meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
The White Sox Podcast w/ Chuck Garfien

Remembering Comiskey Park with ”Last Comiskey” author Ken Smoller

The White Sox Podcast w/ Chuck Garfien

Chicago Sports Network

Sports, Sports:baseball, Baseball

4.7620 Ratings

🗓️ 2 May 2024

⏱️ 44 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

With the White Sox looking to build a new ballpark in the South Loop for the future, Chuck Garfien goes back to the past, speaking with author Ken Smoller about Comiskey Park and why it holds such a special meaning for White Sox fans all these years later. Smoller has written a companion piece to the popular 2023 documentary "Last Comiskey" with never before seen photos of the old park at 35th and Shields. They talk about the book, the ballpark, the final season in 1990, if Guaranteed Rate Field will have a similar effect on Sox fans in the future and more.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

I'm sorry

0:02.0

I'm

0:04.0

I got this man Well, there you have it. Well, there you have it.

0:36.6

The final game memory.

0:38.8

Here at Comiskey Park and the Sox, I guess the script was written.

0:44.5

The way the Sox had played baseball for 80 years here for the most part,

0:47.9

have been low-scoring games, and once again, the finale, that's exactly what it was.

0:52.1

They won it 2 to 1, as you see, Carlton Fist, Jeff

0:54.5

Tom Moore, Bobby Thickpin, the entire Soxball Club. What a great year it has been, and what a

1:01.6

fitting way to close the season.

1:07.9

Hey, everybody, it's Chuck Arfine, and it's been 34 years since the White Sox said goodbye to Old Kamiski Park.

1:17.6

And with the team looking to possibly build a new park in the South Loop, this is a great time to talk about a bar park that was like a member of my family growing up.

1:32.1

And there's a new book out that is a companion piece to the incredible documentary, Last Kimminsky.

1:41.0

And it's been written by photographer Ken Smoler.

1:44.8

And on the podcast, I speak with Ken about the book, about the ballpark, that final season in 1990, and why we're still talking about old Kamiski Park.

1:58.8

And also, if guaranteed rate field, will have a similar

2:02.4

effect on White Sox fans

2:04.5

if and when the team

2:06.8

leaves it behind.

2:09.0

So I get that and more.

2:10.1

Coming up on the White Sox Talk

2:11.9

podcast next.

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Chicago Sports Network, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Chicago Sports Network and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.