New assistant hitting coach Greg Sparks was on hand for one of the most infamous nights in White Sox history.
Then a teenaged bat boy, Sparks, now 51, was at Comiskey Park for Disco Demolition Night on July 12, 1979. Sparks said during a conference call Thursday he remembers the experience well. Things got so out of hand during the Bill Veeck promotion in between games of a doubleheader that the White Sox were forced to forfeit the nightcap after thousands of fans took the field, which was partly damaged as a result of an explosion in which the team attempted to blow up a crate full of disco records.