LAST COMISKEY (Part One) - Story of the 1990 White Sox and the Final Season at Comiskey Park
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- Опубликовано: 1 мар 2023
- First of a three-part baseball series telling the story of the 1990 White Sox and the final season played at Comiskey Park, featuring interviews with players, media, vendors, security, and more, and features home video of the old ballpark and its many nooks, crannies and characters.
SCHEDULE:
Part 1: Thursday, March 2, 8PM CT
Part 2: Thursday, March 9, 8PM CT
Part 3: Thursday, March 16, 8PM CT
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Featuring:
Organist:
Nancy Faust
Players:
Ozzie Guillen
Jack McDowell
Ron Kittle
Donn Pall
Dave Gallagher
Vance Law
Phil Bradley
Bobby Thigpen
Lance Johnson
Scott Radinsky
Wayne Edwards
Greg Hibbard
Executive:
Dan Evans
Scoreboard Crew
David Marran
Media
Tom Shaer
Kenny McReynolds
Chuck Garfien
Rich King
Cheryl Raye Stout
Mark Curnutte
Nick Murawski
Vendors
Lloyd Rutzky
Mark Reiner
David Rugendorf
Security/Ushers
John Brudnak
Matt Biscan
Baseball Historians
Mark Liptak
Frank Budreck
Architect
Brian Powers (Bandbox Ballparks)
Lifelong Sox Fans
Robert Gordon
Stephanie Walters
Peter Wilt
Greg Novak
Doug Peterson 
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The sound of Nancy's organ playing brings it all back. Now I realize how much I miss it at Sox games.
I was born and raised in Kansas City and am a lifelong Royals fan but my maiden name is Comiskey and you can’t help but have a place in your heart for the park and the White Sox. A large group of my family got a chance to attend a double header at the park in 1989. I wish I could’ve gone to more.
I’m not actually a Sox fan, but this was tremendous. Comiskey was an all-time classic stadium and Nancy Faust revolutionized the ballpark experience in general. Very well done. Looking forward to the remaining parts.
Miss Nancy had her own part in that ballpark. It’s just so cool how all these things came together as 1.
Dick Allen not only won the MVP in 1972, he brought the fans back and kept the team in Chicago.
I remember Ivan Calderone peeking out of that 3rd base corridor WAY down the line in the under in the concourse. Just me and a buddy walking past. Gave us 2 bucks to go grab him a hot dog. The little caverns and corridors wed search out in the bowels of that place as kids. Greatest memories ever. That last season was magical. Was at the last opener and last game. Comiskey was the background to life as a kid.
Wow! Great story!
I like the piece on Ozzie. In 1991 at the new park, my middle school band was invited to play the national anthem one afternoon. We took our position on the field and started to warm up for a bit. Ozzie walked over in our warm up, gently nudged our director aside, and directed us himself. I remember laughing and realized that he calmed the nerves of the band. Nice little memory.
Nancy Faust always responded to fans with a smile. Growing up I always remember how great it was my father or mother would say let’s go say hi to Nancy and she would turn around and say hi at the same time not missing anything on the field. She is a icon of the white Sox.
Thank you so much. I remember the rivalry we had with the A’s. Wish there was a wild card spot in the playoffs. We woulda got those guys in the playoffs. Nancy Faust, Jeff Torborg. Packed Comiskey. The memories of this are now on RUclips. Thank you!
Like stepping into a time machine. How did I get so lucky to get both The Last Dance and this? Well done, guys!
Nancy Faust should be in the Hall of Fame.
I remember my first game in 1983 my grandfather caught a home run from Carlton Fisk then I remember my first time I caught a home run from Frank Thomas back in 1990 later that game I ran into Minnie Minoso and he Autographed the ball great memories from old Comiskey park let's Go white Sox 2023
This is awesome. I was lucky enough to see a couple games at Comiskey Park in 1990 as a young baseball fan.
What Ozzie Guillen said about seeing people at the stadium and recognizing faces and conversing with them….it really was like that. I remember Ivan Calderon used to be able to pick me and my parents out from a crowd
My seats were in left field he would always wave to me RIP Ivan
Man, they should have never tore it down! Comiskey parks outfield was massive. No wonder why they called it a pitchers park and for Ron Kittle to hit that 450ft moon shot to center field is incredible.. it looked like it went out of the ballpark and landed on the roof. So cool to see Nancy Faust.. I was at her last game before she retired. I miss hearing and seeing her at the games, too.
This first episode was outstanding, bringing back a lot of memories, and seeing a lot of friends! Well done. Loved it.
Great job Dan. Good seeing you in this.
Me and a friend drove from Pittsburgh, where we lived, to Chicago for the final game in Comiskey Park. We didn't even have it planned. Saturday night we were talking about how we always wanted to see a game there, and Sunday was the last game. He said "Let's go", and I was all in. We drove all night, got to Chicago Sunday morning, bought a newspaper, found an ad with someone selling box seats and went to the game. What a beautiful ballpark! It felt sad to see it go. The White Sox beat Seattle 2-1. We drove all night back to Pittsburgh just in time for work Monday AM. 2.5 days with no sleep, I was seeing pink elephants on the way home and had to pull over to sleep for an hour or so. It was all worth the experience.
RAD experience! Would have loved to have seen a game at Three Rivers🌚🌉🏟️ As a Chicago White Sox fan growing up, I loved Leyland and the Van Slyke era Pirates.
This just took me back to my childhood growing up on the south side! Thank you!
Dodgers fan here. Thank you for sharing this. I love baseball lore and old ballparks and Comiskey is one I wish I could have seen before it was torn down.
Living in Puerto Rico as a kid I idolized that late 80’s early 90’s Sox teams. GREAT DOCUMENTARY as I wished I had the chance to visit Comiskey, but this video made me feel I was there in ‘90 with everyone there
10/10 Documentary! Born and raised Sox fan in Stateway Gardens right across the Dan Ryan. We lived on the 14th floor and whenever it was firework night, it use to look like the fireworks was right in your face lol! Because of Nancy Faust and the fireworks, taking a nap during a day game was a no no 😂😂😂
Southside forever ♾️⚪️⚫️
Thank You, Thank You, Thank You, Thank You......I am in tears...
Lifelong Sox fan, this was outstanding!! Thank you
Matt, as a life-long Sox fan, former vendor and then one-time Tribune beat writer for the Sox, many thanks for this series. Part 1 is terrific. Looking forward to parts 2 and 3.
You're a good man Ed. Do you still go on The Score?
Got to love Nancy ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Harry Carrey, Jimmy Piersol, Nancy Faust and Bill Veck. The Fantastic Four of fun at the old ballpark.
Lifelong Sox fan here. This was awesome! I remember at 10yrs old in '83 watching Kittle and "The Bull" Luzinski hit balls on the roof. Also Comiskey being so loud from Na Na Na Na. The history gives me chills just thinking about it. Thanks for this! Looking forward to part 2.
See i grew up in detroit there was nothing like tiger stadium
@@brucearron8798 Roof shots there also
@@blkdank1 o yea seen cnt less players hit em on the roff i used to go allmost every wk end 3dollars wld get us in
@@blkdank1 mid 80's to late 80's im talking bout damm miss thoses times
And thats funny u mentioned ron kittle every time the soxs played in tiger stadium the left field upper deck wld yell at him hers kibble n bits cuz of that old cat commerical and he was a sport about it he wld turn a wave to the crowd and had a smile on his face
Great episode. Imagine our surprise while we were watching it and all of the sudden my wife is on the screen- 32 years younger! We went to a bunch of games that year so I shouldn't be so surprised one of us was captured Thanks so much for this.
Absolutely WONDERFUL, FANTASTIC and AWESOME... Best Doc I've seen in quite awhile, but I was, am and always will be a CWS fan...
Thank you
When I was about 15 I watched the Cubs with Banks and Williams and Fergie. But when the White Sox got Dick Allen I changed teams and never looked back. To this day I've been a serious Sox fan and collect Sox cards and memorabilia. And my daughter is a Sox fan!
By the way, I'm 68 now.
Outstanding Soxumentary Matt! Learned so much, so great to see the Oakland A's and Sox battling it out for AL West supremacy circa 1990.
Awesome. Getting Ozzie Guillen to share his memories makes this so good
Brining back so many memories. Nancy playing the organ always make smile.
Fantastic documentary, loved the interviews, food, sounds, Ozzie, Jack McDowell, Tarboro, Fisk, Allen and Nancy Faust who was witty and really kept the fans engaged! Miss the organ music 🎶 looking forward to the next 2 episodes !
Loved every minute of it! Brought back a number of great memories of some outstanding people. Looking forward to the next installments!
I am unspeakably grateful to you, all those that contributed to the creation of this. It is a fine report on, as well as a tribute to, one of the most important clubs in The United States' sport history. Also, for countless folks like me, to one of the finest to Play Ball! Whatever one's opinion on its performers Comiskey Is a treasure I'll only ever dream of seeing, as much as Ebbets Field or Babylon's Hanging Gardens. Bless You. 😅❤💯
My favorite ballpark, all time. Faust, greatest organist, all time. Too many memories to list. I have a picture of the final game there, Fisk at the plate with the arches in the background, plus ticket stub and a certificate signed by Charles Comiskey II.
I'm forever grateful that I grew up a Sox fan in the 70s and 80s
I loved Comiskey Park and Nancy
Thank you for doing this. Brings back fond memories. I'll never forget that year. My grandfather was in his final years, and I spent the summer of 1990 watching the white sox with him. It's been 32 years since he passed. Watching those games brought me back to the living room watching that team with him on sportschannel.
Robert I am sure that you had some awesome times and memories..thank you very much for sharing
Beautiful documentary!! I have so many memories at The Baseball Palace of the World, Comiskey Park. This brings back so many fond memories. Memories I will forever cherish for the rest of my life.
I was a 11 yr old boy in 1990.
Part 1 in the books and it's the tip of the iceberg. Magnificent work on this and lots of great footage and stories. You really put in the work and it's fantastic.
Parts 2 and 3 I'm so looking forward to. This is a great ride so far
So true
This is great! Hard to believe that the editor of this extremely well done documentary is an amateur. Boy, did he miss his calling! I'm 80 now, and saw lots of Sox games. My family since the early 1920's had a box by the visiting team on-deck circle, so I saw Williams, Mantle, Maris, Berra, all the legendary players from real close, 10 feet. BTW, my grandfather couldn't stand Nancy Faust. He liked peace and quiet between innings; not a fan of the organ. The Sox ticket manager (Rollie something) used to visit with my grandfather, who complained to him that the loudspeakers were pointed right at our box, which was true. The next time I was invited to a game with him, the speakers had been turned away! Now that is what Chicago calls "CLOUT"!
Fantastic 1st episode!! A must watch for Sox fans young and old. Memories galore⚾️⚾️⚾️
This gives me goosebumps watching.
I'll never forget when I got to play baseball in the right field before a game! loved it.
This is excellent. I have been a lifelong Sox fans since 1956 when I was 10 years old. I live 130 miles from Old Comiskey but have been a partial season ticket holder during some seasons including 1990. This brings back so many memories, to many to tell. I have been hoping that someday someone would do something like this. Thanks so much it is awesome. I can hardly wait for parts 2 & 3. I am sure there will be many things that I witnessed in person that will bring back many more memories.
Very awesome. I feel so proud when I travel . I take pictures with my Chicago White Sox flag. This is so inspiring.
Go Sox. Respect from Ireland. Hope to get to a game next year.
This brings back a lot of memories for me. As a kid lived out in Aurora. My dad wasn't a fan of either Chicago team especially the Cubs because he grew up as a St. Louis Cardinals fan and hated parking at Wrigley. So naturally when we went to a game we would go to Comiskey and catch the White Sox. I loved the feel of being in Comiskey and as a young kid the fireworks after a home run. Unfortunately I moved away to finish college in 1990 in SW Missouri where you had the choice of KC or St. Louis. So by the time I moved back they had already turned Comiskey into a parking lot but it was 2005 and I got to watch the White Sox win it all. It was a great homecoming. I still haven't been to the stadium for many reasons and will never forget about Comiskey.
Thank you so much for making this. It has brought back some great memories for my dad and I. He bought season tickets and I have so many great memories there.
Congrats on a great first episode. Love this!!!! Stories about Chicken Willie are amazing.
Comiskey is the one jewelbox park I never got to see of the four that lasted past 1970. (Fenway, Wrigley & Tiger Stadium)
Thank you for compiling this to give people a chance to experience it.
I have waited a long time for this. Brilliant. Thank you.
great job on this doc! I'm a native NYer but remember how great the Sox were in '83 and the early 90's. This is baseball like I remember--not the sham that passes as baseball today.
I'm not a White Sox fan but I got to say this is a helluva production so far (i'll be watching the other parts in time. Not only is this a chronicle of the last season but giving some fuller history as well. I didn't know about Ms. Faust's accomplishments in inventing the walk up song concept and popularizing that "na na na na" song.
One of the great things about the old ballparks that you just can't replicate today is just how much of a community atmosphere that you get. Even the old parks that are still around don't seem to have that sense of fun anymore thanks to how corporate the game's become. From watching this you really get a sense of what it was like back in the day. Old Comiskey reminds me a bit of Ebbets Field in Brooklyn in the sense of fun there.
Thank you for this great production and I will be watching the rest later.
I grew up a Cubs fan, but ended up going to more White Sox games when I was a kid, as it was easier to get to, and the tickets were cheaper. So I spent quite a few games at the old baseball. In fact, I am pretty sure I went to a few games that season in 1990. I remember sitting at the O’Hare cash box , waiting to get onto the Kennedy to head to a game that year. I just don’t remember the rest of the night, as I remember it was one place my friends and I would be that would serve us beer, even though we were seniors in high school.
This was well done, by two guys, who never done this before. Congratulations on your work!
Not a CWS fan but I'm a huge baseball fan and love the old stadiums. I've been to 21 but I missed out on cathedrals like Tiger Stadium and Old Comiskey. This doc is like a Time Machine! Can't wait for 2 and 3.
A fantastic video that catches the energy, fun, and life of Old Comiskey Park!
Beautiful.🍺
Growing up near 35th/ Ashland, my memories of Comiskey are vivid/ electric. This is how it was.
God bless Nancy Faust.✋🤚❤🎹🎶
I can't even begin to express how meaningful this is to me. When I heard Bob Finnegan's voice over the PA system, the tears started flowing. His voice and Nancy's music were the soundtrack of my life in my teens through my 30's. 1990 was my first year of being a season ticket holder, and this brilliant film captured the sights, sounds & feel of the ballpark (and perhaps the scent of it as well). I CANNOT WAIT for Part II! Bravo, and please tell me a DVD will be available soon! ❤️
Fantastic. Fun to watch. I remember the games in the 70's. My dad worked for Zenith and of course the cubs played in the daytime. When my dad took our family to our first night game together we all fell in love with the park , the team, the great time with the other fans. I truly miss that park. I have many pictures of just that park in my home.
Nice. My first Sox game was against Kirby Puckett's Twins, we lost like in extra innings however I was grateful to have gone with my little leaguer buddy.
This is fantastic! I'm loving all these back stories, Nancy is an absolute Gem.
This is absolutely fantastic. So many memories brought back. I can't wait for parts 2 & 3. Thank you for this!!!!! 😍
Holy moly...best thing I ever seen. I wish for a Forbes field and a memorial stadium documentary
The segment that calls Dick Allen the most important player who played for the White Sox is great. I was born in '81, so Dick was before my time. Awesome to hear that perspective.
Beautiful job featiring so much Nancy Faust! I knew the Cincinnati Reds organist from this same era, the late great Jack Dahl. Organists from this era enjoyed such freedom, and were great, with their musicianship, on the spot humor and wit.
GREAT MEMORIES! Nancy Faust the musical genius makes part 1 complete. Looking forward to parts 2 and 3.
Thank you, Nancy Faust!
This was really good! I can't wait to watch part two.
I was born in 2002. My dad always tells me stories about the games he attended at Comiskey during the 1970s-1990. He told me about how Babe Ruth, Ted Williams, and some of our guys like Shoeless Joe and HOF Red Faber (He went to the college I am at now) used to play at Comiskey. Also, I have only been able to see the outline of the Comiskey infield at Guaranteed Rate. Thank you for giving me a visual! My dad shared this with me, we look forward to the next two weeks!
Thank you for creating this. I can't wait for the rest of the documentary!
This is fantastic. My father took me to old Comiskey hundreds of times in the 80’s. We sat in every section, from the box seats, to the obstructed view seats behind the I-beams. I appreciate the effort that was put into this show. I can’t wait for the next 2 episodes! Thanks
I loved this and can't wait for the rest of it. Brings back wonderful memories!
Loved it when Grady Sizemore from Cleveland would come up to bat and Nancy would play the Sanford and Son theme song. That was my fav
Not a Sox fan, but I really enjoyed this. I love the old classic ballparks. Born in 1989, never got to visit the old Comiskey.
This was a great video. Thanks for the memories. Thank you.
Thank you very much
I’m a Rangers fan. Comiskey is my favorite classic ballpark in all of baseball. I wished ownership would’ve treated Comiskey like Wrigley and Fenway and preserved it. Comiskey was such a gem!
Wow wow wow that was so awesome!!! I am 68 years old and a long time White Sox fan.. I remember in 1972 always waiting for Dick Allen to come to the plate...the 1977 South Side Hitman who came out of nowhere..and of course 1984 and 1990 were awesome years and times..bought tears 😢 to my eyes
Wholeheartedly agree with the assessment in the film that Dick Allen was the most important White SOX player ever. So true about without him the SOX would have relocated to Seattle or Toronto. Even worse than that means most likely I'd be a Cubs fan. F##k me! Thank you Dick Allen. RIP
Allen kept the sox in chicago
Never was a Southside fan, but Comiskey offered me, along with Wrigley Field, the opportunity to see firsthand some of the greatest players who ever took the field.
Life long sox fan and Bridgeport faithful. This was a great watch thank you for the time spent on making this it’s awesome
Amazing job. What a year 1990 was and what a park.
As a lifelong Sox fan, this was the BEST baseball documentary I’ve ever seen. Can’t wait for parts 2 & 3. Thanks for making this!!!
This is really self-made doc? We have such good fans, objectively speaking. They deserve more W's.
This is an incredible documentary. Really captures the spirit and vibes of the ballpark and White Sox fandom. And I'm not from the area nor do I follow the team.
Can’t wait for the other parts….well done.
My wife was a vendor on the third base side of the old ball park I have a ball signed by Bobby Thigpen from the last game
Wonderful documentary. PBS quality, unlike most "docs" you find on youtube. I'm not a CWS fan but I love ballpark history.
The newspaper was incorrect in calling Nancy Faust as baseball's first female organist. The Brooklyn Dodgers had Gladys Gooding, and in the 1960's the Mets had Jane Jarvis.
One of my favorite teams of all time: Frank Thomas, Ozzie Guillen, Lance Johnson, Scott Fletcher, Carlton Fisk, Robin Ventura, & Jack McDowell. I would have loved to have seen them get into a World Series.
Great job! Loved every second of this. Brings back a ton of memories. Thank you for this!
Great first episode! Can’t wait to see parts 2 & 3.
This was really great! I was fortunate to spend 3 evenings in July of 1984 watching the Sox crush the Tigers (boo hoo, I'm a Tigers fan). The fans were great and the atmosphere was tremendous. Saw another game a few years later with a native South Sider, who got himself a foul ball. Great memories, great people, great park. The Sox have slowly become my second favorite team behind my Tigers, mostly because of those trips to Comiskey and the warm, friendly fans.
When they saw our Tigers gear and even though they were beating our brains in (remember, this was the 84 World Champion Tigers who came into town with a record of 55-22) the fans were saying "You guys got a great team, see ya in the playoffs" and things like that. Looking forward to watching and sharing the next episodes.
What a great job capturing the grit and fun of the ballpark, team and fans. And going deeper to those earlier teams (esp. for me the '77 hit men Zisk/Gamble) was awesome. I turned 21 that summer, so got to know some of the vendors. BTW does Scott Fletcher now coach the Warriors?
This is so good, congrats! Can’t wait for the next episodes
Comiskey park and chicago stadium are legends
Even as a dyed in the wool Cub fan I enjoyed this alot! Great work.
This is great, so well done! Forgot so much about the 90 Sox and Comiskey, this brought back a lot of memories. Can’t wait for more!
ty Last Comiskey. Be my youth. Running 🏃🏻♂️ up those ramps 😊
I'm a real chicago white sox fan 💯 I was just so proud that the white sox won the WORLD SERIES IN 2005 FRIST 💯 because it just seems that the Chicago Cubs it all the gorly & the white sox is the second team💯
My first real memory of going to Comiskey Park was opening day 1956. I had just turned 9 few weeks before. The only thing I really remember was that it was freezing and that it was Aparicios first major league game. My father made us leave early despit the game was close. I am sure the temp was probably in 30's. It was that cold. I have looked up this game a few times. A couple of thing stuck out. The game was 2.05. Amazing. The attendance was just 16,000. Even on a freezing day you would have expected more for opening day. It wasn't like they were coming off a terrible 55 season in which they won 91 games. The White Sox won 2 to 1. Pierce pitched a complete game against Bob Lemon. We moved to Racine in Feb of 1957. I became a Braves fan, but since they were in the NL I still reamined a White Sox fan. I still followed the Sox and still do so but the fandom has faded a bit. I was genuinely happy to see them win the World Series in 2005.
So amazing…I was 10 that season an this just brings so many memories at the park. Absolutely amazing…can’t wait for the rest
Wow, Matt, did you nail it. This is absolutely amazing.Thank you so very much.
I made it until 26:40-- Andy the Clown. Now i'm hiding under my bed shaking.
This was Very enjoyable to Watch. Brings back a lot of memories. Thanks for doing this. Can't wait for the next 2 parts.