In 1976, Bill Veeck's Chicago White Sox wore SHORTS in three regular-season games. And light-hitting Jack Brohamer remains, to this day, the only player in major-league history to hit a home run ...

“I was standing there, figuring out how to play Howell,” said Red Sox third baseman Jack Brohamer. “All of a sudden I knew someone had taken Catfish deep.” (It was Andre Thornton.) ...