Today in White Sox History: January 11

On this day 25 years ago, Carlton Fisk and Tony Pérez were elected to the Hall of Fame.

Pudge makes the Hall, and the South Siders lose a unique manager

1881

A series of Tuesday baseball games started in Chicago.

Wait ... regular games, in Chicago ... in January? Yes, these games were played on ice, with pro and amateurs alike. They remain a regular winter staple for years.

[Author’s note: I was a part of a group that inadvertently continued this tradition nearly a century later...