features of the Italian manuscript ; especially the Arabic annotations, which they adjudge to be so riddled with elementary errors as to be most unlikely to have been written in Istanbul ( even by an Italian scribe ).

* 1917 – In a game against the Washington Senators, Boston Red Sox pitcher Ernie Shore retires 26 batters in a row after replacing Babe Ruth, who had been ejected for punching the umpire.

In the World Series Clemens became the first ( and only pitcher ) to pitch against the Mets in a World Series while with both the Red Sox and the Yankees, having been with the Red Sox in.

While he has two championship rings with the 1999 – 2000 Yankees, Clemens has also been on the losing end of four World Series ( 1986 Red Sox, 2001 and 2003 Yankees, and 2005 Astros ), which is tied with Tom Glavine and John Smoltz ( who were both on the Braves when they lost the ' 91, ' 92, ' 96 and ' 99 World Series ) for the most among active players.

Of his nearly quarter century in the Major Leagues, 13 years have been spent with the Red Sox and 6 with the New York Yankees.

The stadium, which was located at 16th & Bryant St. across from the Stempel's Bakery, had been the home of the Pacific Coast League ( PCL ) San Francisco Seals, a minor league affiliate of the Boston Red Sox, from 1931 to 1957.

With that improvement, the team was sold to Robert Kraft in January 1994 for a ( then ) record price of $ 200, 000, 000 — an astonishing price considering the Pats had generally been considered a laughing-stock and second rate team, had the worst stadium in the league, and couldn't sell out save for select home games resulting in most games going without television coverage — sports in New England centered on the beloved Bruins, Celtics and Red Sox, not the NFL team orphaned in remote Foxborough, Massachusetts, forty miles outside Boston.

In the winter, the Red Sox traded right fielder Ben Chapman to the Cleveland Indians to make room for Williams on the roster, with Williams inheriting Chapman's number 9 on his uniform opposed to Williams ' number 5 in the previous spring training, even though Chapman had hit. 340 in the previous season, which led Boston Globe sports journalist Gerry Moore to quip, " Not since Joe DiMaggio broke in with the Yankees by " five for five " in St. Petersberg in 1936 has any baseball rookie received the nationwide publicity that has been accorded this spring to Theodore Francis Williams ".

The only other team to do so prior to the 2006 St. Louis Cardinals in ( the new ) Busch Stadium had been the Pittsburgh Pirates, who won the 1909 World Series in Forbes Field's inaugural season ; and the Boston Red Sox, who won the 1912 World Series in Fenway Park's first year.

Martin resigned the next day ( some sources have said he was actually fired ), and was replaced by Bob Lemon, a Hall of Fame pitcher for the Cleveland Indians who had been recently fired as manager of the White Sox.

The gauge has been used in NESN Red Sox telecasts and has provoked mixed reactions from critics.

His employer, the Boston Red Sox, issued a statement disavowing the comments James made and saying that he has been asked not to make further public comments on the matter.

It is best known for having been an early label of Adam and the Ants, releasing their debut album Dirk Wears White Sox in November 1979 ( which in January 1980 was the first ever Number One on the UK Independent Albums Chart and in February 1981 became a UK Top 20 album ) as well as singles Zerox in June 1979 and Cartrouble in March 1980, the latter being not only a Number One on the UK Independent Singles Chart but also the debut collaboration between Adam Ant and Marco Pirroni following the departure of the original Ants to form Bow Wow Wow.

Most notably it is the theme song for Red Sox Nation, the fans of the Boston Red Sox, although Diamond noted that he has been a lifelong fan of the Brooklyn / Los Angeles Dodgers.

The 2010 season was the first season as Astros manager for Brad Mills, who was previously the bench coach of the Boston Red Sox.

Williams declined, and he suggested that Pinky Higgins, who had previously played on the 1946 Red Sox team as the third baseman, become the manager of the team.

The Sea Dogs became part of the Red Sox system for the 2003 season ; previously they were affiliated with the Florida Marlins.

Since the team's arrival in New Jersey after relocating from London where they were previously known as the London Tigers, the team kept the Tigers affiliation for that season only, before switching affiliations to the Boston Red Sox in 1995.

He has previously pitched for the Seattle Mariners, Boston Red Sox, Los Angeles Dodgers, Atlanta Braves, and Cleveland Indians.

He previously had a brief career as an outfielder with the Chicago White Sox.

He had previously been player-manager for the Milwaukee Brewers in 1901, the Phillies from 1904 to 1906 and the White Sox from 1910 to 1911.

Fereti Tuilagi ( born June 9, 1971 in Apia, Samoa ) is a former Samoan rugby union Rugby player who previously played rugby league for Halifax Blue Sox and St. Helens.

He has previously played for the Pittsburgh Pirates between 2000 and 2002 and Boston Red Sox from 2003 to 2005.

Jackson had previously broadcast ABC's coverage of the 1977, 1979 and 1981 World Series ( Jackson split play-by-play duties with Al Michaels for the latter two with Jackson calling the games at the American League site ), the 1978, 1980 and 1982 All-Star Game ( again, sharing play-by-play duties with Al Michaels for the latter two ), the 1980 National League Championship Series, the 1976, 1978 and 1982 American League Championship Series, the 1981 American League Division Series between the New York Yankees and Milwaukee Brewers, and the 1978 American League East tie-breaker game between the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox alongside Don Drysdale.

Drew's revised contract has a clause that allowed the Red Sox to opt out of Drew's five-year contract after three or four years if Drew has extensive injuries due to a previously existing problem in his right shoulder.

With the Padres ' NL pennant in 1984, Williams became the second manager to take three teams to the World Series ( he had previously taken the 1967 Red Sox and the 1972 and 1973 Athletics to the Fall Classic ).

He has previously played for the San Diego Padres, Boston Red Sox, Arizona Diamondbacks, Kansas City Royals, Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Cardinals, and Milwaukee Brewers.

Bay has previously played for the San Diego Padres, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Boston Red Sox.

Cablevision also previously attempted to purchase the Yankees, Mets and Boston Red Sox, in part, to control their broadcast rights.

Bédard previously pitched for the Baltimore Orioles, Seattle Mariners, Boston Red Sox and Pittsburgh Pirates.

He previously played for the New York Yankees ( 2003 – 04 ), the Chicago White Sox ( 2004 – 09 ), and the Colorado Rockies ( 2009 ), as well as the Cuban national team.

On June 17, in an 8 – 6 win over the Cincinnati Reds, José pitched 6 innings and threw a career high 13 strikeouts as he broke the White Sox team record with his 16th consecutive regular-season win, previously held by LaMarr Hoyt ( 1983 – 84 ) and Wilson Alvarez ( 1993 – 94 ).

He previously played for the Seattle Mariners (), Pittsburgh Pirates (, –), Chicago White Sox (–), and New York Yankees (–).

He played previously with the Texas Rangers, Oakland Athletics, Detroit Tigers, Boston Red Sox, Tampa Bay Devil Rays and Chicago Cubs.

Before doing Major League Baseball games, he worked in the minor leagues announcing Pawtucket Red Sox games on the radio from 1996 to 2000, having previously done games for some of the New York Mets minor league affiliates.

The station previously aired sports replay programs called Red Sox This Week and Patriots This Week during their respective seasons ; the latter program has since moved to Comcast SportsNet New England.

He has previously played for the Boston Red Sox, Cleveland Indians, and Tampa Bay Rays.