# Will White Sox ever go back to wearing shorts? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [June 28, 2008, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-white-sox-ever-go-back-to-wearing-shorts/454604 "2008-06-28T23:05:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Two\_and\_a\_Half\_Inches\_of\_Fun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea666f/32.png) [@Two\_and\_a\_Half\_Inches\_of\_Fun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_and_a_Half_Inches_of_Fun)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2008, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-white-sox-ever-go-back-to-wearing-shorts/454604/1 "2008-06-28T23:05:45Z")
It was a really good look, but I never hear anything about them bringing the shorts back. Is there any possibility of them bring back the shorts they wore in the '70’s? Maybe for a throwback day? ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2008, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-white-sox-ever-go-back-to-wearing-shorts/454604/2 "2008-06-28T23:08:35Z")
Good god man, you’re serious? Those things were hideous. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2008, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-white-sox-ever-go-back-to-wearing-shorts/454604/3 "2008-06-28T23:33:43Z")
And the players hated 'em. ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2008, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-white-sox-ever-go-back-to-wearing-shorts/454604/4 "2008-06-28T23:35:18Z")
[QUOTE=Mr Bus Guy] Good god man, you’re serious? Those things were hideous. [/QUOTE] [\*Who wears short shorts? We wear short shorts… 😛 \*](http://mopupduty.com/index.php/worst-uniforms-chicago-white-sox-shorts-1976/) Always wondered…how the hell did they slide into second in those things? Gotta love Veeck, though…good or bad, he always had the stones to try something new! ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2008, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-white-sox-ever-go-back-to-wearing-shorts/454604/5 "2008-06-29T00:25:58Z")
I remember seeing Terry Forster and Greg Luzinski in shorts. So the only possible answer is: God, I hope not! ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2008, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-white-sox-ever-go-back-to-wearing-shorts/454604/6 "2008-06-29T00:37:38Z")
While you are at it, see if you can get some football teams to wear throwback leather helmets. ---
**Author:** ![pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2008, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-white-sox-ever-go-back-to-wearing-shorts/454604/7 "2008-06-29T00:53:23Z")
[QUOTE=Two and a Half Inches of Fun] It was a really good look, but I never hear anything about them bringing the shorts back. Is there any possibility of them bring back the shorts they wore in the '70’s? Maybe for a throwback day? [/QUOTE] Don’t tell me the White Sox are even thinking about going commando. ---
**Author:** ![pricciar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@pricciar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pricciar)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2008, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-white-sox-ever-go-back-to-wearing-shorts/454604/8 "2008-06-29T02:05:30Z")
[QUOTE=astorian] I remember seeing Terry Forster and Greg Luzinski in shorts. So the only possible answer is: God, I hope not! [/QUOTE] Are you sure you saw Luzinski in the shorts? I thought they only used the shorts in '76. Did they come out again in the 80s? ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2008, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-white-sox-ever-go-back-to-wearing-shorts/454604/9 "2008-06-29T02:31:02Z")
As bad as the shorts were, what was up with those “half collars” on the shirts? They kinda sat on the shoulder but didn’t go all the way around to the back of the neck. I guess the hope was that the opposing teams would be laughing so hard at the uniforms that the Sox would actually win a few games. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2008, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-white-sox-ever-go-back-to-wearing-shorts/454604/10 "2008-06-29T02:38:03Z")
[QUOTE=pricciar] Are you sure you saw Luzinski in the shorts? I thought they only used the shorts in '76. Did they come out again in the 80s? [/QUOTE] I could have sworn it was Luzinski, but you’re right, it couldn’t have been. The memory is going on me. ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2008, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-white-sox-ever-go-back-to-wearing-shorts/454604/11 "2008-06-29T02:48:24Z")
[QUOTE=astorian] I could have sworn it was Luzinski, but you’re right, it couldn’t have been. The memory is going on me. [/QUOTE] I was poking around, looking for an image of said unis. [http://search.ebay.com/throwback-jersey-white-sox\_W0QQfkrZ1QQfnuZ1QQfsooZ2QQfsopZ32](http://search.ebay.com/throwback-jersey-white-sox_W0QQfkrZ1QQfnuZ1QQfsooZ2QQfsopZ32) Some say they have a throwback from “1976-1983,” which doesn’t seem right to me. Late seventies, you had Soderholm et al wearing those black uniforms. 1983 was the year we made the playoffs and they were definitely red-white-blue. Maybe 1976-1982? _Born in Chicago, Illinois, he attended Notre Dame High School in Niles, Illinois. Luzinski spent the majority of his career with the Philadelphia Phillies (1970–1980), and retired as a member of the Chicago White Sox (1981–1984)._ > **[Greg Luzinski](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Luzinski)** > > Gregory Michael Luzinski (born November 22, 1950), nicknamed "the Bull", is an American former professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a left fielder from 1970 to 1984, most prominently as a member of the Philadelphia Phillies where he was a four-time All-Star player and was a member of the 1980 World Series winning team. Together with Mike Schmidt, he formed a power-hitting tandem for the Philadelphia Phillies teams of the 1970s. > Luzinski was the 1975 National Lea... Choke much in the playoffs, Bull? Remember in 84 when he hit grand slams in back to back games? IIRC the TV flashed a hilarious caption as he rounded the bases: “First grand slam since yesterday.” Ahem, if he did wear the toady uniform, I guess it would have to have been 1981 or 1982, barring a throwback. But who would have wanted to see it when it hadn’t been retired all that long and they were still in the bliss of having new uniforms? ETA: Possibly he returned for an old-timers game and, still pissed about his poor performance in the ACLS, they punished him by forcing him to wear that uniform? ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2008, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-white-sox-ever-go-back-to-wearing-shorts/454604/12 "2008-06-29T02:57:48Z")
[QUOTE=want2know] [\*Who wears short shorts? We wear short shorts… 😛 \*](http://mopupduty.com/index.php/worst-uniforms-chicago-white-sox-shorts-1976/) [/QUOTE] Actually, that’s ironic in that _at the time_ those would have been considered quite _long_ shorts. Almost to the knee! Back then, your average gym shorts were barely longer than a pair of briefs! I can’t imagine anyone would have been able to wear boxers with them. ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2008, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-white-sox-ever-go-back-to-wearing-shorts/454604/13 "2008-06-29T04:09:24Z")
[QUOTE=lobotomyboy63] Some say they have a throwback from “1976-1983,” which doesn’t seem right to me. Late seventies, you had Soderholm et al wearing those black uniforms. 1983 was the year we made the playoffs and they were definitely red-white-blue. Maybe 1976-1982? [/QUOTE] The White Sox wore the softball-style uniforms from 1976 through 1981. Luzinski wore them for his first year, 1981. They wore the shorts only once, for the first game of a double-header on August 8, 1976. Terry Forster was indeed the starting pitcher that day, but Luzinski was five years in the future.