Holy crap, holy crap, holy crap, holy crap... I haven't felt this alive and this excited at a ballgame in a long, long time...
Today was "Turn Back The Clock" day for the Sox, as we "re-live" the 1959 World Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers. They have not been back to Comiskey Park since the World Series (OK, it's not the same Comiskey Park, and the new place is not even called Comiskey Park anymore...)
Before the game they introduced 10 players from the 1959 team (hardly any first-stringers - I don't think they're alive or ambulatory).
The Sox wore 1959-style uniforms. This is my favorite uniform of this team. (Yes, they've had 51 different uniforms since 1901). These were cream-colored pinstripes. The Sox logo in the chest actually was piped in red. So were the numbers. I remember having a Sox uniform when I was a kid. It was so cool. I remember wearing it one night to Comiskey to see a twi-night doubleheader (I think it was against the Athletics... the Kansas City Athletics).
So, the team tonight wore the bulky, wool uniforms, and showing respect for the uni, they all bloused their trousers so you could see their socks. Cool look.
During the game, all of the graphics on the scoreboard were done in the same colors and typeface of the programs and scorecards from 1959. Again, a good touch. They even played a song that was popular at that time (Let's Go Go Go White Sox! by Captain Stubby and the Buccaneers).
No matter what, I cannot do justice writing about what it was like to be at this game tonight.
First off, Freddie Garcia threw 40 pitches in the first inning. I hate seeing stuff like that.
We were losing 3-1 in the bottom of the 9th, 2 outs, with only 3 hits under our belt. We get 2 runs on a walk, some good baserunning and a few hits. The game is tied. Then, with a 3-2 count on him, A.J. Pierzynski homers and we win 5-3.
The place went up all 36,067 of them. The team went nuts. It was loud, It was electric. I can not describe the feeling and do it justice. I can't. It felt like a playoff... or even better. It was wild. People were actually singing that damn Let's Go Go Go White Sox song. Everyone is pumped.
Wow.
Electric.
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