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Chicago White Sox
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The Chicago White Sox
are a Major League Baseball team based in Chicago, Illinois and They
play in the Central Division of the American League. The Chicago White
Sox was founded in 1893, as the Sioux City, Iowa franchise in the
minor Western League. Moved to St. Paul, Minnesota, then again to
Chicago in 1900 when that league became the American League. The Chicago
White Sox were formerly known as Sioux City Cornhuskers in 1894, St.
Paul between 1895-1899. The home ballpark for the Chicago White Sox
is U.S. Cellular Field and the uniform colors are black, white and
gray. The logo design for the Chicago White Sox are the letters "SOX",
interlocked in various ways. The Chicago White Sox have won four Division
titles in, 1983, 1993, 1994 and 2000. The White Sox have also won
five American League Pennants in, 1901, 1906, 1917, 1919 and 1959.
The Chicago White Sox have also been successful early in the 19th
century and secured two World Series Titles in, 1906 and 1917. The
team was founded by Charles Comiskey, a former major-league ballplayer
who starred with the St. Louis Browns in the 1880s. Comiskey originally
founded the team in Sioux City, Iowa, as part of a minor league called
the Western League. The Cornhuskers won the league pennant in 1894,
then moved to St. Paul, Minnesota. When the Western League changed
its name to the American League in 1900, a year before claiming major
league status, the St. Paul franchise was relocated to Chicago, to
compete directly with the National League club in that city. The club
adopted the name "White Stockings", the original name of
the Chicago Cubs, and acquired a number of stars from the National
League, including pitcher and manager Clark Griffith, who paced the
White Sox to the American League's first pennant in 1901. The White
Sox would continue to be built on pitching and defense in the following
years, led by pitching workhorse Ed Walsh, who routinely pitched over
400 innings each season in his prime. The following players have had
their numbers retired by the Chicago White Sox, #2 belonging to Nellie
Fox, #3 worn by Harold Baines, #11 worn by Luis Aparicio, #4 belonging
to Luke Appling, #9 worn by Minnie Minoso, #16 belonging to Ted Lyons,
#19 worn by Billy Pierce, #42 worn by jackie robinson whose number
has been retired throughout baseball and #72 belonging to Calton Fisk.
The goal for the White Sox in 2005 is a team based more on defense,
speed and pitching, a move made more likely by the in-season pick-ups
of right-handers Freddy Garcia and Jose Contreras, coupled with the
requisite power and Guillen's unabashed energy. The Chicago Cubs and
the Sox are both in some of the longest championship droughts of any
teams ever to play professional sports; as such, a heated Sox-Cubs
rivalry has developed. Most White Sox fans take joy in the in failures
of their cross-town rival and the same is true for Cubs fans, though
to a lesser extent. The advent of interleague play has intensified
the rivalry. Since 2000, a heated war has grown between the White
Sox and their Central Division rivals, the Minnesota Twins.
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