White Sox Almanac

MARCH 24TH

SO LONG, BOBBY

1971: The White Sox traded second baseman Bobby Knoop to the Kansas City Royals for cash and a player to be named later. Knoop, a three-time Gold Glover with the Angels in the 1960s, hit .229 in both 1969 and 1970 for the Sox. He became expendable when the Sox acquired second baseman Mike Andrews from Boston the previous December. In addition to the cash, the Sox received infielder Luis Alcaraz as the player to be named later in the deal six days later. Alcaraz never played for the Sox.

ANOTHER STEP IN THE COMEBACK

1993: The White Sox exercised the option on outfielder-designated hitter Bo Jackson, assuring that Jackson and his artificial hip would make the 25-man roster. This may have been a foregone conclusion since the team had been using Bo and his plastic hip in ads to sell season tickets. Regardless, the man had come all the way back from a potentially debilitating hip injury. Jackson would make history when he became the first player with an artificial hip to play and homer in a big league game when he went deep on his first swing of the season in the Comiskey Park opener April 9.

Happy Birthday: Wilson Alvarez 1970 (White Sox pitcher 1991-1997); Joe Davenport 1976 (White Sox pitcher 2001).