Ep. 314: Incredible stories from a 97-year-old White Sox fan

The White Sox Podcast w/ Chuck Garfien

Chicago Sports Network

Sports, Sports:baseball, Baseball

4.7 • 620 Ratings

🗓️ 31 October 2019

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Chuck Garfien speaks with Marian Scheffler about her life as a die-hard White Sox fan. She tells stories about coming into contact with Babe Ruth (3:00), watching a game on the field at Comiskey Park in 1933 (6:10), why Luke Appling was her favorite White Sox player growing up (10:15), living in Chicago during the Great Depression (15:20), the awe of seeing television for the first time in the 1940's (16:20), watching Eddie Gaedel at the plate (23:30), why she missed the 2005 World Series (25:40), her thoughts on the rebuild (28:00), why she's upset about the White Sox media coverage in Chicago (29:30) and more.

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hey, everyone, you're listening to The White Sox Talk Podcast is brought to you, as always,
0:13.1	by Win Trust. Chuck Arfine here. And today in the podcast is a special interview with a very
0:19.8	special White Sox fan,
0:21.7	somebody who has watched and followed more White Sox games than probably anybody else on the planet.
0:29.8	Her name is Marion Sheffler.
0:31.8	She's 97 years old.
0:34.1	She's been living and breathing White Sox baseball pretty much since birth, going back to 1922.
0:40.5	She saw Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Satchel Page, Jackie Robinson, et cetera, all play in person.
0:47.9	Her all-time favorite White Sox player is Luke Appling. She has incredible stories and memories and opinions about the White Sox,
0:58.0	even about today's media coverage of the White Sox here in Chicago.
1:01.0	You'll definitely want to hear that.
1:02.4	We talk about the 05 World Series, the rebuild.
1:05.9	Oh, and she still drives at 97.
1:09.5	She went to 20 games last season.
1:12.0	The Sox went 15 and 5 in those games.
1:15.1	So Marion definitely did her part.
1:17.6	So here's my conversation with a White Sox fan who is a living treasure.
1:24.2	Marion Sheffler on the White Sox Talk podcast.
1:29.4	Enjoy this.
1:32.7	White Sox, White Sox, go, go, White Sox.
1:34.9	The ball hit deep way back.
1:36.5	Deep to the NFL.
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