<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Journeyman:
Hy Picasso, do you remember Britt Burns and his habit of his hat falling off when he pitched LMAO...the guys hat would sometimes fall off after every throw, it was hysterical...they had some good pitchers in the early 80`s Hoyt, Dotson, Burns and Bannister....I thought Dotson was going to be a great one but he didn`t last long<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
Yes, I remember Britt Burns well. He was ok, but never lived up to all the hype. In the division winning 1983 season (the first Chicago division since the Sox in '59; Cubs won their division in '84), the White Sox had a starting rotation of Hoyt (24-10), Dotson (22-7), Bannister (16-10), Burns, and Koosman.
They started the season 16-24 and it looked like another typical baseball season in Chicago. But something changed, best coined by Texas' manager Rader, originator of the phrase "Winning Ugly". They finished the season at 99-63. Played Baltimore in the playoffs and won game 1 in Baltimore. Lost games 2 and 3. Britt Burns started and pitched a great game 4. Unfortunately for Sox fans, Chicago couldn't score either. Tito Landrum wound up hitting a 3-run homer in the top of the 9th or 10th as the Orioles won 3-0 to end the series.
This was such a memorable season for Chicagoans because the city had literally won nothing since the Bears in '63. It preceded the Bears Super Bowl in '85-'86 and was well before the Bulls' run in the 90's. Unfortunately, it ended in disappointment for diehards like myself.