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Article: SECOND CITY TROUPE TRIES TO BREAK UP ROUTINE AS FAR AS POPULARITY GOES, THE WHITE SOX HAVEN'T BEEN IN THE BALLPARK WITH THE CROSSTOWN CUBS. BUT AT LEAST FOR NOW, THEY'RE SITTING PRETTY.(Sports)
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- Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)
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- June 6, 2005
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Byline: Jack Etkin, Rocky Mountain News
The Chicago White Sox had just won in 10 innings at Kansas City, widening their lead over the Royals to nine games in the American League West. Now it was almost 2 a.m. on Aug. 25, 1983, and the plane carrying the White Sox to Detroit was passing over familiar territory.
Roland Hemond, a respected baseball executive not given to hyperbole, was general manager of the White Sox. They were a rampaging team - the White Sox would win the AL West that season by 20 games - on a festive flight when Hemond made an announcement.
"I grabbed the microphone," Hemond said. "I said, 'Hey guys, we're flying over Chicago. ...
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