Today in White Sox History: December 31

Dec 31 2022 by South Side Sox

 
Feisty Kid Gleason took over as manager of a talented White Sox team on this day, 104 years ago. | Transcendental Graphics/Getty Images

A new Kid in town

1918

Just one season removed from a (still) franchise-best 100 wins and World Series title, Charles Comiskey replaced manager Pants Rowland with Kid Gleason.

Rowland was known as a gentlemanly manager, supportive of players — in stark contrast to the fiery Gleason, who was nearly Rowland’s co-manager given all the advice he’d...

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