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  • The Chicago White Sox have a new green furry jersey wearing mascot called Southpaw who made his debut in 2004.
  • The White Sox have retired a number of jerseys over the years. Retired jerseys include the following; 2, 3, 4, 9, 11, 16, 19 42, and 72. They belonged to Nellie Fox, Harold Baines, Luke Appling, Minnie Minoso, Luis Aparicio, Ted Lyons, Billy Pierce, Jackie Robinson, and Carlton Fisk.
  • The National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown has numerous items representing the White Sox on display including spikes worn by "Shoeless Joe" Jackson, and a jersey worn by Carlton Fisk while catching his major league record 2,226th game, on June 22, 1993. Also on display is a 1970 road jersey donned by Hall of Famer and shortstop Luis Aparicio.
  • Other jerseys and caps on display include those worn by manager Kid Gleason during the 1919 World Series.
  • Bill Veeck, who owned the team from 1958-61, bought the team again in December 1975 and tried every gimmick in his admittedly vast repertoire to lure people to the ball park. Everything was tried, even having the players wore shorts on the field. Showers were installed in the bleachers. And then, of course, there was Disco Demolition Night. This promotional event was held on July 12/79 at Comiskey Park. The truth be known, the idea actually belonged to Bill's son Mike Veeck, director of promotions for the team. The club would sell 98 cent tickets to each and every fan who brought a disco record to Comiskey Park and between games of a doubleheader, the records would be burned. It resulted in the team forfeiting the second game to the Detroit Tigers as about 6,000 fans poured onto the field, drinking beer, ripping up the turf, and improvising fires. The field was destroyed, thirty-seven fans were arrested, and Mike Veeck quit his job in embarrassment. His father, Bill, sold the team not too long after this event.
  • In 1906 the uniform that they wore was completely white, that is except for a dark blue, "C" on the home version of the shirt. By the year of our Lord 1912, the most famous club logo design was 1st unveilde on the home versions of the uniforms. The shirt had a big S that formed circles around a tiny o and x on the bottom. By the year 1971 the look went to brilliant red and the zippered tops had red pinstripes.
  • In 1991 the club had a new park and went with a new look too. They went back to 1950s for inspiration and had black back as the main colour. A 2nd top had solid black.
  • The new Comiskey Park was officially open for business on the eighteenth of April 1991, 3 rotations of the earth around the sun after the Illinois General Assembly passed laws that would enable a park to be built across the street from old ballpark.
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