Paul Sullivan: An epic win extends the Chicago White Sox season as playoff baseball returns to the South Side for the 1st time in 13 years
Chicago White Sox fans filed into the ballpark early on a warm fall Sunday night, some heading to the sports bars to watch the fourth quarter of the Chicago Bears win over the Las Vegas Raiders and others just to soak in the atmosphere. Playoff baseball had returned to the South Side for the first time since 2008, and a packed house of 40,288 black-clad fans was there to greet the Sox. What ...
by Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune
Oct 11, 2021
4 minutes
Chicago White Sox fans filed into the ballpark early on a warm fall Sunday night, some heading to the sports bars to watch the fourth quarter of the Chicago Bears win over the Las Vegas Raiders and others just to soak in the atmosphere.
Playoff baseball had returned to the South Side for the first time since 2008, and a packed house of 40,288 black-clad fans was there to greet the Sox.
What those fans got was an epic game that went on and on and on and on, just like the lyrics of their favorite Journey song.
With the Sox on the brink of elimination in their American League Division Series against the Houston Astros, the fans came to cheer
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