RIP Mr. White Sox, The Cuban Comet... Minnie Minoso

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Minoso was a seven-time All-Star whose combination of speed and power led a White Sox revival in the 1950s.

In his later years, the colorful Minoso, much like Ernie Banks with the Cubs, served as one of the team’s top goodwill ambassadors. “I'm proud of everything,” Minoso said of his career. “I'm proud to be a baseball player.”

The White Sox issued a statement that began, "Mr. White Sox has died."

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/whitesox/chi-white-sox-great-minnie-minoso-dead-at-90-20150301-story.html#page=1

[shenmue]

1. Rest in peace

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[marym625]

2. Oh this makes me so sad

My dad loved to talk about cutting school and sneaking into Sox games to watch Minnie Minoso. I loved hearing the way he talked about his childhood and the Sox.

I never saw him play but I know he made so many southsiders happy. Including my father and his two older brothers.



For Minnie and my dad.

[MerryBlooms]

10. Great memories

for Minnie and your dad.

[marym625]

14. Thank you

Thank you very much

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20. .

I miss my dad too (24 years).
It seems like forever and just yesterday, all at the same time.

[marym625]

23. I'm sorry.

I don't think we ever get over losing our parents.

For your dad

[ScreamingMeemie]

21. When I was 10 (1980), I remember my dad calling me out of my room

to watch him pinch hit (at age 49 or 50) against the Angels. My dad (an avowed Braves fan who then had to change to the Brewers) said,"That there is greatness."

[marym625]

24. That's something coming from a Braves fan

Dads knew. See what Minnie did for us all

[Stellar]

3. First Ernie Banks and then Minnie Minoso...

Players from my childhood. Rest in peace guys.

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12. It's tough ending eras. :(

[rurallib]

25. my favorite player (Banks) and my favorite name (Minoso)

we always had a game on the radio at our house. I didn't know much about baseball as a kid except that Banks hit a lot of homers and Minnie Minoso had one of the coolest names I ever heard.
As I grew, I learned he, too, was one heck of a ballplayer.

[world wide wally]

4. To most people in America, the initilals MM stood for Mickey Mantle, but to us southsiders back in

50's and 60's, it could only be Minnie Minoso.
Thanks for the memories Minnie!

[jehop61]

5. Amen to that

Used to walk to the park and try to sneak in.

[marym625]

15. My dad did.

With his two older brothers and friends from Grand Crossing.

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18. Ours is only a PSA 7

http://www.psacard.com/CardFacts/Item/25153/minnie-minoso-gray-back-1956-topps-125-baseball-cards

In my humble opinion, the most beautiful card set ever.

[GoCubsGo]

6. That he is not in the HoF is a travesty.

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13. I agree. Complete bs.

[Elwood P Dowd]

22. One of the best left fielders of all time.

I remember listening to Sox games with Bob Elson announcing back in the 1950s and 1960s when I was a kid. We only got Sox and Cardinal games on the radio down here in the deep south before the Braves moved to Atlanta. Minoso was one of the best left fielders in the game back then, and one of the best ever. Does anyone know why he isn't in the Hall?

[dhill926]

7. Loved watching him play as a kid…

And so soon after Ernie. Man…

[MerryBlooms]

16. Two tough losses, and not just for Chicago.

[DrDan]

8. wow . . . RIP

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[PCIntern]

11. Lotta loss for Chicago the last few weeks.

My condolences to the Town and its Fans from a long-suffering (but not AS long-suffering) Phillies fan.

[MerryBlooms]

19. Great losses, and not just for Chicago.