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Let’s get new White Sox nicknames!

A picturesque, picture-filled plea

Now, this is a real Pale Hose. | Grainger.com

Now is the time to put the Pale Hose to death!

No, not the team — that would be a tad drastic — the nickname. It was apt in 1910 when it was created. It ain’t apt now.

We’ll take a look at hose, pale and otherwise, through the years coming up, complete with pretty pictures. But first, we digress.

A NEW AND APT NICKNAME FOR THE BULK OF THE ORGANiZATION
We know that the main criterion — make that the only one — for a lofty front office or managerial job with the White Sox, on the baseball side or pretty much anywhere else, is the ability and willingness to affix your lips to Jerry Reinsdorf’s keister.