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From Rube Foster to Minnie Miñoso: Chicago's Black baseball trailblazers
Minnie Miñoso, left, and owner Bill Veeck of the Chicago White Sox in the Comiskey Park dugout in 1957. Photo: Mark Rucker/Transcendental Graphics, Getty Images 1951: The "Cuban Comet" Minnie ...
Winning isn’t everything, as Chicago White Sox fans have learned in 125 years. But you can still have fun.
As the Sox celebrate their 125th season in 2025, they can look back at moments grand and ghastly, from the 1919 Black Sox to ...
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Ernie, Minnie … and Charles?
4 Minnie Miñoso ended up on the White Sox because he had been on a team said to have too many Black players. Miñoso, the first Black player for either of the Chicago teams, was originally signed ...
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White Sox hit unforgettable highs and lows in the 21st century
Minnie Minoso was inducted into Hall of Fame. “Mr. White Sox” and the “Cuban ... inning of a game against the Athletics. The Sox and Chicago police were criticized for allowing the game ...
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Teachers union to petition school board over 5 ‘sticking points’ in contract negotiations
Chicago Teachers Union President Stacy Davis Gates high-fives a supporter where union members marched into Minnie Miñoso Academy in Bridgeport on March 4, 2025. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune ...