My sister Susan and I, seen in the photograph on the left, went to Coors Field here in Denver yesterday afternoon to watch our South Side heroes, the Chicago White Sox, play the Colorado Rockies. The White Sox won the first two games of the series, and for a while it looked like they might get the sweep, but the Rockies came from behind to win the game 6-4. Still, winning two out of three games is pretty damn good. If the White Sox can do that the rest of the season, they would finish the season with a decent record. Of course, they were playing the Colorado Rockies, who have the worst record in baseball this year, and so I suspect this will not happen. However, the White Sox are 5-5 over their last 10 games, and so they are definitely better than last year, when they finished with the worst record in the history of Major League Baseball.
It was Military Appreciation Day at Coors Field, which started with a parade around the field by hundreds of military veterans, active-duty military, and their families, along with an extra special pre-game ceremony, as seen in the photograph on the right. And I was happy to see quite a few White Sox fans at the game. A lot of people from the Chicago area have moved here over the years, and they always come out to support their team, although I have to admit the majority of them seem to be Cubs fans. The Cubs, who are currently in first place in the National League Central, will be at Coors Field the last weekend in August. And no doubt, the ballpark will be filled with all those damn former Northsiders. I don't care. I'll wear my White Sox cap anyway.
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