Chicago White Sox http://www.baltimoresun.com/topic/sports/baseball/chicago-white-sox-ORSPT000167.topic Chicago White Sox was one of the original eight American League teams formed in 1901. They are located on the city's South Side and often referred to as the South Siders or the Pale Hose. The Sox's often futile history includes an 88-year drought between World Series titles, from 1917 to 2005. The Sox have won three Series titles, six AL pennants and four division titles in their history.

That history includes one of baseball's most ignominious chapters: The "Black Sox Scandal" of 1919, in which eight members of the heavily favored Sox allegedly conspired to throw that year's World Series to the Cincinnati Reds. The eight, including hitting star Shoeless Joe Jackson, pitchers Eddie Cicotte and Lefty Williams and third baseman Buck Weaver, were acquitted of all criminal charges, but Commissioner Kennesaw Mountain Landis banned them from baseball for life anyway. The powerful franchise owner Charles Comiskey had assembled was devastated, and the Sox would not return to the World Series until 1959, when they lost to the Dodgers in six games. Comiskey died in 1931, but his family retained control of the Sox until 1959, when flamboyant Bill Veeck took over. Veeck was known as a promotion-crazy maverick whose gimmicks included cow-milking contests and an exploding scoreboard. Health issues forced Veeck to sell John Allyn in 1961, but Veeck re-acquired the team in 1975 and brought back his wild style, including such innovations as uniform shorts and a Disco Demolition night that resulted in a forfeit. But Veeck did not have the finances to remain viable and sold the team to a group headed by Jerry Reinsdorf and Eddie Einhorn before the 1982 season. The Sox won a division title the next under manager Tony La Russa and reached the postseason again in 1993 and 2000. They wouldn't return to the World Series until 2005, when they swept Houston in four games under manager Ozzie Guillen, their former shortstop. The Sox have played in what is now called U.S. Cellular Field since 1991, across the street from the old Comiskey Park, the one-time "Baseball Palace of the World."]]> en-us <![CDATA[Sports on TV]]> http://www.baltimoresun.com/topic/bs-sp-tv-0520-20120520,0,4161672.column?track=rss-topicgallery 2012-05-20 00:00:00 <![CDATA[Orioles notebook: Brian Roberts says he's closer than ever to returning]]> http://www.baltimoresun.com/topic/bs-sp-orioles-notes-0517-20120516,0,1678506.story?track=rss-topicgallery 2012-05-16 22:16:00 <![CDATA[Kevin Hickey, former Orioles reliever, dies at age 56]]> http://www.baltimoresun.com/topic/bal-kevin-hickey-former-baltimore-orioles-reliever-dies-at-age-56-20120516,0,7621996.story?track=rss-topicgallery 2012-05-16 11:39:00 <![CDATA[Change is in the air in the AL East]]> http://www.baltimoresun.com/topic/bs-sp-schmuck-orioles-column-0506-20120505,0,2214349.column?track=rss-topicgallery 2012-05-05 13:42:00 <![CDATA[How the 2012 Orioles' start matches up to other teams in franchise history]]> http://www.baltimoresun.com/topic/bal-2012-orioles-start-compared-to-franchise-history-0507,0,7514933.story?track=rss-topicgallery 2012-05-07 08:00:00 <![CDATA[With best record in baseball, Oriole Magic is in the air]]> http://www.baltimoresun.com/topic/bs-sp-schmuck-orioles-0507-20120506,0,3749256.column?track=rss-topicgallery 2012-05-06 22:16:00 <![CDATA[Peter Schmuck: What's next in historic baseball season?]]> http://www.baltimoresun.com/topic/bs-sp-schmuck-orioles-0509-20120508,0,5191052.column?track=rss-topicgallery 2012-05-08 22:27:00 <![CDATA[Looking back: Rocky Colavito hit 4 homers against Orioles in 1959]]> http://www.baltimoresun.com/topic/bal-rocky-colavito-hit-4-homers-against-orioles-in-1959-20120509,0,613471.story?track=rss-topicgallery 2012-05-09 04:54:00 <![CDATA[Matusz ends skid, Showalter gets 1,000th win as Orioles rout Yankees]]> http://www.baltimoresun.com/topic/bal-orioles-brian-matuszs-ends-skid-buck-showalter-gets-1000th-win-as-orioles-rout-yankees-71-20120501,0,408539.story?track=rss-topicgallery 2012-05-01 20:56:00 <![CDATA[Orioles notebook: Demotion to Rockies bullpen helped Hammel fine-tune focus]]> http://www.baltimoresun.com/topic/bs-sp-orioles-notes-0430-20120429,0,5877408.story?track=rss-topicgallery 2012-04-29 18:33:00 <![CDATA[Sometimes you feel like a nut; If you don't, Orioles offering peanut-free suites]]> http://www.baltimoresun.com/topic/bal-201204042,0,6756426.story?track=rss-topicgallery 2012-04-06 07:03:00 <![CDATA[Orioles' Showalter has no reservations about putting Reynolds back at third]]> http://www.baltimoresun.com/topic/bs-sp-orioles-notes-0412-20120411,0,5090967.story?track=rss-topicgallery 2012-04-11 18:22:00 <![CDATA[Manager Robin Ventura , coaches and Sox players celebrate a 6-0 win over the Cubs.]]> http://www.baltimoresun.com/topic/chi-cubssox22s20120520153403,0,3259243.photo?track=rss-topicgallery 2012-05-20 00:00:00 <img src="http://www.chicagotribune.com/media/thumbnails/photo/2012-05/70046185-20153409.jpg" alt="Game over" width="75" height="51" > <![CDATA[U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton shows a smile in skybox Saturday night at Wrigley Field as the Chicago Cubs host the Chicago White Sox.]]> http://www.baltimoresun.com/topic/chi-aj-5-nato-big-gally-20120519193637,0,6783373.photo?track=rss-topicgallery 2012-05-19 00:00:00 <img src="http://www.trbimg.com/img-4fb85848/turbine/chi-aj-5-nato-big-gally-20120519193637/187/16x9" alt="Friendly confines" width="75" height="42" > <![CDATA[White Sox manager Robin Ventura at Wrigley Field .]]> http://www.baltimoresun.com/topic/chi-ct-soexcub120120519151513,0,298652.photo?track=rss-topicgallery 2012-05-19 00:00:00 <img src="http://www.chicagotribune.com/media/thumbnails/photo/2012-05/70032717-19151518.jpg" alt="Pregame" width="48" height="75" >