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The first game in Comiskey Park was a 2–0 loss to the St. Louis Browns on July 1, 1910. [3] [4] The first no-hitter at Comiskey Park was in 1911, hurled by Ed Walsh on August 27, a 5–0 win over Boston. The Sox won their first home night game, over St. Louis on August 14, 1939, 5–2. [13]
When the new Comiskey Park (now called Rate Field) was built, many in the media and baseball (including both Cubs and White Sox fans) called the park "sterile", and lacking the beauty and personality of the old park, even though many seats at the old park were cramped, behind posts, or in the outfield. Others contend that in contrast Wrigley ...
In 1910, Comiskey Park opened just 4 blocks north of South Side Park on a site that was formerly a junkyard. [12] The Park remained the home of the Sox until 1990, when it was the oldest park in Major League Baseball. [13] The new Comiskey Park, currently known as Rate Field, opened in 1991 across 35th Street from the old ballpark. [14]
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Charles Comiskey, circa 1910. As owner of the White Sox from 1900 until his death in 1931, Comiskey oversaw the construction of Comiskey Park in 1910 and won five American League pennants (1900, 1901, 1906, 1917, 1919) and two World Series (1906, 1917). [3] He lost popularity with his players, who eventually came to despise him.
Comiskey Park, then known as "White Sox Park", in the early 1910s. After acquiring a number of stars from the older league, including pitcher and manager Clark Griffith, the White Stockings also captured the AL's first major-league pennant the next year, in 1901.
July 12, 1979 -- Disco Demolition Night at Comiskey Park in. By John Dorn It was a night that brought one of the most destructive revolutions in professional sports history, but one that has been ...
Obama and Raul Castro reversed over 60 years of tension between the U.S. and Cuba by restoring diplomatic ties. 4. He urged states in 2013 to raise the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour. Since then ...