October 19, 2005
Anderson On the Black Sox
Just in case you don't subscribe to Times Select, you can read Dave Anderson's column on the 1919 Black Sox here.
I don't agree that the Black Sox hang over this franchise. It's been over 80 years. Everyone is dead. The park isn't even called Comiskey anymore. The scandal was important in that it changed the structure of the baseball management and forced the game to clean up its act. But there is no legacy of gambling handed down through the generations of White Sox players even though Angels fans might think someone paid off the umpires. :-)
"The park isn't even called Comisky anymore."
Not officially. Many fans still call it Comiskey. Hucksters are selling t-shirts a block from the park that say "I will _always_ call it Comiskey."
Actually, it's not even the same park anymore!
The new park was officially New Comiskey Park for over ten years before U.S. Cellular bought the naming rights.
If a new stadium were built and named Reinsdorf Field, many fans would still call it Comiskey.
I've heard that "Sox Park" is another popular moniker for US Cellular. Was Old Comiskey ever referred to as that?
A Sox-fan friend of mine refers to it as "Sox Park." Of course, I've also heard it referred to as "The Cell," which is perhaps appropriate (though I've heard it's nicer now).
this old curse of the black sox stuff is just as stupid as the bambino curse that reporters hafta make up to sell papers.
our GRANDPARENTS weren't even alive during the black sox.
