-- Two errors by New York Yankee shortstop Tony Kubek in the eleventh inning donated four unearned runs and a 5-to-2 victory to the Chicago White Sox today.

-- Billy Gardner's line double, which just eluded the diving Minnie Minoso in left field, drove in Jim Lemon with the winning run with two out in the last of the ninth to give the Minnesota Twins a 6-5 victory over the Chicago White Sox Monday.

`` Even on the basis of 154 games, this is the ideal situation '', insists Hank Greenberg, now vice-president of the Chicago White Sox.

Several of the sights on her trip inspired her, and they found their way into her poem, including the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, the " White City " with its promise of the future contained within its alabaster buildings ; the wheat fields of America's heartland Kansas, through which her train was riding on July 16 ; and the majestic view of the Great Plains from high atop Zebulon's Pikes Peak.

* 1941 – Bob Feller of the Cleveland Indians throws the only Opening Day no-hitter in the history of Major League Baseball, beating the Chicago White Sox 1-0.

William Hulbert, principal owner of the Chicago White Stockings, did not like the loose organization of the National Association and the gambling element that influenced it, so he decided to create a new organization, which he dubbed the National League of Baseball Clubs.

Playing to the pitcher's desire to return to his Midwestern roots and challenging Spalding's integrity, Hulbert convinced Spalding to sign a contract to play for the White Stockings ( now known as the Chicago Cubs ) in 1876.

Spalding then coaxed teammates Deacon White, Ross Barnes and Cal McVey, as well as Philadelphia Athletics players Cap Anson and Bob Addy, to sign with Chicago.

In 1876, Spalding won 47 games as the prime pitchers for the Chicago White Stockings, who captured the National League's inaugural pennant by a wide margin.

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Colangelo's bid received strong support from one of his friends, Chicago White Sox and Chicago Bulls owner Jerry Reinsdorf, and media reports say that then-acting Commissioner of Baseball and Milwaukee Brewers founder Bud Selig was also a strong supporter of Colangelo's bid.

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.

Joe Crede of the Chicago White Sox after being hit by a pitch.

Five teams have collected three sacrifice flies in an inning: the Chicago White Sox ( fifth inning, July 1, 1962 against the Cleveland Indians ); the New York Yankees twice ( fourth inning, June 29, 2000 against the Detroit Tigers and third inning, August 19, 2000 against the Anaheim Angels ); the New York Mets ( second inning, June 24, 2005 against the Yankees ); and the Houston Astros ( seventh inning, June 26, 2005 against the Texas Rangers ).

However, some of the more successful American League teams of recent memory, including the 2002 Anaheim Angels, the 2001 Seattle Mariners and the 2005 Chicago White Sox have experienced their success in part as a result of playing " small ball ," advancing runners through means such as the stolen base and the related hit and run play.

One of these clubs, the Chicago White Stockings, won the championship in 1870.

The now all professional Chicago White Stockings, financed by businessman William Hulbert, became a charter member of the league along with the Red Stockings, who had dissolved and moved to Boston.

The White Stockings were close contenders all season, despite the fact that the Great Chicago Fire had destroyed the team's home field and most of their equipment.

Originally, the award was known as the J. Louis Comiskey Memorial Award, named after the Chicago White Sox owner of the 1930s.

Sox had been previously adopted for the Chicago White Sox by newspapers needing a headline-friendly form of Stockings, as " Stockings Win!

In its first-ever home opener at Memorial Stadium later in the afternoon, they treated a sellout crowd of 46, 354 to a 3 – 1 victory over the Chicago White Sox.

The Orioles defeated the Chicago White Sox in the ALCS thanks to a 10th-inning homer by Tito Landrum in the deciding game.

The first, a pre-season match-up between the Chicago White Sox and Minnesota Twins, drew more than 51, 000 spectators.

* 1921 – Major League Baseball Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis confirms the ban of the eight Chicago Black Sox, the day after they were acquitted by a Chicago court.

The name is often shortened to " Bosox " or " BoSox ," a combination of " Boston " and " Sox " ( similar to the " ChiSox " in Chicago or the minor league " PawSox " of Pawtucket ).

The Chicago White Sox are a Major League Baseball team located in Chicago, Illinois. The White Sox play in the American League's Central Division.

The White Sox are one of two major league clubs based in Chicago, the other being the Chicago Cubs of the National League.

On May 18, at the Republican National Convention in Chicago, Lincoln's friends promised and manipulated and won the nomination on the third ballot, beating candidates such as William H. Seward and Salmon P. Chase.

The plane won the 1933 American Air Race in Chicago and later set a new world speed record for engines smaller than 500 cubic inches by averaging.

Rivera was previously the defensive coordinator for the Chicago Bears and the San Diego Chargers and was a linebacker on the 1985 Bears team that won Super Bowl XX.

The Chicago club was founded in 1870 as the White Stockings and played a season in the National Association of Base Ball Players, where they won a championship, and five seasons in the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players.

Spalding won 47 games and Barnes led the league in hitting at. 429 as Chicago won the first ever National League pennant, which at the time was the game's top prize.

They then won back to back World Series titles in 1907 – 08 In 1902, Spalding, who by this time had revamped the roster to boast what would soon be one of the best teams of the early century, sold the club to Jim Hart, and the franchise became known as the Chicago Cubs.

With mostly the same roster, Chicago won back-to-back World Series championships in 1907 and 1908.

Chicago halted St. Louis ' run to the playoffs by taking 4 of 5 games from the Cardinals at Wrigley Field in early September, after which the hapless Cubs finally won their first division title in 14 years.

Both players had a better fielding percentage, more total chances, better zone rating, more putouts, more double plays turned, better range factor and more assists than their counterparts who won the award instead ( Chicago Cubs first baseman Derrek Lee and Philadelphia Phillies shortstop Jimmy Rollins ).

She won the Logan Medal of the arts at the Art Institute of Chicago, and became a member of the National Academy in 1902.

On February 23, 2011, former Illinois Congressman and White House Chief of Staff, Rahm Emanuel, won the municipal election to become mayor of Chicago, heavily beating five rivals with 55 percent of the vote.

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.

After losing the first three games of the series against the Sharks, the Red Wings won three consecutive games to force a Game 7, becoming just the eighth team in NHL history to accomplish the feat ( the Chicago Blackhawks became the seventh team to do so earlier in the 2011 Stanley Cup Playoffs, against the Vancouver Canucks ).

and Auntie Mame in the 1960s ; in 1967, she won the Sarah Siddons Award for her work in Chicago theatre.

The Vikings won their first regular season game, defeating the Chicago Bears 37 – 13 on Opening Day.

In 1994, he took the role of Dr. Jeffrey Geiger on CBS ' Chicago Hope for which he won an Emmy Award.

The Mariners won 116 games in, which set the American League record for most wins in a single season and tied the 1906 Chicago Cubs for the Major League record for most wins in a single season.

Oscar Mathisen, five-time ISU world champion and three-time European champion, renounced his amateur status in 1916 and travelled to America, where he won many races but was beaten by Bobby McLean of Chicago, four-time American champion, in one of the races.

The Bears ' Super Bowl triumph came 22 years after Chicago last tasted a professional sports championship when the 1963 Bears won the NFL championship, three years prior to the birth of the Super Bowl.

The win against Miami had been especially surprising, not only because Miami was the only team to beat Chicago in the season, but also because New England had not won in the Orange Bowl ( Miami's then-home field ) since 1966, the Dolphins ' first season ( then in the AFL ).

" I looked up at the message board ," said Chicago linebacker Mike Singletary, " and it said that 15 of the 19 teams that scored first won the game.

First, they won at Soldier Field against the Chicago Bears, 21 – 17.