Lip Man 1
04-06-2007, 10:23 AM
A busy day...
April 7, 1970 - The worst White Sox team in history begins their forgettable season getting pounded 12 - 0 at home by the Twins. Tommy John only lasts into the 5th inning. The Sox would go on to lose a franchise record 106 games.
April 7, 1971 - Charlie Finley, the A’s owner, gets the first regularly scheduled opening day double header in history but is stunned when the Sox under manager Chuck Tanner beat them twice 6 - 5 and 12 - 4. Tommy John and Bart Johnson are the winning pitchers. The Sox club five home runs on the day, including a grand slam by Bill Melton. It could have been six except that Carlos May somehow missed touching home plate on his blast. The A’s picked up on it and tagged him out when he was sitting in the dugout. This was also Harry Caray’s first regular season game as Sox announcer although at the time not a whole lot of folks could hear him. Three straight awful years caused the Sox to lose their radio contract with any ‘mainstream’ Chicago station. For the next two years Sox games were broadcast on WTAQ-FM (LaGrange) and WEAW-FM (Evanston)! (May talks about his embarrassing moment in his interview with White Sox Interactive.)
April 7, 1973 - On opening day in Texas, Mike Andrews becomes the first White Sox DH. He hit 6th in the lineup for Chuck Tanner. He went 1 for 3 in the Sox 3 - 1 win behind Wilbur Wood. (Andrews talked about being a DH and his hot start in that role in his interview for White Sox Interactive.)
April 7, 1977 - The White Sox introduce American League baseball to Toronto as they play the first game against the expansion Toronto Blue Jays. The Jays outslug the Sox in a driving snowstorm to win 9 - 5. But it’s the start of something much bigger, the ‘South Side Hitmen’ are born. (Sox 3rd baseman Eric Soderholm remembered that game and the 1977 season for White Sox Interactive in his interview.)
April 7, 1994 - In the annual Crosstown Classic (formerly known as the Windy City Classic), Michael Jordan writes his name into Sox lore. His double in the late innings ties the game and prevents the Sox from losing for the first time in this series. The game would end in a tie. The Sox would go 10 - 0 - 2 in this affair that lasted from 1985 through 1995. (Two games were played in 1995)
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April 7, 1970 - The worst White Sox team in history begins their forgettable season getting pounded 12 - 0 at home by the Twins. Tommy John only lasts into the 5th inning. The Sox would go on to lose a franchise record 106 games.
April 7, 1971 - Charlie Finley, the A’s owner, gets the first regularly scheduled opening day double header in history but is stunned when the Sox under manager Chuck Tanner beat them twice 6 - 5 and 12 - 4. Tommy John and Bart Johnson are the winning pitchers. The Sox club five home runs on the day, including a grand slam by Bill Melton. It could have been six except that Carlos May somehow missed touching home plate on his blast. The A’s picked up on it and tagged him out when he was sitting in the dugout. This was also Harry Caray’s first regular season game as Sox announcer although at the time not a whole lot of folks could hear him. Three straight awful years caused the Sox to lose their radio contract with any ‘mainstream’ Chicago station. For the next two years Sox games were broadcast on WTAQ-FM (LaGrange) and WEAW-FM (Evanston)! (May talks about his embarrassing moment in his interview with White Sox Interactive.)
April 7, 1973 - On opening day in Texas, Mike Andrews becomes the first White Sox DH. He hit 6th in the lineup for Chuck Tanner. He went 1 for 3 in the Sox 3 - 1 win behind Wilbur Wood. (Andrews talked about being a DH and his hot start in that role in his interview for White Sox Interactive.)
April 7, 1977 - The White Sox introduce American League baseball to Toronto as they play the first game against the expansion Toronto Blue Jays. The Jays outslug the Sox in a driving snowstorm to win 9 - 5. But it’s the start of something much bigger, the ‘South Side Hitmen’ are born. (Sox 3rd baseman Eric Soderholm remembered that game and the 1977 season for White Sox Interactive in his interview.)
April 7, 1994 - In the annual Crosstown Classic (formerly known as the Windy City Classic), Michael Jordan writes his name into Sox lore. His double in the late innings ties the game and prevents the Sox from losing for the first time in this series. The game would end in a tie. The Sox would go 10 - 0 - 2 in this affair that lasted from 1985 through 1995. (Two games were played in 1995)
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