CHICAGO (WLS) -- Fans of Minnie Minoso paid their respects on Friday to the White Sox legend on Friday as his family and friends prepare for a final goodbye on Saturday. Minoso was the first black ...

In his native Cuba, Orestes "Minnie" Miñoso was more than just a popular baseball player, the first Latino superstar in the majors. He was also a cultural icon, sharply dressed and driving around ...

CHICAGO (AP) — Major league baseball’s first black player in Chicago, Minnie Minoso, has died. The Cook County medical examiner confirmed his death Sunday morning. Minoso homered in his first Chicago ...

Lost in the excitement over Ron Santo's induction to the Baseball Hall of Fame was the discouraging fact that White Sox great Minnie Minoso's bid failed by three votes, as the Trib's Phil Rogers ...

In his first at-bat in a White Sox uniform, on May 1, 1951, at old Comiskey Park, Orestes “Minnie” Miñoso homered off Yankees pitcher Vic Raschi. It was the start of a beautiful relationship between ...

CHICAGO -- Minnie Minoso, who hit a two-run home run in his first at-bat when he became major league baseball's first black player in Chicago in 1951, has died, the Cook County medical examiner said ...

That’s one word that immediately came to Charlie Rice-Miñoso’s mind while describing the baseball career of his father, Minnie Miñoso. “His story speaks to so many different audiences,” Rice-Miñoso ...

CHICAGO — Minnie Minoso, who hit a two-run home run in his first at-bat when he became major league baseball's first black player in Chicago in 1951, has died, the Cook County medical examiner said ...

After hitting .227 (32-for-141) in 1946, Miñoso saw his batting average improve by 129 points to .356 (63-for-177) in 1947 as he helped the New York Cubans win the Negro League World Series title. He ...

— -- MESA, Ariz. -- This is a story of the missing man, of an opportunity just missed, of kismet unmet. That's because, as Major League Baseball prepares to embark upon its return to Cuba in a ...

Major league baseball legend Minnie Minoso, known as the Cuban Comet and Mr. White Sox, has died. Minoso, who hailed from Havana, Cuba, played 12 of his 17 seasons with the Chicago White Sox, after ...