This Date In Sox History 1-19

[Lip Man 1]

January 19, 1909 - Sox owner Charles Comiskey purchases a piece of land on the corner of 35th and Shields from Roxanna Bowen. The site would be used to build the original Comiskey Park on, in March 1910.

http://i1.ebayimg.com/03/i/06/34/bf/ae_2.JPG (http://cgi.ebay.com/PHOTO-OF-COMISKEY-PARK-Last-Night-Game-9-29-90_W0QQitemZ330077055536QQihZ014QQcategoryZ50129QQ rdZ1QQcmdZViewItem#ebayphotohosting)

Lip

[Hitmen77]

Here's a picture from its early days:

http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/3495.html

[JohnTucker0814]

I think it's interesting to see "No Betting Allowed In This Park" on that old photo... How great would it have been to see games in the early 1900's...

[pagansoxfan]

dang, i thought lip was gonna say "1977, future sox fan, pagansoxfan was born. little did the world know about the uphevil this would cause."

[Sad]

I think it's interesting to see "No Betting Allowed In This Park" on that old photo... How great would it have been to see games in the early 1900's...

no kidding...
gotta build me a time machine :smile: