Flashback #10: White Sox Release Carlton Fisk (1993)

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June 28, 1993 - White Sox release Carlton Fisk

Carlton Fisk exemplified what it meant to play for the Chicago White Sox. He was rough, tough and a blue-collar work on the field.

He was the face of the franchise for two decades, which makes his departure from the South Side all the more unusual.

While in his 24th season — 13th with the White Sox — reports indicate Fisk received a phone call to his Cleveland hotel room while on a road trip with the team. Fisk was told he had been released and he was to leave the team hotel. This came just six days after he broke Bob Boone's record for career games caught with his 2,226th game behind the plate.

The reason for Fisk's abrupt departure from the team could have been the culmination of his tumultuous relationship with White Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf.

Fisk entered the Hall of Fame in 2000 as a member of the White Sox. He rejoined the organization in 2008 as a team ambassador and part of the White Sox speaker's bureau.

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