Chicago White Sox shortstop Ozzie Guillen camped under a popup off the bat of Minnesota Twins catcher Jeff Reed in the bottom of the ninth inning, sealing a 9-8 win at the Metrodome and ending the Sox’s five-game losing streak.
It was an ordinary game in an extraordinary season, notable only for the fact it would be Tony La Russa’s final day managing the Sox.
“Negatives are for losers,” La Russa said on that fateful day of June 19, 1986. “We’ve got some problems. That’s why we had a 2-5 trip. You have to face up to them.