September 30, 1990 – The Chicago White Sox defeat
the Seattle Mariners, 2-1, in the last game the team will play in Comiskey
Park, the oldest baseball park in the major leagues. The last pitch is thrown by Bobby Thigpen who
gets Seattle’s Harold Reynolds to hit a grounder to Sox second baseman Scott
Fletcher who throws to Steve Lyons at first for the out. Tickets for the final game sell out in two
hours when they go on sale on June 9, and a crowd of 42,849 is on hand to bid
farewell to the old ball yard. These are
the last of the 72,801,381 fans who have watched the Sox compile a record of
3,024 wins and 2,926 losses in Comiskey since it opened on July 1, 1910. Said Sox pitcher Wilbur Wood, “It’s a shame
they’re closing it down . . . It’s like with all of the older parks, not for
the players but for the fans. The new
parks are so symmetrical that you’ve seen one you’ve seen them all. And the fans are so far away. I hope the fans are close at the new park
like they were at Comiskey.” [Chicago Tribune, October 1, 1990]
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