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1976 Chicago White Sox Press Pass


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Over the course of more than 30 years at the helm of four different franchises, legendary baseball executive Bill Veeck was known for his antics, promotions and gags. And 40 years ago Monday, on Aug. 8, 1976, Veeck outdid himself when he had his Chicago White Sox players take the field wearing shorts in lieu of traditional baseball pants.

As rumor has it, the shorts were the brainchild of Veeck’s wife, Mary Frances — a tale Mike Veeck describes as “apocryphal” — but nevertheless, the shorts were mostly well-received by the players.

“People always say, ‘Well, how can you slide in shorts?’” Mike Veeck said. “Well, if you’re a big leaguer and you slide in shorts and you cut yourself, then you don’t know how to slide, since your hip absorbs the slide. So there was a lot of fun with that, and of course there were some guys on the club that Dad had enlisted so there wasn’t any resistance to it.”

The team never wore the shorts during the first half of the season, but finally, on Aug. 8, with the White Sox sitting at 47-60 on the year, Veeck called upon the Bermudas for the first game of a double-header against Kansas City.

The get-up made the Chicago players the butt of several jokes from the opposing Royals players, but the Sox won the game, shorts and all, with Goose Gossage — who previously remarked that he hoped he’d have advance notice so he could Nair his legs — picking up the save in the 5-2 victory.

Though the shorts may have brought good luck, Chicago had returned to its traditional uniform for the nightcap. And while the team did use them twice more over the next few weeks, on Aug. 21 and 23, they haven’t been worn again since. (Last year, the White Sox revived the 1976 jerseys for a game, but did not wear shorts.)


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