16th October 1881
There is a buzz around the south side of the City of Chicago today as the White Sox moved into their new stadium. We here at the Chicago Sun are going to back them to the hilt as they look like being our kind of club unlike the north sides White Stockings.
The new owner of the White Sox is 62 year old New Hampshire born Vic Stokes. Stokes has been big in transportation all his life but has decided to diversify into the new sport of Baseball. While Stokes seems a very amiable fellow his employees all talk of a drive to succeed that very few see. A drive that he expects his employees to also have as he pushes for them to achieve the best they can for the club. They do say he is happy to spend money to see that they achieve these given aims.
The club will play its first home games of the new year at the newly built South Side Park.
The owner is currently running the club himself as he is yet to sign a new GM but he has signed inexperienced manager Javier Fernandez. Fernandez hasn't managed any big league clubs yet but is looking forward to the prospect of leading the White Sox to glory.
The players that were selected in the expansion draft included Second Baseman Candy Nelson and Left Fielder John Glenn from Philadelphia Athletics and Jimmy Hallinan from the Brooklyn Atlantics. The full draft log can be seen below.
The team will get a chance to add extra players through the first year player draft at the start of November. We will bring you all the details once it is complete