Definitions

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  • proper noun US, baseball The Chicago White Sox, an American baseball club.

Etymologies

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From white and sox (obsolete form of socks) - the footwear worn by the members of the team

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Examples

  • I called the White Sox to see if the game was still on at 7: 00 PM, just about the same time Richard Roeper was throwing out the first pitch and the tarp was being removed.

    The Baseball Zealot 2008

  • I wrote that pitching coach Steve McCatty had called White Sox pitching coach Don Cooper following comments Cooper made about Strasburg's delivery, comparing his arm action to Mark Prior and Kerry Wood.

    A correction 2010

  • But as it shook out, the White Sox were the ones who played like they had everything to lose.

    Jon Greenberg: Nightmare in Minnesota 2008

  • Now the White Sox are a little bit -- they'll fool you a little bit -- they're third or fourth in the league in homers.

    Can the White Sox Stay Hot? 2005

  • The last pitcher with fewer career victories at the time of his perfect game was Charlie Robertson, whose 1922 gem for the White Sox was his second career win.

    NYT > Home Page 2010

  • The president is, of course, not much of a Yankees fan -- the White Sox are his team (though he recently had trouble naming any of the players he remembered from his youth).

    Redskins Insider Podcast -- The Washington Post Michael D. Shear 2010

  • If Carlos Quentin and Alex Rios can rebound, the White Sox will be a team to reckon with.

    columbiatribune.com stories < 2010

  • The president is, of course, not much of a Yankees fan -- the White Sox are his team (though he recently had trouble naming any of the players he remembered from his youth).

    Redskins Insider Podcast -- The Washington Post Michael D. Shear 2010

  • If Carlos Quentin and Alex Rios can rebound, the White Sox will be a team to reckon with.

    columbiatribune.com stories < 2010

  • If Carlos Quentin and Alex Rios can rebound, the White Sox will be a team to reckon with.

    columbiatribune.com stories < 2010

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