FanRag Sports was the first to report the jersey dispute.
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FanRagSports.com first reported that Sale cut up the 1976 throwbacks during batting practice so they couldn’t be worn.
The players instead wore more conventional, throwback white jerseys with no collar and no navy.
After losing eight of their last ten games, the Chicago White Sox may finally be ready to throw in the towel for 2016 and start focussing on the future.
In a bit of a surprise, the Braves are considering a run at White Sox left-hander Chris Sale, according to a major-league source.
Williams had no comment on Saturday night’s incident.
The team described it as a “clubhouse incident” of a “non-physical nature”. Manager Robin Ventura did not discuss the incident later in his pregame availability. Right-hander Matt Albers started in his place. The crowd at U.S. Cellular Field booed when Albers was announced as the Sox’ starter.
The five-time All-Star has been the subject of trade rumors in recent days leading up to the trade deadline.
The Sox entered Saturday’s game in fourth place in the AL Central with a 46-50 record, 10 1/2 games out of first. Sure, people are going to say Sale is a little nuts for this, but this is the White Sox front office being mediocre like they always are.
Sale was reportedly upset because he interpreted that PR and jersey sales were more important to the team than winning. He led the AL past year with 274 strikeouts.
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Information from ESPN’s Katie Strang, Jerry Crasnick and Doug Padilla and the Associated Press was used in this report.
