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New York is home to plenty of household names in baseball. It’s also home to one of the most storied franchises in baseball history but that’s not all. The city itself is the like center of the universe for the sport as many who were born from that state spawned into great talents. As we […] READ MORE
White Sox 4, Royals 1 (This game was the result of a simulation done through What If Sports. It matched the Kansas City Royals All-Time Team against the Chicago White Sox All-Time Team. This game did not actually happen.) Ted Lyons was brilliant in a complete-game effort, surrendering a single unearned run as the Chicago […] READ MORE
The Chicago White Sox were one of eight charter members of the AL in 1901. Three years later, the team officially changed its nickname to White Sox, but it has been based in Chicago throughout its history. In their 121-year history, the White Sox have won six AL pennants and three World Series titles. Up […] READ MORE
The Oakland Athletics are an interesting case. They’ve been around for 121 years and have been involved in 18,702 contests. In that time, they’ve made 29 trips to the postseason and won 15 pennants. They have nine World Championships and 45 players who’ve worn their uniform are enshrined in Cooperstown. However, in spite of all […] READ MORE
The Zimmerman Chase and World Series of 1917 U-boats and the Zimmermann Telegram World War I had been raging for nearly three years when Great Britain intercepted an encrypted telegram. The telegram was sent from the German Foreign Minister Arthur Zimmermann, to the German minister to Mexico Heinrich Von Eckhart. The British deciphered the message […] READ MORE
The Chicago White Sox franchise was officially established in 1888. In over 130 years as a professional baseball team, Chicago has seen its fair share of historic players and moments. Their list of all-time greatest players is also riddled with classic names from the early 1900s. The “South Siders” have won three World Series championships […] READ MORE
Allen Settle has been a contributor to Last Word on Sports since 2019. He is a lifelong baseball fan and enjoys writing. Allen prides himself on his reporting and analysis on all things MLB. You can contact Allen at [email protected] and on Twitter @SettleDownSport.