1976 Chicago White Sox season: Difference between revisions

* August 8<!--, 1976-->: The White Sox took the field wearing shorts instead of traditional baseball pants during the first game of a doubleheader against the {{nowrap|[[1976 Kansas City Royals season|Kansas City Royals]].<ref name=kcinsty>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=nPBLAAAAIBAJ&sjid=mO0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=5000%2C3713120 |work=Spokesman-Review |location=(Spokane, Washington) |agency=(photo) |title=Keeping cool in style |date=August 9, 1976 |page=13}}</ref><ref name=oseigb>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=cPBVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=R-EDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1224%2C2381530 |work=Eugene Register-Guard |location=(Oregon) |agency=(AP photo) |title=On short end in garb but not score |date=August 9, 1976 |page=1D}}</ref><ref name=buttyr>{{cite web|url=https://www.si.com/mlb/photos/2009/08/11baseball-uniforms-through-the-years#1 |work=Sports Illustrated |title=Baseball uniforms through the years |date=August 11, 2009 |access-date=June 26, 2018}}</ref>}} Despite winning the game 5–2, the shorts were such a disaster the White Sox dressed in pants for the second game, which they {{nowrap|lost 7–1.<ref name=wsares>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=P_pLAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2PgDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2680%2C1736023 |work=Spokane Daily Chronicle |location=(Washington) |agency=Associated Press |title=White Sox are showing |date=August 9, 1976 |page=16}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://espn.go.com/page2/s/list/biggestbusts.html {{Bare|title=The URLList: Biggest sports busts inline|last=Merron |first=Jeff |work=ESPN |access-date=NovemberAugust 31, 20212022}}</ref>}}