Author: david bancroft

SERIES # 7. THREE GAMES. SWEPT SERIES. CHICAGO AT CLEVELAND The White Sox put their loss to Baltimore in the rear view mirror, with a three game, series sweep of the Cleveland Indians, at Municipal Stadium. Game one recap: Chicago jumped out to a 6-3 lead, then held off the Indians to win by an…

SERIES #6. ONE GAME. LOST. CHICAGO AT BALTIMORE. A one day stop in Baltimore brought an end to Chicago’s winning streak. The Orioles defeated the White Sox, 3-2, when Brooks Robinson singled in Merv Rettenmund in the bottom of the ninth inning. Walt Williams(1) hit a two run homer in the top of the third,…

SERIES #5. THREE GAMES. SWEPT SERIES. CHICAGO AT DETROIT The White Sox have a nice little five game win streak going. They just completed their most successful series thus far, taking all three games from the Detroit Tigers. Chicago put up two routs, 14-0 and 7-0, then fought for a comeback, 7-4 victory after trailing,…

SERIES #4. TWO GAMES. WON BOTH. CLEVELAND VS CHICAGO. The White Sox won their second straight series, beating the Cleveland Indians by scores of 4-2 and 6-2. In game one, Ed Herrmann(3) belted a game winning, two run homer in the bottom of the ninth, to win it for Chicago. Cy Acosta(2-0) won in relief.…

SERIES # 3. THREE GAMES. WON 2-1. KANSAS CITY VS CHICAGO. The White Sox split a twinbill with the Royals, then took the finale, for their first series win of the year. All the games were close, with both games of the double header decided by one run. The last game had a two run…

SERIES # 2. TWO GAMES. TEXAS VS. CHICAGO. WON 1 LOST 1. GM’S 4 AND 5. The White Sox hosted the Texas Rangers for a pair of games at Comiskey Park. They were beaten 2-0 in the first game, but bounced back in the second game to win their first contest of the year, 6-4.…

SERIES #1. 3 GAMES AT KANSAS CITY. LOST ALL THREE. GM’S 1-3. The White Sox lost all three games to the Kansas City Royals and dropped quickly to the A.L. West basement. Game recaps: Opening Day saw Wilbur Wood(0-1) hook up with Dick Drago in a terrific pitcher’s duel. Drago was the man for Kansas…

THE 1972 CHICAGO WHITE SOX For my next project, I will be replaying the season of the 1972 Chicago White Sox in the American League West division. This was an exciting team, who, although they fell short of the powerful Oakland A’s for the division title, were perhaps, instrumental in persuading team owners to keep…

FRI, SEPT 30 TO SUN, OCT 2. GM’S 153-155. FORBES FIELD, PITTSBURGH. The Pirates wrapped up their pennant winning season with a two games to one series loss to the Milwaukee Braves in the final series of the year. On Friday, the Bucs beat the Braves, 4-3, thanks to two triples by Bill Mazeroski. Maz’s…

TUES, SEPT 27. GM# 112. FORBES FIELD, PITTSBURGH The Pirates must have done a little too much celebrating after clinching the National League pennant on Sunday. The Cincinnati Reds came into town on Tuesday and tied a Stratball record for runs scored in a game by hanging 17 on the Pirates, in a 17-2 pasting.…