South Side Sox · Jun 8, 2021
Today in White Sox History: June 7
John Sleezer/Kansas City Star/Tribune News Service via Getty Images No, not the 1974 fire at Comiskey Park. Not 1974. Not Comiskey Park. For illustrative purposes only. P.S. Kauffman, turn down the grill temps, you clowns.1965
White Sox third baseman Pete Ward’s appearance on the cover of Sports Illustrated was derailed at the last second when Muhammad Ali beat Sonny Liston in the rematch for the heavyweight boxing championship. Ali got the cover shot when the fight photos arrived at SI at literally the last possible publishing time.
Ward was sent four “test” copies of the cover that never ran, as a keepsake. The headline? “The New White Sox Power For a Pennant.”
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