Flashback Friday for November 13, 2009

I was digging through the archives and found an article that might be of special interest to history buffs, South Bend employees, and people who wonder about the old White Sox/Foxes marriage.

Click here for the whole thing, but here it the intro to today's edition.

This week's Flashback is front page article from the June 29, 1985 edition of The Post-Crescent. Gary Shriver's article serves four purposes. The first part of the article is the main part and it deals with the possibility of the Appleton Foxes and the Chicago parting ways after a long affiliation and where the White Sox might be headed. The second part -- which is the shortest part of the article -- deals with the player development contract. What it is, who pays for what, etc. The third part is one of the most concise histories of baseball in Appleton that I have ever read. The final part of the article gets into the reasons why Chicago might end the affiliation and some of the arrangements that Appleton Baseball, Inc. had with the City of Appleton in running Goodland Field.