There was no way a little rain was going to deter Chicago White Sox fans from enjoying themselves at Thursday’s home opener on the South Side, not as long as the beer was cold, the sausages were properly grilled and the Sox were on the field again.
Miserable weather at a Sox opener is a tradition even older than Tony La Russa, the 76-year-old former Sox manager who returned to the dugout 35 years after being fired.
“Heartbreaking” was La Russa’s description of how he felt after being let go by the Sox back in 1986, before most of his players were born.