The Chicago White Sox are a charter member of the American League. They have been playing professional baseball on the South Side of Chicago for more than 100 years, a period filled with untold moments of happiness and heartache, humor and horror. "Then Ozzie Said to Harold..." collects many of the best stories and anecdotes in the history of the Pale Hose. With stories featuring the franchise's earliest days, the Go-Go Sox of the 1950s, and the World Series champions of 2005, this book unearths scores of stirring, hilarious, and poignant stories about the best and worst personalities and moments over the last century.
Coauthor Billy Pierce was an integral part of the starting rotation of the 1959 pennant-winning White Sox and has been a part of the White Sox organization for more than half a century. He eagerly shares his best stories from his playing days and his postretirement involvement with the White Sox. Many of his stories have never been published before, and all of them will bring back vivid memories of unforgettable times, leavened with humor and good fun.
The White Sox history, of course, began long before 1959, and the authors have drilled deep to uncover long-forgotten or never-before-heard stories about the Sox of the dead-ball and Black Sox eras, about the barren but always entertaining period between the wars, and about the rebuilding of the 1940s and early 1950s.
The White Sox are blessed with more than 100 years of history, and "Then Ozzie Said to Harold..." does a remarkable job of identifying the best stories that have emerged from this always fascinating franchise.
