My first baseball game was a White Sox game. I watched Gary Peters shut out the Yankees 1-0. I was hooked. Even though I grew up on the North Side, I was a Sox fan (and I have the scars to prove...
My first baseball game was a White Sox game. I watched Gary Peters shut out the Yankees 1-0. I was hooked. Even though I grew up on the North Side, I was a Sox fan (and I have the scars to prove it!). I was there when Joel Horlen threw a no-hitter, when Jerry Dybzinski got caught in a rundown against the Orioles. I remember Harry in the bleachers for the Wednesday day games, Dick Allen smoking a cigarette on the cover of S.I., Wilbur Wood, Smoky Burgess, Bee Bee Richards, Steve Dahl, Rick Reichardt, Ed Herrmann, McCuddy's.....you get the idea. This is video I shot from my last game at Old Comiskey. I wanted to soak in as much of the flavor as possible. It wasn't about the game, it was about that park. All that's missing is the smell of grilled onions, mixed with the cigar smoke, mixed with the marijuana, mixed with the beer, mixed with the urine. I've since moved to St. Louis - Cardinal fans and Sox fans are very similar in one respect.....in that when it comes to Chicago baseball, there is only ONE major league team........THE SOX!
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Nice footage. You almost captured the left side of the scoreboard showing the Sox defense. Catch a quick glipse of Sosa in Right field. The amazing games this park saw. Thanks for the post.
This is better than any pro documentary or special in reminding and reminiscing the old park that you can buy or see on tv. Thanks for posting and sharing.
I must say that even though I am a Cubs fan and that I never saw a game at Old Comiskey. But,from the looks of it, It probably was a kick ass place to watch baseball. I'm going to Wrigley this weekend and watching this makes me appreciate having a great classic ballpark to watch baseball in. Comiskey had a ton of history and I wish I had a chance to watch a game there.
Went to my first Sox game as a kid with my Grandfather and Dad in the '50's. Also my first Taxi ride. Yankees won 7-0. Mantle hit a homer right-handed and left-handed.
The Cubs weren't even warm tea in the 50's The Sox were usually finishing second to Yanks every year and were THE ticket. As a kid, we'd walk down 35th street and hang out all day at the park for $1.50. Great place. Great memories. Great times. Thanks for the post!
Got, thanks for your input. It's amazing how these childhood memories stick. I still remember my first night game....all the cigarette/cigar smoke haze, the beer smell, etc....I only wish McCuddy's had still been around so I could have shot some video there.... Cheers!
The Sox could play in that stadium, but I like them in their current home. If they were in Comiskey I, it would a dump comparable to what Wrigley is today. I don't want my team to have 100 year old crap for their stadium. I'll take the newly renovated USCF with its wide concourses, fan deck, bullpen sports bar, fundamentals deck, etc.
was this last game? half the seats are empty? wait... they always are, comisky park or cellular, it's always a graveyard. =/ where do they get money....
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The Cubs weren't even warm tea in the 50's The Sox were usually finishing second to Yanks every year and were THE ticket. As a kid, we'd walk down 35th street and hang out all day at the park for $1.50. Great place. Great memories. Great times. Thanks for the post!
Cheers!