White Sox haven’t had much luck in fights, but they held their own in…

When it comes to baseball fights, luck has rarely favored the Chicago White Sox.

Sox players are mainly remembered for being on the receiving end of blows. The lingering image is Robin Ventura getting pounded by Nolan Ryan. Threatening to rival that image is the recent toppling of Tim Anderson by Jose Ramirez.

On one intermittently rainy afternoon in 1957 at Comiskey Park, however, the Sox gave as good as they got — and then some — against their hated rivals from the Big Apple.

Fans attending the Thursday, June 13 game looked forward to seeing Billy Pierce, sporting a 10-2 record, and the first-place Sox face Mickey Mantle, Yogi Berra, Moose Skowron and the second-place Yanks.

Instead, they were treated to an epic baseball brawl that erupted in the very first inning.

Pierce had a shaky start in the opening frame. Bobby Richardson led off with a single, but when Gil McDougald struck out, catcher Sherm Lollar caught…