South Side Sox · Jun 29, 2024
The trade deadline’s the headline for this White Sox team
The main White Sox action at the original 1920 trade deadline took part in a courtroom, what with 1920 coming right after 1919 and all. Chicago Sun-Times/Chicago Daily News collection/Chicago History Museum/Getty ImagesIt seems like trade deadline talk has been going on since about February, which makes sense when you have a team that did a lot of acquiring players with the obvious goal of hoping they do well enough to be flippable come late July. Chances are most of the big trades will wait ’til the midnight hour, even though that may not be the best idea for either side.