Today in White Sox History: January 12

You may not remember Chris Stewart on the White Sox, but on this day 18 years ago Chicago sent him on an odyssey that would land the catcher on 11 more MLB teams before he hung up his mask. 1982

In the January phase of the amateur draft that no longer exists today, the White Sox unearthed the unlikeliest of success stories. Miami Dade College’s John Cangelosi was selected with the No. 433 overall pick (including the 1981 summer draft), befitting a 5´8´´ fireplug of a player.

Cangelosi signed on May 11 and literally hit the ground running, swiping 45-of-52 bases at Low-A Niagra Falls.

Three years later, Cangelosi made his major league debut in Chicago, and in 1986 he leapfrogged the more…