September 5, 2010

Chicago White Sox – A Look Into The History Of A Great Team

The most popular baseball team located in Chicago, Illinois is the Chicago White Sox. They became part of the baseball sport in 1901. Chicago White Sox is one of the two teams that are known to be located in the Illinois region. Seeing as the team has been around for quite some time, they have won the World Series on two different occasions; years 1906 and 1917. The Chicago White Sox are commonly referred to as the “South Siders” by the fans.

Over the past few years the White Sox have had a change in uniform. They were the first team in major sports to put the names of their players on the back of their jersey. In 1912, the White Sox had one of the most famous logos in baseball. The logo was a large “S” in Roman style font, with a small “O” in the top loop of the “S” and a small “X” in the bottom loop of the “S”. The White Sox logo in 1949 was the word “SOX” in an Old English font.

The initial team colors for the Chicago White Sox in 1964 was black, which later was changed to navy blue. The away uniform worn by the Chicago White Sox went from gray to pale blue. The colors of the uniform changed once again in 1976 to red and black.

Other parts of the uniform were also known to be changed quite often. One of the most apparent changes in the Chicago White Sox uniform was the Sox logo itself. The current uniform has a modern looking “Sox” logo that is bold in front. The logo is completed with the name of the state Chicago, running across the remainder of the jersey. There was quite a big controversy on the Chicago White Sox wearing shorts in 1976. After being given a negative response from the fans, they went back to wearing trousers.

The new owners of the Chicago White Sox that took over in 1981 came up with a plan to get the fans themselves to design the team’s uniform. The owners; Jerry Reinsfdorf and Eddie Einhorn felt this was a great way to get the fans involved into the team.

The new design that was chosen from a fans design had the word Sox written across the front area of the jersey. After a number of changes, it took another five years before the Chicago White Sox stuck to a permanent kit design. This design had the words “White Sox” across the front of the jersey.

Seeing as there have been a large number of uniform designs for the Chicago White Sox, many fans are known to have their personal favorites. As a result, there has been a high demand of being able to purchase all kit designs. All of the previous Chicago White Sox kits can be purchased directly from their official website. One of the great benefits of being able to purchase the uniform directly from the Chicago White Sox website is that one has the option to add their custom name on the jersey.

The official Chicago White Sox website is known to have a number of others products available for sale as well other than the uniform alone.

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