Sox Century: Sept. 20, 2017

Sep 21 2017 by South Side Sox

 

The White Sox won the coin flip for the World Series before they’d won the American League

While the White Sox had not yet clinched, Chicago continued to prepare to host the World Series — or “World’s Series,” as the newspapers called it back in the day.

The New York Giants had already clinched, so baseball didn’t wait for the White Sox to make it official before determining which team would host which games. Giants President Harry Hempstead was allowed to call the coin...

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