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Herman Cohn, Hyde Park tailor and WWII liberator, dead at 94
Edit Chicago Sun-Times 16 Apr 2016
As a German-born Jew in the American Army in World War II Europe, Herman Cohn was a Holocaust survivor, liberator and avenger. While guarding SS prisoners, he met an officer whose uniform showed he was part of the Leibstandarte-SS Adolf Hitler, personal bodyguards to the fuhrer. Mr ... Mr ... He tailored clothes to accommodate the muscles of White Sox stars Nellie Fox, Billy Pierce, Minnie Minoso and Luis Aparicio, as well as owner Bill Veeck....
Msgr. Richard O’Donnell dies at 105; oldest priest in Archdiocese
Edit Chicago Sun-Times 13 Apr 2016
Monsignor Richard O’Donnell was born two years before the Titanic sank, nine years before Adolf Hitler joined the Nazi Party, and 10 years before women got the right to vote. Howard Taft was in the White House. The oldest priest in the Archdiocese of Chicago — and a White Sox fan ’til the end — Msgr ... Hermitage. He was 105 and had been a priest for nearly 81 years ... Msgr ... A big White Sox fan, Msgr ... His favorite player was Nellie Fox ... ....
Eaton returns after brief paternity leave
Edit Chicago Sun-Times 11 Apr 2016
MINNEAPOLIS — Adam Eaton was back with the White Sox, floating on air after becoming a father for the first time and eager to jump back into what has been a good start for the leadoff man ... Her brother, her sister ... Eaton went into Monday’s game batting .450 (9-for-20) after becoming the first Sox since Nellie Fox in 1955 to open the season with four consecutive multi-hit games ... ....
White Sox recall pitcher Michael Ynoa from Class AA Birmingham
Edit The Examiner 10 Apr 2016
The Chicago White Sox announced today that they have recalled right-handed pitcher Michael Ynoa from their Double-A affiliate, the Birmingham Barons ... He became the first White Sox player since Nellie Fox in 1955 to open the season with four consecutive multi-hit games ... Contact Ted Fleming at ... ....
Hitting his pitch key to Eaton's hot stretch
Edit MLB 08 Apr 2016
CHICAGO -- Since Sept. 9 of last season, Adam Eaton had a Major League-best .396 average to go with a rather startling .467 on-base percentage over 106 at-bats and 26 games entering Friday. Carry that over to a 162-game season and you would get something historical ... It's not how it works." ... Eaton became the first White Sox player since Nellie Fox in 1955 to open the season with four consecutive multihit games ... Nothing overall has changed....
The short of it: 10 amazing Altuve facts (Houston Astros)
Edit Public Technologies 12 Mar 2016
(Source. Houston Astros). And, still, when Altuve reached the Majors in 2011 and made the National League All-Star team a year later, it was still easier to view him as a novelty rather than as a bona fide star ... 1 ... 2 ... 3 ... 4 ... 5 ... The previous seven ... 6 ... He is also ahead of the pace of a host of Hall of Fame-enshrined second-sackers like Billy Herman, Frankie Frisch, Nellie Fox, Ryne Sandberg, Tony Lazzeri and Charlie Gehringer. 7 ... 8 ... 9 ... 10 ... (noodl....
The short of it: 10 amazing Altuve facts (MLB - Major League Baseball)
Edit Public Technologies 12 Mar 2016
(Source. MLB - Major League Baseball). And, still, when Altuve reached the Majors in 2011 and made the National League All-Star team a year later, it was still easier to view him as a novelty rather than as a bona fide star ... 1 ... 2 ... 3 ... 4 ... 5 ... The previous seven ... 6 ... He is also ahead of the pace of a host of Hall of Fame-enshrined second-sackers like Billy Herman, Frankie Frisch, Nellie Fox, Ryne Sandberg, Tony Lazzeri and Charlie Gehringer. 7 ... 8 ... 9....
The short of it: 10 amazing Altuve facts
Edit MLB 12 Mar 2016
Looking at Jose Altuve now, you can understand why he was unheralded for so long. After all, the 25-year-old Astros second baseman stands at 5-foot-6 and weighs just 165 pounds ... Altuve's two-run double ATL@HOU. Altuve slaps in a two-run double in the 4th. 3/9/16 ... He is also ahead of the pace of a host of Hall of Fame-enshrined second-sackers like Billy Herman, Frankie Frisch, Nellie Fox, Ryne Sandberg, Tony Lazzeri and Charlie Gehringer ... ....
Ichiro exemplifies value of singles (MLB - Major League Baseball)
Edit Public Technologies 10 Mar 2016
(Source. MLB - Major League Baseball). Pierre, Ty Cobb and Nellie Fox each led their league six times in singles, Tony Gwynn five times. Maury Wills, Rod Carew and Willie Wilson each did it four times. Ichiro is the single-season king with 225 singles in 2004, and he owns four of the six best singles seasons since 1900. Counting his 926 singles in Japan before joining the Mariners in 2001, Ichiro has 3,316 -- 101 more than Rose ... (noodl....
Ichiro exemplifies value of singles
Edit MLB 09 Mar 2016
Two of the most prolific offensive performers in history are visible this season in Marlins uniforms. Barry Bonds, the new hitting coach, needs no introduction. Nearing the finish line of his career, Ichiro Suzuki is the greatest singles hitter the game has ever known ... Pierre, Ty Cobb and Nellie Fox each led their league six times in singles, Tony Gwynn five times. Maury Wills, Rod Carew and Willie Wilson each did it four times ... 8/5/15 ... ....
Tie kept NL from sweeping 1961 All-Star Games (San Diego Padres)
Edit Public Technologies 10 Feb 2016
(Source. San Diego Padres). But there was only one winner ... The teams met again 20 days later at Fenway Park in Boston ... Detroit first baseman Norm Cash doubled with one out in the ninth. Teammate Al Kaline followed with a single to center to score pinch-runner Nellie Fox ... With two out in the 10th, Fox drew a two-out walk from Miller and scored the go-ahead all the way from first on Boyer's three-base throwing error on a grounder by Kaline....
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