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    Charles Albert Comiskey (August 15, 1859 – October 26, 1931), nicknamed "Commy" or "the Old Roman", was an American Major League Baseball player, manager...
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    case of Shoeless Joe Jackson), the ban remains in force. In 1919, Charles Comiskey, the owner of the Chicago White Sox and a prominent Major League Baseball...
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    1910 through 1990. Built by White Sox owner Charles Comiskey and designed by Zachary Taylor Davis, Comiskey Park hosted four World Series and more than...
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    Guaranteed Rate Field, formerly Comiskey Park and U.S. Cellular Field, is a baseball stadium located on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, United States...
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    League again until after founder Charles Comiskey died and passed ownership of the club to his son, J. Louis Comiskey. They finished in the upper half...
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  • motivated by a mixture of greed and a dislike of penurious club owner Charles Comiskey, to implement the fix. Starting pitchers Eddie Cicotte and Claude "Lefty"...
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    Pirates entry in the Players' League of 1890 (whose roster included Charles Comiskey), and then was the home of the National League club now called the...
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    was soon nicknamed Comiskey Park by the press in honor of team owner Charles Comiskey. The name was officially changed to Comiskey Park in 1913. An apocryphal...
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    thereafter they became the dominant team in the AA, as manager Charlie Comiskey guided St. Louis to four pennants in a row from 1885 to 1888. Pitcher and...
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    hotel room. Jackson then tried to tell White Sox owner Charles Comiskey about the fix. Still, Comiskey refused to meet with him. Unable to afford legal counsel...
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    this time, Johnson befriended Charles Comiskey, who was then manager of the Cincinnati Reds. At the urging of Comiskey and Reds owner John T. Brush, Johnson...
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    Hall of Fame and Museum. Retrieved October 15, 2010. "Hall of Famers: Charles Comiskey". National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. Retrieved October 15,...
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  • 1956. Comiskey was the daughter-in-law of Charles Comiskey and inherited control of the White Sox upon the death of her husband, J. Louis Comiskey. Comiskey...
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    Some of the notable cards in the series include baseball players Charles Comiskey, Cap Anson, and Jack Glasscock, as well as non-athletes like Buffalo...
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  • Grabiner (1915–1945) Leslie O'Connor (1946–1948) Frank Lane (1948–1955) Chuck Comiskey (1956–1958) Johnny Rigney (1956–1958) Hank Greenberg (1959–1961) Ed Short...
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    Anderson Jake Beckley Johnny Bench * Jim Bottomley Mordecai Brown Charles Comiskey Sam Crawford Kiki Cuyler Leo Durocher Buck Ewing Warren Giles * Ken...
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  • Chicago, Comiskey was the grandson of the team's founder, Charles Comiskey. Comiskey's father, Lou, inherited the team after Charles Comiskey's death in...
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  • starring Jack Nicholson, and Chicago White Sox baseball team owner Charles Comiskey in Eight Men Out (1988), a drama about the corrupt 1919 Chicago White...
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    limited partnership. He followed previous eccentric White Sox owners Charles Comiskey, who was known as a miser, and Veeck, who was known as a prankster...
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  • John Comiskey (politician) (1826–1900), father of Charles Comiskey Charles Comiskey (1859–1931), player, manager, team owner J. Louis Comiskey (1885–1939)...
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    season to continue studying for his law degree. Despite White Sox owner Charles Comiskey offering him more money to come to spring training, Berg declined,...
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  • the team to be a charter member of a new league, the AA, in 1882. Charles Comiskey was the first manager in franchise history to hold the position for...
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  • Rusie – 111/2 †Hughie Jennings – 11 †Fred Clarke – 9 Jimmy Collins – 8 †Charles Comiskey – 6 †Jerry Denny – 6 Bill Lange – 6 †Wilbert Robinson – 6 Harry Stovey –...
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    failing to tell team officials. Weaver successfully sued White Sox owner Charles Comiskey for his 1921 salary. When Shoeless Joe Jackson did the same, the jury...
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    protesting an umpiring decision. The managers, Cap Anson (St. Louis) and Charles Comiskey (Chicago), initially agreed to disregard the game. When St. Louis won...
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    American League, the owner was a former player or manager himself: Charles Comiskey of the Chicago White Sox, Connie Mack of the Philadelphia Athletics...
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  • greatest baseball teams ever assembled; however, the team's stingy owner, Charles Comiskey, gives little inclination to reward his players for a spectacular season...
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  • players in check. Motivated by dislike for particularly stingy owner Charles Comiskey and gamblers' payoffs, real and promised, members of the Chicago White...
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  • with his brother Charles. In 1909, he designed the third Kankakee County Courthouse. A year later, he was hired by Charles Comiskey to design White Sox...
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    12, 1885, son of Charles Comiskey. He inherited the team from his father in 1931. He started work for the White Sox in 1910. Comiskey died of heart disease...
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