Description

In this episode, Janica tells us about the history behind Old Comiskey park, The White Sox, her obsession with Shoeless Joe Jackson and the Black Sox Scandal and Disco Demolition Night.

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Sources:

https://www.ballparksofbaseball.com/ballparks/comiskey-park/

http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/315.html

http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/276.html#:~:text=Owned%20by%20Charles%20Comiskey%2C%20a,American%20League%20pennant%20in%201901.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comiskey_Park#

https://www.wbur.org/onlyagame/2019/07/12/disco-demolition-dahl-veeck-chicago-white-sox

https://sabr.org/bioproj/park/comiskey-park-chicago/

https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/comiskey-charles

https://www.baseballhistorycomesalive.com/old-comiskeys-iconic-exploding-scoreboard-debuts-58-years-ago-this-week/

https://tdy.lol/zsQBG

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jul/19/disco-demolition-the-night-they-tried-to-crush-black-music

https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/jim-rivera/

https://www.nprillinois.org/arts-life/2019-03-27/you-know-the-story-of-the-1919-black-sox-think-again