Today in White Sox History: January 24

Jan 24 2022 by South Side Sox

 
One of Chicago’s all-time best examples of buying low and selling high, Estaban Loaiza arrived on the South Side on this day, 19 years ago.

Buying low, and selling high.

2003

Sometimes luck plays a part in things ... sometimes a very big part.

On this date, Chicago White Sox general manager Ken Williams signed free agent pitcher Esteban Loaiza to a $500,000 contract, a massive discount from the $6.05 million he’d made in 2002 with the Toronto Blue Jays.

Loaiza was expected to...

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