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October 6, 1976: Minnie Miñoso was released by the White Sox. [2] October 21, 1976: Phil Roof was traded by the White Sox to the Toronto Blue Jays for a player to be named later. The Blue Jays completed the deal by sending Larry Anderson to the White Sox on January 5. [3] November 26, 1976: Eric Soderholm was signed as a free agent by the ...
August 5 – Kansas City Royals designated hitter John Mayberry hits for the cycle in a 12–2 win over the visiting Chicago White Sox. August 12 – For the second consecutive day, Manny Sanguillén of the Oakland Athletics foils a no-hit bid with a single hit off the Baltimore Orioles ' Jim Palmer , who settles for a two-hit 6–0 victory.
The umpires award the Chicago White Sox outfielder, known as "Road Runner", a two-run single, but the mistake proves costly when Chicago loses the game in Minnesota, 7–6. June 25 – A group of former Chicago Cubs flatten the Hall of Famers 5–1 in a pregame exhibition.
On April 7, 1977, 44,649 fans attended the first game in Toronto Blue Jays franchise history, as the squad hosted the Chicago White Sox. [7] Notables in attendance that day included Metro Toronto chairman Paul Godfrey , Toronto mayor David Crombie , legendary NHL broadcaster Foster Hewitt , and country singer Anne Murray . [ 8 ]
1977 Chicago White Sox season; 1977 Cincinnati Reds season; 1977 Cleveland Indians season; D. 1977 Detroit Tigers season; 1977 Major League Baseball draft; E.
Less than a month later, on February 14, the White Sox and WGN Radio signed a multiyear agreement. WJJD was a daytime-only station the years they had the White Sox radio rights. Night games were carried on WIND, WFMF, WBKI, and WCFL as listed above. Station frequencies and call letters are accurate for the years of their White Sox broadcasts.
The Chicago Cubs are the crosstown rivals of the White Sox, a rivalry that some made fun of prior to the White Sox's 2005 title because both of them had extremely long championship droughts. The nature of the rivalry is unique; with the exception of the 1906 World Series , in which the White Sox upset the favored Cubs, the teams never met in an ...
Toronto had a long history of interest in baseball. Its first professional baseball team was established in 1885, and in 1886 Sunlight Park was built to host its games. In 1897, Hanlan's Point Stadium was built at the Toronto Islands for the Toronto Maple Leafs of the International League, and on September 5, 1914 it was the site of baseball legend Babe Ruth's first professional home run and ...