Lip Man 1
07-10-2006, 09:55 AM
'Four' play indeed!
July 11, 1950- The All Star Game returns to Comiskey Park and sees the National League win 4-3 in 13 innings on a home run by the Cardinals ‘Red’ Schoendienst. The Sox representative on that day was pitcher Ray Scarborough.
July 11,1990- During a series with the Brewers, the Sox have a promotion that actually works. Rob Gallas is the driving force behind "Turn Back The Clock" day. The promotion recreates the scene as it would have been during the 1917 season. Sox players wear replicas of those uniforms, the scoreboard is turned off and operated by hand, vendors and stadium personnel are dressed in period clothes and photographers are allowed on the field. The promotion is copied by teams in all sports and an offshoot promo comes to pass in coming years, it’s called "Turn Ahead The Clock." (In the ensuing years some have claimed Gallas 'stole' the idea from a young fan who mentioned it to him. I have no way of proving this one way or another so I mention both in this factoid)
July 11, 1995- At the All Star Game in Texas, Frank Thomas turns a special double play. Thomas wins the home run hitting contest before the actual game, then becomes the first Sox player to ever homer in the game itself, when he connects off the Reds John Smiley.
July 11, 2000- Sox starting pitcher James Baldwin wins the All Star game for the American League in Atlanta. Baldwin throws an inning in the A.L.’s 6-3 win.
Lip
July 11, 1950- The All Star Game returns to Comiskey Park and sees the National League win 4-3 in 13 innings on a home run by the Cardinals ‘Red’ Schoendienst. The Sox representative on that day was pitcher Ray Scarborough.
July 11,1990- During a series with the Brewers, the Sox have a promotion that actually works. Rob Gallas is the driving force behind "Turn Back The Clock" day. The promotion recreates the scene as it would have been during the 1917 season. Sox players wear replicas of those uniforms, the scoreboard is turned off and operated by hand, vendors and stadium personnel are dressed in period clothes and photographers are allowed on the field. The promotion is copied by teams in all sports and an offshoot promo comes to pass in coming years, it’s called "Turn Ahead The Clock." (In the ensuing years some have claimed Gallas 'stole' the idea from a young fan who mentioned it to him. I have no way of proving this one way or another so I mention both in this factoid)
July 11, 1995- At the All Star Game in Texas, Frank Thomas turns a special double play. Thomas wins the home run hitting contest before the actual game, then becomes the first Sox player to ever homer in the game itself, when he connects off the Reds John Smiley.
July 11, 2000- Sox starting pitcher James Baldwin wins the All Star game for the American League in Atlanta. Baldwin throws an inning in the A.L.’s 6-3 win.
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