Word: sox
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Kittle of the White Sox aims a good deal beyond the fences...
Billy Pierce, the ideal White Sox pitcher of the 1950s, rediscovered him on a sand lot. Kittle was playing semipro baseball, after a day's heavy work, for a Chicago team identified beguilingly as AHEPA, which, even some of the players forget, stands for the American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association. Any White Sox scout might have found Kittle, but the fact that it was Pierce means something to South Siders, who are also pleased to recall that it was Peg-Legged Bill Veeck who signed the young slugger. For Veeck still owned the team in 1978 and was presiding...
...Sox 8, Angels...
Blue Jays 6, White Sox...
...Washington Redskins, Dallas Cowboys and their fellow gridiron gladiators? No, far less violent. The Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees and the rest of the major leagues? No, even more sophisticated and spiritually uplifting. These are the major symphony orchestras of America, a group of 20 or so crack ensembles that are flourishing artistically as never before. In unprecedented numbers, they are setting new standards of excellence in performance. In the process, they are changing the face of the country's traditional orchestral establishment. Declares Sir Georg Solti, music director of the Chicago Symphony: "American orchestras are undoubtedly superior...