Distant Replay: AL pounds the NL in the 1983 All-Star Game at Comiskey Park

The White Sox Podcast w/ Chuck Garfien

Chicago Sports Network

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4.4 • 612 Ratings

🗓️ 13 July 2021

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Go back in time for the latest edition of Distant Replay! And this one's a gem. The 1983 All-Star Game at old Comiskey Park. It was the 50th Anniversary of the very first All-Star Game held at Comiskey Park in 1933. As a rookie, Ron Kittle was the White Sox only All-Star. Kittle joins the podcast to talk about his memories of this historic game and playing in front of the hometown fans (13:00). After losing 11 straight All-Star Games, the American League crushed the National League 13-3, thanks to a grand slam by Fred Lynn (34:00), the first and only grand slam in All-Star history. A young Chuck Garfien was there in person with his grandfather. Chris Kamka is aboard to talk about the game and the broadcasting magic of Vin Scully who called the game for NBC.

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0:00.0	It's all here.
0:02.0	A no hitter! Grand Slam!
0:04.0	Have all the fun you want!
0:06.0	Every moment, every game.
0:08.0	Make sure you guys tune in.
0:10.0	Catch the White Sox only on NBC Sports Chicago.
0:15.0	Carl Sandberg said it best when he calls Chicago hog butcher for the world, tool makers,
0:23.8	stacker of wheat, player with railroads and the nation's freight handler, stormy, husky,
0:29.1	brawling, city of the big shoulders, home of Lakeshore Drive and the Loop, the Wrigley
0:34.3	building and Wrigley Field, Soldier Field, and the lake itself, and one of the world's great promenades, Michigan Avenue.
0:41.4	The Sears Building and the signature of John Hancock added to the skyline.
0:46.2	And on the south side, a 600 square foot lot at 35th in Shields Avenue purchased for $100,000 by Charles Kermisky from the estate of the city's first mayor, John Wentworth.
0:58.2	Designed by Zachary Taylor Davis, it was to become Comisky Park in 1910, home to the first All-Star game in 1933.
1:08.2	NBC's All-Star anniversary scrapbook begins appropriately enough with the Bambino.
1:13.6	Babe Ruth hit the first All-Star home run in the first game, 50 years ago today in Kamisky Park.
1:25.0	And with that introduction, by Vince Scully, we are off and running with the latest edition of Distant Replay on the White Sox Talk podcast brought to you by Winst.
1:37.3	Hey everyone, it's Chuck Garfine, and today we've set our White Sox time machine back to July the 6th, 1983.
1:47.4	When the baseball world came together on the South Side to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the very first All-Star game,
1:54.7	with an epic 13-3 victory by the American League, it ended an 11-game losing streak against their
2:03.3	counterparts from the National League. This was a big deal. Vince Scaldy was on the call. Fred
2:09.7	Lynn belted the first and only grand slam in all-star history. Ron Kittle was a rookie from
2:15.6	Gary, Indiana, and the only White Sox All-Star on the team.
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