Ep. 131: Trendsetters: the wild and rich history of White Sox uniforms

The White Sox Podcast w/ Chuck Garfien

Chicago Sports Network

Sports, Sports:baseball, Baseball

4.7 • 620 Ratings

🗓️ 4 July 2018

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

When it comes to uniforms, no one can top the White Sox whose wide spectrum of uniforms over the years have ranged from bold to bright to bizarre.Chuck Garfien and Chris Kamka speak with author Todd Radom who wrote the new book "Winning Ugly: A Visual History of the Most Bizarre Baseball Uniforms Ever Worn."They talk about how the White Sox have been at the forefront of many uniform trends over the years, and speak specifically about the disco pajamas of the 1970's, the shorts, the 83's, and many more.Plus, is it time for the White Sox to change their modern day uniform?

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0:00.0	Hey, Sox fans, it is the White Sox Talk podcast. Coming to you in season, offseason, all seasons,
0:06.2	brought you by WinTrust Community Bank, home of White Sox checking with free ATMs nationwide.
0:11.4	For more information, go to their special White Sox webpage, www.w.wintrust.com slash socks.
0:17.2	Chuck Arfine here with Chris Kamka.
0:19.5	Today on the podcast, we are going to take a break from the day to day and not talk about players, but instead we're going to talk about uniforms.
0:27.4	Specifically, the history of the White Sox uniform, which is one of the longest and most interesting of any team in baseball history.
0:34.5	That's right, everybody.
0:35.3	We're talking fashion today.
0:37.1	Fashion.
0:38.5	Yes. Why not? Take a break from the day to day. And there's such a strong history. That's right, everybody. We're talking fashion today. Fashion. Yes. Why not?
0:42.9	Take a break from the day to day and there's such a strong history with the White Sox uniform.
0:50.1	It's fascinating. I mean, if you go from the collared with shorts to the 83 with the socks to what we're wearing now and even in between what they wore in 87 what a dynamic change well we're
0:55.9	going to speak with todd radham he's the world's foremost graphic designer in the sports world and
1:01.4	he's got a great new book and it has a white socks title to it it's called winning ugly a visual
1:06.7	history of the most bizarre baseball uniforms ever worn and we're going to get into a lot of this
1:13.0	being White Sox talk. We also talk about some of the other random uniforms that have happened across
1:18.1	baseball. But I mean, the pajamas they wore in the 70s, the mid-80s one that you grew up with.
1:24.5	What a long history of interesting things that ball players have worn
1:28.4	on the diamond. You go back all the way 150 years ago to now, it's going to span a lot of different
1:34.5	looks, a lot of styles, a lot of colors. And you're going to learn a lot as I did. I know you know
1:39.3	a lot about the uniforms. Yeah, but Todd's going to inform us all. I learned a lot myself.
1:44.0	Todd is the authority on baseball uniforms and White Sox fans, you should consider Yeah, but Todd's going to inform us all. I learned a lot myself.
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