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Tracking down the Moose: former slugger Bill Skowron looks back on a storied big league career.
CHICAGO NATIVE BILL "MOOSE" Skowron hit 211 home runs from 1954-1967 with five teams, including the New York Yankees for most of his career and the White Sox for three years. An opposite-field hitter, Skowron played in eight World Series with eight homers and 29 RBI in 39 games, and seven All-Star games.
Today, the unassuming 72-year-old who lives in Schaumburg, Illinois, is a Pied Piper for the White Sox, working the US Cellular Field crowds when the team is home and making public appearances at schools, senior centers and churches when they're away.
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...second World Series. Chances are, the White Sox will have reason to smile again for...former big-league sluggers Moose Skowron and Bill Melton by his side, serving...seen quite a few new things from the White Sox these last couple of years, haven...
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...CHICAGO _ The Chicago White Sox's home opener turned...I want to thank the White Sox, who knew how much this...You know, a good White Sox fan remembers everybody...unity." Bill "Moose" Skowron, who played first base...
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...campaign for the Chicago White Sox this year is: "Win or...bench to advise him. White Sox GM Ken Williams, a friend...it's good to see a White Sox team turn into a mean machine. 2. Good old Moose Skowron spent all of Sunday in...
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- Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times Herb Gould July 27, 1987 700+ words
...They really shut down a lot of parts of the game - hit and run, the running game, that sort of thing." Bill "Moose" Skowron on the recent flurry of beanballs: "You hate to see a headhunter, but a pitcher's got to make a living, too. When I...
Source: HighBeam Research, Tracking down the Moose: former slugger Bill Skowron looks back on a...