Today in White Sox History: April 10

Apr 10 2021 by South Side Sox

 
Carlton Fisk returned to Boston in 1981 and delivered for his new (White) Sox.

More openers, punctuated by Carlton Fisk heroics in Beantown

1959

The season opener to a memorable, pennant-winning year started in Detroit where Billy Pierce faced Jim Bunning. The Sox blew a 7-4 lead when the Tigers got three runs in the eighth inning, and matters weren’t decided until the 14th. That’s when Nellie Fox, who hit home runs as often as he struck out, blasted a two-run shot to give the Sox...

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