{"id":4160,"date":"2013-10-20T07:49:20","date_gmt":"2013-10-20T13:49:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/?p=4160"},"modified":"2013-10-20T05:50:27","modified_gmt":"2013-10-20T11:50:27","slug":"ballpark-tour-comiskey-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/2013\/10\/ballpark-tour-comiskey-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Ballpark Tour: Comiskey Park"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Stadium Name:<\/strong> Comiskey Park<\/p>\n

Location:<\/strong> Chicago<\/p>\n

Home Team:<\/strong> White Sox<\/p>\n

Years in Service:<\/strong> 1910 – 1990<\/p>\n

Visits:<\/strong> 12 (that I’m aware of)<\/p>\n

Comiskey Park, the so-called Baseball Palace of the World, was the home of the White Sox from 1910 through the 1990 season. \u00a0Built on a former city dump at the corner of 35th Street and Shields Avenue, the stadium opened as White Sox Park on July 1, 1910, as the White Sox lost to the St. Louis Browns 2-0. \u00a0In 1913, owner Charles Comiskey renamed the stadium after himself, and Comiskey Park was born. \u00a0From 1962 until 1975, the White Sox Park name was officially re-establshed, as new ownership groups tried to separate themselves from the Comiskey name. \u00a0However, Bill Veeck, in his second tour of duty as owner of the White Sox, put the Comiskey Park name back on the stadium in 1976, where it remained until 1990. \u00a0The final game for the old ballyard occurred on September 30, 1990, a 2-1 victory over the Mariners.<\/p>\n

Comiskey Park was the host for 4 World Series contests, including 3 in a row from 1917-1919. \u00a0The White Sox won the World Series in 1917 against the New York Giants. \u00a0The Cubs, looking for a larger seating capacity, moved their home games in the 1918 series against the Red Sox to Comiskey Park. \u00a0The 1919 World Series, of course, was the Black Sox scandal, where the White Sox threw the series against the Reds. \u00a0The White Sox returned to the World Series 40 years later in 1959, but fell to the Dodgers. \u00a0The final post-season games to be played in Comiskey Park were games 3 and 4 of the 1983 ALCS, which the White Sox lost to the Baltimore Orioles.<\/p>\n

Comiskey Park was also the host to 3 All-Star games. \u00a0The first All-Star game ever, in 1933, was held in conjunction with\u00a0Century of Progress Exposition being held on Chicago’s lakefront. \u00a0The event returned to Chicago’s south side in 1950. \u00a0The final All-Star game at Comiskey Park was in 1983, the 50th anniversary of the first game. \u00a0Comiskey Park was also the frequent home of the Negro League\u00a0East-West All-Star Game from 1933 to 1960.<\/p>\n

In addition to White Sox baseball, Comiskey Park was also the home to the Chicago American Giants of the Negro Leagues, the Chicago Cardinals of the NFL, and the Chicago Sting of the NASL. \u00a0Comiskey Park also hosted numerous boxing matches, including the\u00a01937 heavyweight title match where Joe Louis defeated then champion James J. Braddock. \u00a0The Beatles played two concerts at Comiskey Park in August of 1965. \u00a0Other musical acts to perform there include Aerosmith, AC\/DC, The Eagles, The Police, Simon & Garfunkel, and The Jacksons, who performed 3 shows during their Victory tour in October of 1984.<\/p>\n

Looking back, I’ve been able to piece together evidence of 12 games that I attended at Comiskey Park. \u00a0I know there are more, but I have not been able to pinpoint exact games yet. \u00a0The most memorable game I can remember would be the final night game, on September 29, 1990, where, after the game, the lights were symbolically turned off for the final time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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