Happy birthday to an overlooked manager
1927
Nellie Fox — the second-best second baseman, fourth-best hitter, and 11th-best player in White Sox history by WAR (47.4) — was born in St. Thomas, Pa.
Although certainly more in line with players of his time, Fox was an undersized 5´9´´, achieving his stardom with the grit that came to personify the Go-Go White Sox teams of the 1950s. More astounding than his lack of power (88 career home runs...