In 1983, a buddy of mine and I bought a special White Sox ticket package where we got to see 20 games during the season, plus were guaranteed tickets to the 1983 All-Star game which was held at Comiskey and also we had tickets to any post season games (and that turned out to be a real good buy because the Sox did go to the playoffs before they broke my heart, but that is another story).
Anyway, Wednesday I was thinking about that game for some reason earlier in the day while I was online and I did a search and found a great account of the game. "Remembering Milt Wilcox's Near-Perfect Game in 1983" by Dan Holmes in Vintage Detroit Collection. That sure brought the memories back to an April freezing night some 38 years earlier.
As a matter of fact, this magical game was on April 15, 1983. Carlos Rodon's was on April 14, 2021.
Coincidence?
Yep, this was another near-perfect game and back then it was for Detroit pitcher Milt Wilcox against my beloved Sox. From the 7th inning on, I became a big Detroit fan, especially for a guy named Milt.
--RoadMilt
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