I feel that this year we hit the White Sox Weather Curse. This happened a few years ago - if the White Sox were in town for the weekend, the weather for said weekend is going to suck.
Welcome to the White Sox Weather Curse.
It rained for about 10 hours over night, and the skies were still dark, cold, and dreary by the time we hit the road for the early-start game (Fox game - 12:15pm start). The giveaway promotion was beach towels (Sponsored by Hawaiian Tropic and Walgreen's). The customer service people wore leis. They must have had some big plans for Beach Day. We went to the Stadium club to avoid the weather. But, by the time we got upstairs, you could see blue skies in the distance. We wound up taking our seats and watching the game downstairs (AFTER having lunch in the Stadium Club bar).
The team struggled through the game, down 1-0 since the first. They go up 2-0 in the 6th. We get on the board in the 6th, scoring on a double play. We tie the game in the 8th, and now we go into extra innings. Top of the 11th, Cleveland takes the lead on a homer by Victor Martinez. Well, you get this feeling that that's it - we're not coming back.
Wrong.
It's all solid hits, moving guys around, tyeing the game, and eventually, scoring the winning run.
I haven't felt this great at a game in a long time - cheering on the team, going nuts with each hit. It didn't matter that the weather sucked.
It's supposed to get better tomorrow.
(Boxscore)
2005- Cubs-Red Sox Spin
2004- Mesmerized...
- What'd I Say
- The Amazing Race 5 cast is announced
- Weather whipsaw
2003- I'm clean
- Clerk
2002- BlogComp
- al Qaeda in the hood