A new lease for BB&T Ballpark, which would lead to a sale of the Winston-Salem Dash (High Class A; Carolina League) to a group led by the Chicago White Sox, is likely to be approved by the City Council. The plan calls for the potential new owners of the Dash to invest $8 million into […]
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Barons draw largest-ever crowd to Regions Field
Talk about starting the season off with a bang: the Birmingham Barons (Class AA; Southern League) drew the largest crowd ever to Regions Field, as parent Chicago White Sox came in for an exhibition. The announced attendance of 8,513 marked the largest in Regions Field history, while the sellout was the seventh at the downtown Birmingham […]
Whte Sox, investors seek to buy Winston-Salem Dash
The Chicago White Sox and other outside investors are seeking to buy a majority share of the Winston-Salem Dash (High Class A; Carolina League), subject to a new BB&T Ballpark lease. According to team president Geoff Lassiter, the White Sox — the Dash’s current parent — and other investors would buy into the team for […]
White Sox revive ’83 uniforms for 2014: Winning Ugly
The Chicago White Sox are bringing back the team’s 1983 uniforms as an alternate for the 2014 season, including a new tri-color cap featuring the familiar “batterman” logo. The jerseys will feature the iconic red, navy blue and primary white pullover jersey with the block “S-O-X” across the chest, and a vintage patch on the […]
Barons, White Sox extend PDC through 2018
The Birmingham Barons (Class AA; Southern League) and the Chicago White Sox have extended their player-development contract (PDC) through the 2018 season. The new agreement ensures the Barons will continue to operate as the Double-A affiliate of the White Sox for 32 consecutive seasons. The 2014 season will mark the team’s 28th year as the […]
Knights, White Sox extend affiliation through 2020
The Charlotte Knights (Class AAA; International League) and the Chicago White Sox announced an extension of their player-development contract through the 2020 season. Officials from both teams, including the Knights Executive Vice President/Chief Operating Officer Dan Rajkowski and White Sox Vice President/Assistant General Manager Buddy Bell, made the announcement today at Baseball’s Winter Meetings in […]
Pirates enter new affiliation with Bristol
You can expect a new team name and branding, as the Bristol Sox (rookie; Appalachian League) entered into a new player-development contract (PDC) with the Pittsburgh Pirates. Bristol joins the organization’s system as a ninth MiLB affiliate for the 2014 season. It becomes the Bucs’ second rookie-level team, with the Gulf Coast Pirates. The agreement […]
How much are Wrigley Field naming rights worth?
Let’s say Tom Ricketts and family decide to complete depart from Chicago Cubs history and seek a naming-rights deal for Wrigley Field. How much are naming rights worth? The answer: $15-20 million a year, according our old college classmate David Kaplan at CSNChicago. That sounds about right: the Cubs are a national team with a […]
White Sox commit to Bristol for two more years
The Chicago White Sox will be back in the rookie Appalachian League after signing a two-year management deal with Bristol Baseball, Inc. (BBI). The agreement ensures that professional baseball will remain alive in the Twin Cities for the forty-fifth and forty-sixth consecutive summers, with BBI operating the Bristol White Sox team competing in the Appy […]
U.S. Cellular withdraws from Chicago, will keep White Sox naming rights
Even though U.S. Cellular is selling its Chicago-area customer contracts to Sprint, the telecom giant will keep its Chicago headquarters and not drop naming rights to U.S. Cellular Field, home of the Chicago White Sox. U.S. Cellular is in the midst of a 20-year, $88-million naming rights deal signed in 2003. Now, companies have been […]
Hahn new GM of Chicago White Sox
Rick Hahn, a Chicago native who has been with the Chicago White Sox since October 2000 and helped build the 2005 World Series Champion and 2008 postseason teams, is the team’s new senior vice president/general manager, and longtime senior vice president/general manager Kenny Williams was promoted to executive vice president. Howard Pizer also was named […]
Glendale: We need to rework spring-training leases
The upcoming mayoral election in Glendale, Az., has some importance for the Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago White Sox, as candidate Jerry Weiers wants to renegotiate the teams’ leases for the Camelback Ranch complex. The issue: Glendale is collapsing under the weight of sports-facility debt, relating both to the spring-training complex and Jobing.com Arena, the […]
Hamilton calls last game; will return for a single sign-off
Milo Hamilton, one of the great broadcasters in baseball, called his last game for the Houston Astros last night, culminating a 67-year career in baseball. The 85-year-old Hamilton has been behind the Astros mike for the last 28 years, the last stint in a career that began broadcasting minor-league games in the Quad Cities and included stops […]