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Re: Pale Hose History
« Reply #275 on: June 28, 2011, 07:03:45 am »
Today In White Sox History - June 28th

June 28, 2006 - Losing to the White Sox, 4-3, the Pirates set a team record with their 13th consecutive defeat. The 1939 Bucs had held the dubious mark losing 12 in row during their 68-85 sixth place finish in the National League.

June 28, 2010 - The Cubs place Carlos Zambrano on the restricted list after the right-hander is suspended for three games for his recent dugout tirade when he had to be separated from teammate Derrek Lee in the visitors' dugout after surrendering four runs to the White Sox in the bottom of the first inning at U.S. Cellular Field. The excitable hurler is scheduled be evaluated by doctors mutually selected by Major League Baseball and the players' union.

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Re: Pale Hose History
« Reply #276 on: June 28, 2011, 07:08:14 am »
Today In MLB History - June 28th

1907    Yankees' catcher Branch Rickey is behind the plate as the Senators steal 13 bases in one game. Although not a terrific player, 'the Mahatma' will become one of the premier baseball administrator in the history of the game.

1910    At Palace of the Fans, Joe Tinker steals home twice becoming the first major leaguer to accomplish the feat in the same game. The Cubs' shortstop thievery helps Chicago beat the Reds, 11-1.

1911    With the reconstruction still underway, the Giants return to the Polo Grounds, which was severely damaged by fire in April, to beat Boston, 3-0, behind the pitching of Christy Mattewson. The new seating areas in the reconfigured ballpark, a structure now made of concrete-and-steel, are worked on as the season progresses.

1913    Due to the relocation of the Covington, Kentucky (formerly Cincinnati) franchise to Kansas City, organized baseball declares war on the new independent Federal League. Kansas City is considered territory of the American Association.

1919    Red Sox submariner Carl Mays hurls two complete games beating the Yankees, 2-0, in the first game and losing the nightcap, 4-1.

1939    In a twin bill sweep at Shibe Park, the Yankees set the major league record for home runs in a game and in a doubleheader. The Bronx Bombers hit 8 homers in the opener and another 5 in the night cap on their way to routing the A's, 23-2 and 10-0.

1949    Joe DiMaggio returns to the line-up after missing the first 69 games of the season due to an ailing heel. The Yankee Clipper will hit four home runs in a three-game sweep against the Red Sox.

1959    In a 6-0 loss to the Giants, Wally Post becomes the first major leaguer to throw out two runners from the outfield in one inning. In the bottom of the first, the Phillies' outfielder nails Orlando Cepeda at second base and then starts a 9-6-3 double play on Daryl Spencer's fly ball to right field.

1969    After ending an 11-game losing streak in their previous contest, the expansion Padres are the victims of a 19-0 shutout for the second time this season when Dodgers right-hander Don Drysdale equals the National League-record for the largest margin of victory in a shutout. L.A. will score more than half of their runs when they tally ten times in the third inning.

1970    In the final games played at Forbes Field, the Pirates sweep a doubleheader from the Cubs, 3-2 and 4-1 in front of 40,198 fans, to gain a first place tie with the Mets. The old ballpark in Pittsburgh served as the Bucs' home since 1909.

1976    Mark 'the Bird' Fidrych amuses a “Monday Night Baseball” national television audience talking to the baseball as he one-hits the Yankees, 5-1 in under two hours. The unsung Tigers rookie, who made the team on the final cut of spring training, will finish the season with 19-9 record.

2010    In a scene reminiscent of Dave Dravecky breaking his arm in 1989 as a result of throwing a ball to a batter, Tiger reliever Joel Zumaya crumbles to his knees in extreme pain after releasing a pitch in a game against Minnesota at Target Field. The hard-throwing right-hander will miss the remainder of the season, but because there is no ligament damage to his elbow, the prognosis for next season is optimistic.

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Re: Pale Hose History
« Reply #277 on: June 28, 2011, 07:14:02 am »
    On June 28 in Baseball History...


    1907 - Branch Rickey, catcher for the New York Yankees, watched 12 Washington players steal safely in a 16-5 Senators win.

    1910 - Joe Tinker of the Chicago Cubs became the first major leaguer to steal home twice in the same game.

    1919 - Carl Mays of Boston pitched two complete games against the New York Yankees. The Red Sox won the first game, 2-0, and lost the nightcap, 4-1.

    1970 - Pittsburgh swept the Chicago Cubs, 3-2 and 4-1, in the Pirates' final games at Forbes Field.

    1984 - Dwight Evans of the Boston Red Sox completed the cycle with a three-run, 11th-inning homer to beat the Seattle Mariners, 9-6.

    1986 - Phil Niekro of the Cleveland Indians and Don Sutton of the California Angels became the first 300-game winners to start against each other in this century. Neither Niekro nor Sutton got a decision as the Angels scored six runs in the bottom of the eighth to win, 9-3.

    1987 - Mark McGwire homered twice to tie a major league record with five homers over two games, and Steve Ontiveros pitched a two-hitter as the Oakland Athletics beat the Cleveland Indians, 10-0.

    1994 - Matt Williams tied Willie Stargell's 1971 N.L. record for home runs before July with his 28th in San Francisco's 7-4 loss to Los Angeles.

    Baseball Birthdays on June 28...

    1861 - McQuery, Mox
    1861 - McQuaid, Mart
    1865 - Scheibeck, Frank
    1866 - Petty, Charlie
    1868 - Taber, John
    1870 - Hart, Burt
    1871 - Fisher, Newt
    1877 - Blewett, Bob
    1880 - Lynch, Mike
    1886 - Miller, Fred
    1889 - Mundy, Bill
    1890 - Williams, Ken
    1907 - Cascarella, Joe
    1910 - G@mble, Lee
    1911 - Hitchc*ck, Jim
    1920 - Shepard, Bert
    1921 - Filipowicz, Steve
    1927 - Lane, Dick
    1935 - Blaylock, Bob
    1936 - Gladding, Fred
    1937 - Emery, Cal
    1938 - McFarlane, Orlando
    1940 - Wagner, Gary
    1941 - Talbot, Fred
    1941 - Boehmer, Len
    1941 - Downing, Al
    1942 - Fletcher, Tom
    1944 - Breeden, Hal
    1946 - Sims, Greg
    1949 - Baylor, Don
    1950 - Speier, Chris
    1952 - Sambito, Joe
    1958 - Vasquez, Rafael
    1958 - Christiansen, Clay
    1964 - Grace, Mark
    1964 - Reimer, Kevin
    1966 - Bolick, Frank
    1966 - Jeter, Shawn
    1967 - Witmeyer, Ron
    1967 - Karchner, Matt
    1969 - Revenig, Todd
    1970 - Polcovich, Kevin
    1971 - Mahay, Ron
    1971 - Keagle, Greg
    1973 - Koskie, Corey
    1977 - McGlinchy, Kevin

    Baseball Deaths on June 28...

    1888 - Brown, Joe
    1898 - Meyers, Henry
    1922 - Lowe, Dick
    1937 - Joy, Pop
    1944 - Stearns, Ecky
    1950 - Ens, Mutz
    1959 - Sugden, Joe
    1960 - Durham, Bull
    1962 - Cochrane, Mickey
    1962 - Morgan, Cy
    1963 - Baker, Frank
    1963 - Fox, Jack
    1968 - Driscoll, Paddy
    1977 - Bluege, Otto
    1978 - Schulte, Johnny
    1987 - Schuster, Bill
    2004 - Toenes, Hal


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Re: Pale Hose History
« Reply #278 on: June 28, 2011, 07:27:22 am »
This Date In White Sox History - June 28th

Seventy years ago today . . .




June 28, 1941 - White Sox infielder Don Kolloway becomes the last (to date) major league player to steal second, third and home in the same inning! Kolloway pulls this off in Cleveland as part of a 6 - 4 Sox win.

http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1941/B06280CLE1941.htm

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Re: Pale Hose History
« Reply #279 on: June 28, 2011, 07:35:46 am »
This Date In White Sox History - June 28th


June 28, 1993 - In the first of what would become a series of major public relations disasters, the White Sox release Carlton Fisk on the road in Cleveland. Fisk accompanied the team to Ohio only to be told of his release before the game. No question, Fisk was finished as a player but the fans and media were outraged at the way the Sox handled the situation. In fact, the White Sox sent faxes to the media announcing the move, not even having the courtesy to hold a press conference. Fisk had to say his goodbyes to his former teammates from the stands at Municipal Stadium during that evening’s game before returning to Chicago.

Fisk and Donn Pall would than later be denied access to the Sox clubhouse to wish their former teammates well before the 1st game of the A.L.C.S. that October exacerbating the situation.

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Re: Pale Hose History
« Reply #280 on: June 28, 2011, 12:13:51 pm »
The Sox' handling of Fisk's forced retirement was some of the worst PR I've ever seen.  Just shabby.

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Re: Pale Hose History
« Reply #281 on: June 28, 2011, 05:29:47 pm »
Yes they did

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Re: Pale Hose History
« Reply #282 on: June 28, 2011, 05:43:26 pm »
I have to give Fury some points for restraint on laying off the most recent version of BlackSox cover band meme.

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Re: Pale Hose History
« Reply #283 on: June 28, 2011, 06:12:38 pm »
I'm with you there.  I'm still somewhat shocked that he let slide your dig at Frankie Goes To Hollywood without retaliation.  Maybe he's mellowing with age.

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Re: Pale Hose History
« Reply #284 on: June 28, 2011, 11:03:45 pm »
Actually, we were called "Gerald Fitz Ed" and were a Right Said Fred cover band, but close enough.

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Re: Pale Hose History
« Reply #285 on: June 28, 2011, 11:31:30 pm »
Came a day when BlackSox just said "I'm too sexy for this gig."

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Re: Pale Hose History
« Reply #286 on: June 29, 2011, 02:18:21 am »
Where are they now?




Pete Varney

Pete Varney was drafted seven times by major league clubs between 1967 and 1971. He graduated from Harvard in 1971. Pete caught the 2-point conversion pass that tied the big game with Yale 28-28 in 1968. Varney was the first round draft pick of the Chicago White Sox in 1971.

Pete Varney spent most of his playing career in the minors. He showed some power in 1973 (18 HR) and 1974 (16 HR). Pete had late season call-ups in 1973 (.000 in 4 at bats) and 1974 (.250 in 28 at bats). Varney spent the entire 1975 season with the White Sox and batted .271 in 36 games as the backup catcher for Brian Downing.

Pete played in 14 games and batted .244 in 41 at bats before being traded to the Atlanta Braves for Blue Moon Odom on June 15. Varney spent most of the remanider of the season at AAA Richmond. He batted .100 in 10 at bats for the Braves in '76. Pete was at Richmond again in 1977 and retired after the season.

After he retired from baseball Pete coached high school baseball for three years. Varney has been the head baseball coach at Brandeis University in Massachusetts since 1980.


Pete Varney then .... &  Pete Varney today:



more on Pete Varney today: http://www.brandeisjudges.com/sports/bsb/coaches/PeteVarney

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Re: Pale Hose History
« Reply #287 on: June 29, 2011, 04:15:27 am »
On June 29 in Baseball History...

1912 - Rube Marquard's NL-record consecutive game winning streak (20th Century) goes to an amazing 18-0 as he tops Boston‚ 8-6‚ for New York's 12th straight win over the hapless Braves.

1915 - Led by Tris Speaker's 5-for-5‚ the Red Sox trip the Yankees‚ 4-3‚ in 10 innings. Babe Ruth gets the win‚ going all the way before Sheriff Gainer hits for him in the 10th.

1916 - The Chicago Cubs and Cincinnati Reds played a nine-inning game with just one baseball.

1923 - Brooklyn's Jack Fournier went 6-for-6 with a home run, two doubles and three singles. The Dodgers beat the Philadelphia Phillies 14-5.

1937 - Chicago Cubs first baseman Rip Collins played an entire game without a putout or an assist.

1941 - Joe DiMaggio singles against Washington knuckleballer Dutch Leonard in the sixth inning in the first game of a doubleheader to tie George Sisler's A.L. consecutive-game hit record of forty-one (41). In the nightcap he collects a seventh-inning single off of Walt Masterson to set the record at forty-two (42) games.

1950 - In an effort to thwart the ML's signing of black players‚ Dr. J. B. Martin‚ the president of the Chicago Giants of the Negro American League‚ instructs manager‚ Ted "Double Duty" Radcliffe to sign white players. Radcliffe inks three white players‚ teenagers Lou Chirban‚ Lou Clarizio and Al Dubetts. Later in the year he will sign at least two others (Stanley Miarka and Frank Dyall). However‚ their Negro League careers will be brief.

1955 - Willie Mays hits the first grand slam of his career‚ off Clem Labine‚ and accounts for all the RBI in a 6-1 Giant win over Brooklyn. Roy Campanella has a broken spur in his knee and will miss 2 weeks.

1961 - With three home runs at Philadelphia, including a tenth-inning shot to win 8-7, Willie Mays becomes the fourth major-league player with three or more home runs twice in one season. Manager Gene Mauch's efforts to conceal his starting pitcher and force Alvin Dark's hand has a Phillies lineup including hurlers Don Ferrarese (batting leadoff, playing center field), Jim Owens (third, right field), Chris Short (seventh, catcher), and Ken Lehman (ninth, pitcher) against San Francisco. When Dark sends a lefty to the mound, Mauch replaces Ferrarese. Dark then replaces Billy O'Dell with Sam Jones. Mauch replaces Lehman with Dallas Green after two batters. All the maneuvering takes three hours and twenty (20) minutes.

1968 - Detroit's Jim Northrup hit his third grand slam in a week and the Tigers beat the Chicago White Sox 5-2.

1969 - On Billy Williams Day in Chicago, the Cubs outfielder passes Stan Musial's National League record for consecutive games played (896). The Cubs sweep the Cardinals 3-1 and 12-1 before 41,060.

1977 - Willie Stargell hits his 400th career home run, this one coming off Eric Rasmussen of the Cardinals.

1984 - Pete Rose plays in his 3,309th major-league game, surpassing Carl Yastrzemski as the all-time leader. Rose goes 0-for-5, but Montreal beats Cincinnati 7-3.

1986 - Detroit beats Milwaukee 9-5 in the first game of a doubleheader split, making Tigers manager Sparky Anderson the first manager ever to win six-hundred games in each league.

1987 - In the first game of Philadelphia's doubleheader sweep of Pittsburgh, Steve Bedrosian records his twelfth consecutive save (in twelve appearances) to break the major-league record set by Sparky Lyle in 1975.

1990 - Oakland's Dave Stewart and the Dodgers Fernando Valenzuela both throw no-hitters. Stewart blanks the Blue Jays 5-0, and a few hours later Valenzuela beats the Cardinals 6-0.

1992 - Oakland's Dennis Eckersley sets the new standard with his twenty-sixth straight save of the season.

1995 - The Dodgers' Hideo Nomo struck out thirteen Colorado Rockies in a 3-0 victory, giving him fifty (50) strikeouts in four (4) games. That broke the Los Angeles record of forty-nine (49) over four (4) games accomplished three (3) times by Sandy Koufax, the last thirty (30) years earlier.

2003 - Eric Byrnes hit for the cycle and matched a franchise record with five hits in Oakland's 5-2 win over San Francisco.

2004 - At Bank One Ballpark, Diamondbacks’ 40-year old fireballer Randy Johnson records his 4,000 career strikeout whiffing Padres' third baseman Jeff Cirillo, a fellow USC Trojan, to become the fourth player in major league baseball history to reach the plateau. The ‘Big Unit’ (3,237 1/3) needs less innings than Nolan Ryan (3,844 2/3), Roger Clemens (4,151), and Steve Carlton (4,991 1/3) to accomplish the feat.

2005 - Craig Biggio breaks Don Baylor’s record for being hit by a pitch as he is plunked for the 268th time in his career. At Coors Field, Rockies starter Byung-Hyun Kim hits the Astros' second baseman on the left elbow in the fourth inning to establish a new mark, both literally and figuratively.

2007 - With a triple in the second inning, a double in the fourth, a three-run home run in the next frame, and a bloop single in the seventh, Aubrey Huff becomes the third player to hit for the cycle since the franchise moved to Baltimore in 1954. The southpaw-swinging first baseman joins Cal Ripken (1984) and Brooks Robinson (1960) as the only other Orioles to accomplish the feat, and the first to do it in front of the home crowd.

2010 - Minutes before the game against the Mets in San Juan’s Hiram Bithorn Stadium, Marlins owner Jeffrey Loria tells his players at an impromptu team meeting that the club has decided to retain interim manager Edwin Rodriguez to the end of the season. Rodriguez, the first Puerto Rican manager in the major leagues, ironically is told of the decision when Florida is playing a series in Puerto Rico, five minutes away from his home.



Baseball Birthdays on June 29...

1848 - Radcliff, John
1861 - Sowders, Len
1863 - Robinson, Wilbert
1867 - Reitz, Heinie
1867 - Seward, Ed
1873 - Sutthoff, Jack
1875 - Steelman, Farmer
1876 - Flaherty, Patsy
1877 - Donahue, She
1880 - McGill, Bill
1884 - Patton, Harry
1887 - Nagelsen, Lou
1888 - Shelton, Skeeter
1888 - Veach, Bobby
1897 - Adkins, Grady
1898 - Long, Jimmie
1910 - Whitehead, Burgess
1910 - Healy, Francis
1915 - Trout, Dizzy
1925 - Connelly, Bill
1925 - Jones, Nippy
1926 - Morgan, Bobby
1928 - Testa, Nick
1928 - Verble, Gene
1933 - Shaw, Bob
1934 - Wilson, Duane
1936 - Killebrew, Harmon
1941 - Boccabella, John
1941 - Stahl, Larry
1951 - Freeman, Jimmy
1951 - Kimm, Bruce
1954 - Honeycutt, Rick
1956 - Guerrero, Pedro
1957 - Miller, Eddie
1966 - Hoy, Peter
1967 - Wehner, John
1969 - Martinez, Pablo
1969 - Glinatsis, George
1969 - Alberro, Jose
1973 - Rakers, Jason
1973 - Valdes, Pedro
1977 - McKnight, Tony

Baseball Deaths on June 29...

1935 - O'Neill, Jack
1942 - Cueto, Manuel
1945 - Winters, Clarence
1955 - Milan, Horace
1957 - Van Buren, Deacon
1979 - Williams, Steamboat
1979 - Bassler, Johnny
1990 - Perry, Boyd
1994 - Mueller, Ray

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Re: Pale Hose History
« Reply #288 on: June 29, 2011, 04:31:24 am »
This Date In White Sox History - June 29th

 

June 29, 1995 - The White Sox pound out 22 hits in a 17-13 win over the Brewers at Milwaukee's County Stadium.  White Sox third baseman Robin Ventura gets five of those hits‚ including a homer‚ and scores four runs while driving home three.

http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1995/B06290MIL1995.htm

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Re: Pale Hose History
« Reply #289 on: June 29, 2011, 11:18:14 am »
What's up with that cartoon factoid on the back of the  Pete Varney card?   Fred Freaking Lynn?  What, Varney had nothing factoid-worthy?   Plus, Fred is using one of those little kid bats.

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Re: Pale Hose History
« Reply #290 on: June 29, 2011, 11:53:39 am »
Pete's life has been void of any noteworthy accomplishments or interesting anecdotes

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« Reply #291 on: June 29, 2011, 12:00:16 pm »
Plus, Fred is using one of those little kid bats.

hahah, yeah, I could get five hits and 10 RBI with one of those Flintstone bats. Pretty sure I did, in WIFFLE® ball, and more than once.

I'm not so sure I'm so keen on these "Studio" cards either.

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« Reply #292 on: June 29, 2011, 12:13:24 pm »
Pete's life has been void of any noteworthy accomplishments or interesting anecdotes

Now you've done it. (Heading off to find something that refutes this. . .join me won't you?)

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« Reply #293 on: June 29, 2011, 12:33:06 pm »
Pete knocked out 3 hits and scored 2 runs in a 10-8 White Sox win over Detroit, May 24, 1975.



And really, that's about it. . other than As a historical footnote, the "Big Fella" caught the two-point conversion that tied the 1968 edition of "The Game," the famous Harvard-Yale match up that ended in a tie, but was considered by some as a win up at Harvard, to the point of the Crimson proclaiming at the time "Harvard Beats Yale 29–29."

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Re: Pale Hose History
« Reply #294 on: June 30, 2011, 02:49:22 am »
Today In White Sox History - June 30th


June 30, 1988 - After years of saying that the original Comiskey Park was outdated, Sox owners Jerry Reinsdorf and Eddie Einhorn come very close to moving the team to the Tampa Bay / St. Petersburg, Florida area.   Legislators from the State of Illinois narrowly approved a proposal for a new state-financed stadium and a lease deal that would save the team $60 million and kept the White Sox from moving to St. Petersburg, Florida. St. Petersburg has begun construction on an $80 million domed stadium. The State Senate in Springfield passed the stadium bill by a 30-26 vote about 20 minutes before midnight, then sent it on to the General Assembly, where Gov. James Thompson was involved in political maneuvering on the last day the Legislature was in session.

The money for the ball park, would come from a 2 percent city hotel-motel tax, estimated to be worth at least $8 million a year. The city would add $5 million annually in revenue-sharing funds, and the state would contribute $5 million in hotel-motel tax revenues.

Meanwhile Florida baseball fans are stunned as they realize they have been used as a pawn to get a new facility by the power brokers and politicians of Chicago.

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« Reply #295 on: June 30, 2011, 03:30:46 am »
This Date In White Sox History - June 30th




June 30, 2008 - White Sox outfielder Nick Swisher becomes only the 2nd player in franchise history to homer from both sides of the plate twice in the same season when he hits two in a 9 – 7 win over Cleveland. Swisher did it the first time a few weeks earlier in a game against the Twins. Only Jose Valentin had ever done that before and he did it three times between 2000 and 2003.

http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/2008/B06300CHA2008.htm

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« Reply #296 on: June 30, 2011, 03:58:03 am »
On June 30 in Baseball History...

1903 - At Chicago‚ the White Sox jump on Boston starter Nick Altrock for 8 runs in the 1st inning. Chicago has 7 hits and 3 walks. Altrock finishes the game‚ a 10-3 Chicago win‚ for his only complete game in a Boston uniform. Chicago must like what they see: they purchase Altrock on July 2nd.

1908 - Cy Young's third career no-hitter is an 8-0 Boston win over New York. At 41 years and three months, he is the oldest pitcher to turn the no-hit trick. Nolan Ryan will beat him in 1990 at the age of 43.

1920 - The White Sox swamp the Tigers 14-0 on 18 hits. Detroit tosses in the towel after 4 innings and pitching coach Jack Coombs‚ who last toed a rubber two years ago‚ tosses the last five innings. He allows just 2 runs. Red Faber allows five hits in the shut out‚ while Eddie Collins has four hits‚ three runs‚ and two steals.

1922 - Brooklyn and Boston play 9 innings in one hour: 12 minutes‚ with Boston winning 3-2. Neither pitcher‚ Leon Cadore or Dana Fillingim‚ record a strikeout or walk a man‚ and neither catcher‚ DeBerry and Gowdy have a putout or assist‚ though each have passed balls.

1927 - Alphonse "Tommy" Thomas pitches a 5-1 win over the Browns‚ the 6th time this season that the White Sox pitcher has beaten St. Louis. He last beat them on June 22. Lefty Stewart‚ who gives up a homer to Earl Sheely in the 6th‚ takes the loss.

1934 - In a 4-3‚ 10-inning loss to the Browns‚ Tiger CF Gee Walker is picked off base twice on the same play‚ earning him a 10-day suspension for his ineptitude. After Hank Greenberg singles‚ Walker reaches base on a error‚ but then gets caught off base when C Rollie Hemsley fires to 1B. Greenberg attempts to draw a throw by running to 3B and is thrown out‚ with Walker taking 2B. Moments later‚ with Walker standing 6 feet off the bag "as brave as a boy on a burning deck" (writer Charles P. Ward's description)‚ pitcher Jack Knott's throw to SS Alan Strange nabs him. Cochrane is so furious he suspends Walker and fines him $20-the 6th time this season that has earned a $20 fine. Gee's next appearance won't come until July 16 when he pinch hits for Cochrane.

1948 - In his first full season as a pitcher‚ Bob Lemon of the Cleveland Indians pitches a no-hitter‚ beating the Detroit Tigers 2-0 in front of 49‚628 at Briggs Stadium. Lemon has only two scares: Dale Mitchell makes a miraculous catch of a George Kell drive in the 4th and Ken Keltner makes a great stop behind 3B in the 5th. This is the first no-hitter pitched at night.

1949 - In Chicago‚ Ruth Ann Steinhagen is arraigned for shooting Eddie Waitkus. Waitkus‚ in a wheel chair‚ testifies at the hearing. A jury finds her criminally insane and by early afternoon she is on her way to Kankakee State mental hospital. She'll remain there till April 17‚ 1952.  The attack on Waitkus  was the real-life inspiration for Bernard Malamud's The Natural.

1950 - St. Louis Browns stalwart P Ned Garver loses the game because of his mental error against the White Sox. In what would have been the winning run in regulation‚ Garver is called out for his failure to touch 3B when rounding it. He loses 3-2 in 13 innings.

1959 - In Chicago, two balls are in play at the same time. On a wild pitch from pitcher Bob Anderson, Stan Musial draws a walk. As the pitch gets by catcher Sammy Taylor, Musial tries for second base. Umpire Vic Delmore puts another ball in play by mistake. Taylor promptly throws the ball into center field. Third baseman Al Dark, who chased down the original ball, throws to shortstop Ernie Banks, who tags out a confused Musial. After a 10-minute conference, the umpires agree that Musial is out. Delmore will be fired because of the boner.

1962 - With the aid of 13 strikeouts and a Frank Howard home run, Sandy Koufax no-hits Bob Miller and the Mets 5-0 in Los Angeles.

1970 - A sellout crowd of 51,050 is on hand for the dedication of Cincinnati's Riverfront Stadium, but Hank Aaron spoils the show as he hits the park's first home run. The Braves win 8-2.

1978 - Larry Doby becomes the second black major league manager, replacing Bob Lemon as skipper of the White Sox. Chicago has a 34-40 record at the time, and will go 37-50 the rest of the way.

1988 - Alarmed by the White Sox' threatened move to St. Petersburg, Florida, lawmakers in Illinois grant state subsidies for a new stadium to replace venerable but decaying Comiskey Park.

1993 - No mas. 70-year-old Minnie Minoso‚ signed by Mike Veeck‚ appears as a DH for the St. Paul Saints in a game against Thunder Bay in the independent Northern League. Minoso grounds back to pitcher Yoshi Seo in his only at bat.

1994 - Giants center fielder Darren Lewis commits his first major league error to break his record of 392 flawless games in the outfield.

1995 - Eddie Murray collects his 3,000th career hit against Minnesota's Mike Trombley in a 4-1 Cleveland win at the Metrodome. The Indians slugger is the 20th player to reach the milestone and the third in franchise history to do it wearing a Cleveland uniform.

1999 - The Blue Jays defeat the Orioles‚ 10-9 in 10 innings‚ as Willie Greene ties an AL record by hitting a PH HR in 2 consecutive at bats. His previous pinch HR came against the Royals on June 20th. Greene's HR in the bottom of the 9th ties the score at 7-7. The Orioles score 2 in the top half of the 10th‚ but the Blue Jays come back with 3 runs in their half of the inning to win.

2005 - The Rangers pound the Angels‚ 18-5‚ as Kevin Mench hits 3 HRs in 3 successive innings and drives home 5 runs. He's just the 8th major leaguer to hit three in three straight innings. The last was Shea Hillenbrand‚ in 2003.

2006 - Trailing by 3 runs, the Reds defeat the Indians, 9-8, on Adam Dunn’s walkoff grand slam with 2 outs in the 9th inning. Dunn’s ultimate slam, off Bob Wickman, is just the 15th in ML history.

Baseball Birthdays on June 30...

1862 - Arundel, Tug
1864 - Bligh, Ned
1864 - Flynn, Jocko
1873 - Stultz, George
1880 - Jones, Davy
1895 - Miljus, Johnny
1902 - Smith, Hal
1905 - Scharein, Art
1912 - Chiozza, Dino
1912 - Hudson, Johnny
1913 - Salvo, Manny
1915 - Ortiz, Roberto
1921 - Stephenson, Joe
1921 - Albright, Jack
1931 - Gross, Don
1931 - Davalillo, Yo-Yo
1933 - Roberts, Dave
1935 - Toth, Paul
1944 - Swoboda, Ron
1945 - Kenney, Jerry
1945 - Thornton, Otis
1957 - Black, Bud
1960 - Newman, Al
1962 - Fernandez, Tony
1964 - Dascenzo, Doug
1968 - Peltier, Dan
1970 - Grudzielanek, Mark
1972 - Anderson, Garret
1972 - Stoops, Jim
1973 - Park, Chan Ho
1975 - Judd, Mike

Baseball Deaths on June 30...

1905 - Dowling, Pete
1912 - Lyons, Harry
1931 - Dressen, Lee
1937 - O'Brien, Pete
1937 - Upp, Jerry
1942 - Coles, Cad
1943 - McDermott, Mike
1946 - Hope, Sam
1946 - Baichley, Grover
1947 - Wolfgang, Mellie
1950 - Lake, Joe
1950 - Fitzke, Paul
1959 - Berger, Clarence
1967 - Myers, Hap
1967 - Liese, Fred
1968 - Porter, Ned
1969 - Gray, Milt
1973 - Cook, Doc
1974 - Jones, Red
1974 - Haas, Mule
1974 - Perrin, Bill
1976 - Marberry, Firpo
1978 - Lynch, Danny
1994 - Kolloway, Don
1996 - May, Jerry
2002 - Gray, Pete
2002 - Sanchez, Raul
2005 - Milnar, Al

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Re: Pale Hose History
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Re: Pale Hose History
« Reply #298 on: June 30, 2011, 04:21:37 am »
While searching on the net for a Jose Valentin card, I came across this  2008 Upper Deck  'White Sox' card:



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Re: Pale Hose History
« Reply #299 on: June 30, 2011, 08:53:33 am »
I came across this  2008 Upper Deck  'White Sox' card



2006 - Trailing by 3 runs, the Reds defeat the Indians, 9-8, on Adam Dunn’s walkoff grand slam with 2 outs in the 9th inning.

Ok, now you're just being a dick, AndyMacFAIL.

 

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