White Sox - Game One

Written evening, October 22

I am nearing the lead up to my grandfather’s final days. It’s ironic the White Sox are playing their first game in the World Series tonight. Papa grew up a huge fan. The last time they won a series was 1917, two years before his birth in 1919. I haven’t been able to watch a baseball game all year.

The only game my grandpa ever took my mom to see as a child was a White Sox game, the year the Sox one the Pennant. He then took her and my uncle to The Pump Room. No, not the legendary Pump Room of The Ambassador East Hotel, “The Polish Pump Room”, back of the yards, for cheeseburgers.

He’d be happy tonight. Maybe he’ll be watching.