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Take a swing at these
WASHINGTON -- As the unendurable monotony of the offseason ends, celebrate baseball's return with mental calisthenics. Everyone knows it was former Atlanta Manager Dave Bristol who said, "Only trouble I ever had with chewing tobacco was that the...
Tags: Frank Robinson, Ted Williams, Don Drysdale, Mike Schmidt, Cy Young Award
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Baseball's Back -- Take A Swing At These
The Hartford CourantAs the unendurable monotony of the offseason ends, celebrate baseball's return with mental calisthenics. Everyone knows it was former Atlanta Manager Dave Bristol who said, "Only trouble I ever had with chewing tobacco was that the orthodontist said my...Tags: Frank Robinson, Ted Williams, Cy Young Award, Mike Schmidt, Don Drysdale
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Column: Take a swing at these questions
WASHINGTON — As the unendurable monotony of the offseason ends, celebrate baseball’s return with mental calisthenics. Everyone knows it was former Atlanta manager Dave Bristol who said, "Only trouble I ever had with chewing tobacco was that...Tags: Frank Robinson, Mike Schmidt, New York Mets, Mel Ott, Rickey Henderson
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Sculpting life lessons
It took hundreds of hours for Chicago sculptor Oscar Leon to create the life-sized statue of White Sox great Nellie Fox, which graces the sidewalk in front of U.S. Cellular Field. Leon is helping students at his alma mater, Oak Terrace Elementary School...
Tags: Arts, Sculpture, Teaching and Learning, Chicago White Sox, Arts and Culture
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Reader Q&A: Mark Gonzales' White Sox mailbag
Ken Williams has the enviable position of seemingly being the only Chicago executive immune from the pressure to win and perform. In recent years we have seen all the Chicago franchises clean house. The Chairman needs to pocket his loyalty and let...Tags: Toronto Blue Jays, Religion and Belief, Jerry Reinsdorf, Matt Thornton, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
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Frank Thomas honored, proud of new statue
Frank Thomas, considered the best hitter in White Sox history, gave a smiling approval for his statue that was unveiled on the left field concourse at U.S. Cellular Field Sunday.
The likeness has Thomas on the follow-through of a one-handed swing....Tags: Sculpture, U.S. Cellular Field, Paul Konerko, Chicago White Sox, Human Interest
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Scoreboard
TV SPORTS Women's College Basketball-Michigan at Purdue, 5:30 p.m. (Big 10 Network); Penn State at Northwestern, 7:30 p.m. (Big 10 Network); Idaho at Nevada, 10 p.m. (ESPNU) Men's College Basketball-Xavier at Cincinnati, 6 p.m. (ESPN2); Villanova at...Tags: Frank Robinson, George Kelly, Kerry Wood, Branch Rickey, College Football
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Sidewalks: Dreams of fields
With the hockey season having come to its joyful conclusion, it is time to turn our attentions to those other professional athletes laboring in sunshine on spacious green fields on the city's North and South sides.
These would be baseball players, and if...Tags: Walt Whitman, Luis Aparicio, Billy Williams, Ron Santo, Chicago White Sox
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Ask Mark Gonzales
Why is it that no matter how well the White Sox are doing they play second fiddle to every other ball club in the league? They have been the best team in baseball this year and all anyone talks about is how long can they keep it up. Am I missing something...Tags: Damaso Marte, All Stars, Early Wynn, Basketball, Brian Anderson
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Sweet music to his ears
Tribune staff reporterWhen Javier Vazquez left the mound after the seventh inning Saturday night, manager Ozzie Guillen greeted him with some words meant more for encouragement than chastisement. "I told him it was funny they were singing 'Take Me Out to the Ball Game' and he...Tags: Troy Glaus, Mark Buehrle, Robin Ventura, Neal Cotts, Paul Konerko
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Year-by-year inductees
(BBWAA: Elected by the Baseball Writers Association of America; VC: Elected by the Veterans Committee; NL: Elected by the Veterans Committee based on Negro league career): 1936 -- BBWAA: Ty Cobb, Walter Johnson, Christy Mathewson, Babe Ruth, Honus...Tags: Frank Robinson, Ray Schalk, George Kelly, Walter Johnson, Branch Rickey
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All-time White Sox All-Stars
1933 Al Simmons, OF Jimmy Dykes, 3B 1934 Simmons, OF Dykes, 3B 1935 Simmons, OF 1936 Luke Appling, SS Rip Radcliff, P Vern Kennedy, P 1937 Luke Sewell, C Monty Stratton, P 1938 Mike Kreevich, OF 1939 Appling, SS Ted Lyons, P 1940 Appling, SS 1941 Appling,...Tags: Early Wynn, Ray Durham, George Kell, Ted Lyons, Paul Konerko
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Mar 31, 2013
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Mar 25, 2013
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Feb 26, 2012
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Jul 31, 2011
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Jun 13, 2010
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Jun 24, 2005
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Aug 5, 2006
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Jul 9, 2003
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