The Chicago Tribune Book of the Chicago White Sox is a
decade-by-decade look at one of the American League's original eight
teams, starting with the franchise's Windy City beginnings in 1900 as
the Chicago White Stockings (the former name of crosstown rivals the
Cubs) and ending with the current team.
For more than a century, the Chicago Tribune has documented every Sox
season through original reporting, photography, and box scores. For the
first time, this mountain of Sox history has been mined and curated by
the paper's sports department into a single one-of-a-kind volume. Each
era in Sox history includes its own timeline, profiles of key players
and coaches, and feature stories that highlight it all, from the heavy
hitters to the no-hitters to the one-hit wonders.
To be a Sox fan means to know breathtaking highs and dramatic lows. The
team's halcyon days--starting with the championship it won during the
first official season of the newly formed American League in 1901--have
always been punctuated with doldrums and stormy stretches, including a
period of time in the '80s when it looked likely that the team would
leave Chicago. But with the diehard support of their fans, the "Good
Guys" have always made a comeback--including the team's landmark 2005
World Series win, the first by any Chicago major league team in 88
years. This book records it all.
The award-winning journalists, photographers, and editors of the
Chicago Tribune have produced a comprehensive collector's item that
every Sox fan will love.
