Chicago White Sox News

A look at the top five teams of the 2007 season.

Tommy Byrne, who fulfilled a boyhood dream by pitching for the New York Yankees and won a game during the 1955 World Series, has died. He was 87. Byrne, who served two terms as Wake Forest mayor, died Thursday, his son John said Saturday. Tommy Byrne had congestive heart failure and was in declining health […]

Cuban slugger Alexei Ramirez has agreed to a deal with the Chicago White Sox, giving the club some added punch after it failed to sign two other top offseason targets. “We have arrived at an agreement with the White Sox for a major league contract for Alexei’s services,” agent Jaime Torres told The Associated Press […]

Bud Selig could be baseball commissioner for life if he wanted. His backing among owners is as strong as ever after the Mitchell Report, which accused owners and players of ignoring performance-enhancing drugs. “I’m not sure exactly what you’d say was Bud’s crime? I mean, what was he supposed to do?” former commissioner Fay Vincent […]

The White Sox can tell the Phillies that replacing Aaron Rowand is tough. Plus a look at the A’s focus on the future and more.

A National League scout offers his views on new Cubs outfielder Kosuke Fukudome. Plus, the Orioles release a puzzling statement regarding the Mitchell report.

A look at some of the darkest days in the history of baseball: Sept. 29, 1920 — In an account published in The New York Times, Chicago White Sox pitcher Eddie Cicotte says that he and several teammates agreed to throw the 1919 World Series in exchange for cash, in a scheme hatched by […]

A look at some of the darkest days in the history of baseball: Sept. 29, 1920 — In an account published in The New York Times, Chicago White Sox pitcher Eddie Cicotte says that he and several teammates agreed to throw the 1919 World Series in exchange for cash, in a scheme hatched by […]

The Chicago History Museum won a collection of rare documents, letters and memos detailing the Black Sox scandal at an auction that ended Thursday. The museum offered about $100,000 for the collection, topping 35 other bids, said suburban Chicago auctioneer Mastro Auctions. Experts say the papers offer insights about the Chicago White Sox and their […]

For nearly 90 years, the Black Sox scandal has been baseball’s darkest hour. Shoeless Joe Jackson and seven others on the 1919 Chicago White Sox were charged with conspiring to throw the World Series against Cincinnati. They later became known as the “Black Sox” and were banned from baseball for life by the game’s […]