Word: sox
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...sweet smell of success wafted over Chicago's Comiskey Park. With just three weeks left to play, the go-go White Sox were still in first place, and Commissioner Ford Frick had flashed the sign to start preparing World Series tickets. Even the San Francisco Giants, leaders of the National League, were giving the White Sox a vote of confidence by sending a scout to look them over...
Theoretically the White Sox should not be able to get off the ground. Until a fortnight ago, when they gambled that Pittsburgh's Ted Kluszewski had conquered his bad back and picked up the muscular first baseman on waivers, the White Sox did not have a man who could clout the long ball. The team trails the majors in home runs with a measly 81; team batting average is .252, sixth in the league...
...ancients and has-beens. Regular First Baseman Earl Torgeson, 35, had not done much since 1951, when he drove in 92 runs for the Boston Braves. Third Baseman Billy Goodman, 33, had a brief moment of fame nine years ago, when he won the batting title with the Red Sox. Early Wynn, the team's leading pitcher (18-9), is a creaking 39. In the bullpen are Turk Lown (9-2), a late-bloomer at 35, and Gerry Staley (7-3), 39, who seemed washed up six years ago with the St. Louis Cardinals...
...pitcher with a word; slick Shortstop Luis Aparicio, 25, and quick-handed Second Baseman Nellie Fox, 31, the best double-play combination in baseball; and Centerfielder Jim Landis, 25, one of the fastest fly chasers in the business. Under Manager Al Lopez' fatherly hand, the hitless-wonder White Sox, young and old alike, scamper the bases with glee, turn so cool in the clutch that they have won 31 of 41 one-run games. Says President Bill Veeck: "We connive, scrounge and hustle to get just one measly run. We can't afford to give any away...
Conniving, scrounging and hustling, the White Sox started this week with a solid lead of 5½ games, after splitting a pair with the second-place Cleveland Indians, 3-2 and 5-6. Come what may, the sight of the jerrybuilt White Sox leading the league is so fascinating that the team will most likely break its 1951 attendance record of 1,328,234 by more than...