started at South Side Sox in 2018 after 20 years of writing on basketball, baseball and hockey, including time on the Blackhawks and White Sox beats. Follow him on Twitter @BrettBallantini and email your site feedback to brettballantini@yahoo.com
1940
On this Leap Day, we’ll tell the tale of how the Chicago White Sox were run for almost two decades by women — a noteworthy feat (sadly) even today, much less 80 years ago.
Grace Comiskey inherited the White Sox (then valued at $2 million) from her husband, Louis Comiskey, the son of club founder Charles Comiskey.