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marble falls

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22. The White Sox always gave a good game, even when they were losing. The crowd was pretty wild, too. ...

Fri Jun 5, 2026, 06:28 PM

Jun 5

... Albert Belle was their LF (he'd been in Cleveland for eight years and did good, but was traded to the Sox '89 or '90 where he spent just two years. I had a friend from Canada who loved the White Sox, so I broke down and got two seats about five or six rows behind the Sox dugout.

Albert Belle had just been released for drunkenly beating on his wife just days before. Albert had also just been announced as a trade to Baltimore and was not making any effort. He wasn't chasing grounders or running out hits. When he was at bat he was just standing in. After a full count a guy a few seats from us yelled out, "Hey Albert, pretend the balls your wife!"

Sox down, 5-1. Albert went down hitless. And with several fielding errors.

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