Back in April of 1983, I was at old Comiskey Park in Chicago on a very cool night and watching the White Sox play the Detroit Tigers. A buddy and I had bought a White Sox twenty ticket plan and got tickets to twenty Sox games throughout the season. The best thing about the plan was that we were guaranteed seats at the1983 All Star game which was played at Comiskey. I think we paid around $100 each for the plan.
As usual, my buddy and I had parked in Bridgeport, just to the west of Comiskey and stopped at a bar for some food and drinks before walking to the park. We got to our seats and settled in for some Friday night baseball.
Milt Wilcox was pitching for Detroit and the White Sox batters were being set down with regularity while Detroit was building up to a 6-0 lead. As a matter of fact, by the end of the seventh inning the Sox had not gotten a hit or walk, nor had any reached on an error. Could this be that rarest of the rare?
Of course, neither my Buddy or I said anything about it. In baseball you just don't talk about no-hitters or perfect games while they ae underway. It just isn't done by real fans. It is especially true with announcers.
Dan Holmes, a big Tiger fan, said that before Wilcox pitched to the Sox in the 8th inning, that the screen on his TV back in Detroit where he was watching the game ran the line score and announcer George Kell said: "The Tigers have 13 hits tonight -- 13 more than the White Sox."
--RoadCox
TEENAGERS AND CATS: You rarely see a cat walking outside of the house with an adult human being, and it can be safely said that no teenager in his or her right mind wants to be seen in public with his or her parents.
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