Comments on: Happy Shorts Anniversary, Chicago White Sox

By: proudliberal85392

proudliberal85392 — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 15:51:19 +0000

We need more Bill Veecks.

By: wendell7

wendell7 — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 11:43:07 +0000

Bucky Bleepin’ Dent

By: deepstblu

deepstblu — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 23:06:06 +0000

Went to Opening Day at Comiskey in 1978. Lots of entertainment, including what sounded like an entire section in the right field upper deck chanting “BOSTON SUCKS” an hour before game time; the fireworks crew blowing up enough stuff at the end of pregame to delay the first pitch while the smoke cleared (there had been some hooha over the Sox possibly not getting fireworks permits for the season–Veeck would have cut off his good leg before he’d've let that happen); the old gray-haired guy sitting near me who seemed to know half the crowd and was making bets with a good proportion of them; the guy who decided to chug a whole tray of beers at the front of the bleachers and drop the cups on the warning track (he only got to three before the guy holding the tray for him decided to dump the other nine over the chugger’s head. Would they sell you a dozen beers at a ballpark today? Is your credit limit high enough to pay for them?). And, oh yes, there was baseball. Memory tells me that White Sox free agent signee Ron Blomberg drove in the game-winning run in the bottom of the 9th, but research disagrees; Blomberg homered to tie it, and three batters later Wayne Nordhagen drove in Chet Lemon for the win. And there was much singing of the Na Na Hey Hey song in the ‘L’ station, as the ladies of the neighborhood came up from the platform with faces that said, Oh Lord, the crazy people are back again.

By: deepstblu

deepstblu — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 22:39:30 +0000

There was that one early ’80s design with the wide band…reminded me of a laundry detergent carton (“Fight stains, with NEW Instant SOX!”) Not real flattering on guys like Greg Luzinski.

By: theawesomersfranchise

theawesomersfranchise — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 21:28:59 +0000

Ball 3 take your base

By: freddyk34608

freddyk34608 — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 20:09:41 +0000

Is he hitting in beach sand?

By: yahmule

yahmule — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 18:42:36 +0000

I seem to remember Chet Lemon sliding feet first while wearing those shorts, even though he said he would go head first to save his thighs.

http://www.freewebs.com/karamaxjoe/thewhitesoxshorts.htm

By: Gardenhire's Cat

Gardenhire's Cat — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 18:26:46 +0000

All Time: Jesse Katsopolis and Joey Gladstone. They played in San Francisco in the late 80′s to the mid-90′s

By: nightman13

nightman13 — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 17:49:48 +0000

Hawk = poop

By: kkolchak

kkolchak — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 17:47:42 +0000

But it wasn’t nearly as ball breaking.

By: kkolchak

kkolchak — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 17:45:39 +0000

Me too.

By: kkolchak

kkolchak — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 17:45:17 +0000

It did, and it was. That abomination of a uni (even with long pants) replaced the White Sox’s classic red pinstripes from the all-too-brief Dick Allen era for the bicentenial year of 1976. The team then farted around with a couple of other slightly less crappy styles until they changed over to the cool Good Guys Wear Black look they sport now when the new Comiskey Park opened in 1991.

By: kkolchak

kkolchak — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 17:41:11 +0000

I was a big White Sox fan growing up and have vivid memories of both this incident and Disco Demolition Night. Veeck was broke and the Sox weren’t any good, but they were at least entertaining.

By: sdelmonte

sdelmonte — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 17:38:43 +0000

36 years…man, I feel old.

By: nolanwiffle

nolanwiffle — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 17:35:41 +0000

Unless I’m mistaken, I believe the jersey actually had a gigantic blue, dress shirt collar. Thereby making the jersey even more ridiculous than the shorts, in my opinion.

By: mybrunoblog

mybrunoblog — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 17:34:15 +0000

The bright orange baseball was more groundbreaking.

By: muir6

muir6 — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 17:28:12 +0000

Bucky Dent nice

By: planck16

planck16 — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 17:27:28 +0000

@ CRAIG

ATTENTION CRAIG:

I need your help. I am a Die-Hard Braves fan who now lives just outside of Philly. I attended the Braves/Phils game last night where the Bravos were blanked 3-0.

My buddy (typical Phillie fan) keeps suggesting that the Braves will not make the Playoffs because our 7-9 guys are too weak. Which is crazy for several reasons: 1) The Pitcher hitting 9th 2) The 7-8 hitters have also been looked at as a bonus more than a contributor, hence your defense specialists like Catcher and SS usually hit there. 3) Dan Uggla has been hitting 7th and he was an All-Star. Name another All-Star that currently hits 7th?

So that brought me to thinking, who in the NL has the best 7-8 hitters? And then, who was the best 7-8 hitters of all time? I am sure it is some 1930s Yankee Team!

Thanks!

Daniel

By: cur68

cur68 — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 17:20:03 +0000

I had no knowledge of this “shorts day” phenomenon of which you post. None whatsoever. In fact, the sight of that guy, an MLB player (Bucky Friggin Dent, no less), in shorts during an actual ball game at the Big League level has sprained my brain. I refuse to believe this really happened.

By: steveohho

steveohho — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 17:13:00 +0000

Mercy!

By: kkolchak

kkolchak — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 17:08:56 +0000

Of all the legendary Bill Veeck stunts, this one ranking somewhere between Eddie Gaedel, the midget batter, and Disco Demolition Night for sheer awesome awfulness.

Baseball was a lot more fun when it was being run by the likes of Veeck and Charlie Finley.