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The image above is that of Charles Comiskey. Comiskey was the owner of the so-called Black Sox who threw the 1919 World Series. In retrospect, it seems like Comiskey’s cheapness was a contributing ...
It may be hard to believe, but a White Sox stadium was actually built in Chicago with private funds. Even more astonishing, the home team not only played in it for more than 30 years before it needed ...
On a frigid Chicago evening in January 1912, baseball potentates Charles Comiskey and John McGraw met at “Smiley” Mark Corbett’s East Side saloon. Over whiskey poured neat, the two drafted an ...
The first day of spring marks the dawn of the White Sox — as well as a horrific injury to an all-time great. Seeds of Sox: Charles Comiskey purchased the Sioux City Huskers and, eventually, brought ...