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Ripken's last Comiskey stand.(Chicago Tribune)
CHICAGO _ The life and times of Cal Ripken could not be adequately captured in a 15-minute pregame tribute.
But the White Sox organization succinctly paid homage to the retiring future Hall of Famer before Sunday's series finale with the Baltimore Orioles. An appreciative Comiskey Park crowd of 34,588 honored him before his final game in Chicago, which turned out to be an 11-3 romp for the Orioles.
While the tribute appeared almost fittingly understated, it overshadowed the Magglio Ordonez bobblehead dolls that were given to the first 10,000 fans in attendance and contributed to the attendance.
Ripken announced June 19 that he would retire at the end of this season. Comiskey Park was the first of the "last" ballparks he will be playing in this year.
"The last few springs, I've been asked retirement questions and it was asked, `How would you feel about a farewell tour?'" Ripken said at the start of this series. "It's been very alien for me to think in those ways. But I also said once I arrived at that decision, I'm the kind of person that I'm not going to hold it in, but I'll make it be known.
"The ramifications of making [the decision] known is that you set yourself up for more attention in a city. Maybe I'll have a chance to actually celebrate the last time [I] come into a city and look around. You appreciate things that maybe you've taken for granted all these years you've played."
Baseball fans across the country certainly have not taken Ripken for granted over the last 20 years. Here is Sunday's timeline of events of Ripken's last stand at Comiskey Park.
- Rebuilt Comiskey Park best answer
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times Ron Rapoport December 5, 1986 700+ words
...morning to the delicious realization that Comiskey Park can be saved after all. Baseball fans...new stadium across the street from Comiskey Park. It hadn't worked out for political...build a stadium across the street from Comiskey Park when you can rebuild Comiskey ...
- Sox owners sealed Comiskey Park fate
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times Robert Bonner March 10, 1989 700+ words
...19), his reminiscences of Comiskey Park's past and his proposal that...tearing it down when the new Comiskey Park opens, it "be utilized to...I believe it when they say Comiskey Park has outlived her life as a...
- Comiskey Park near retirement
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times Tom McNamee January 19, 1986 700+ words
Comiskey Park, like a washed-up ballplayer who...He said the Sox are losing money at Comiskey Park and must settle the team's future...implied a deadline for getting out of Comiskey Park. "There was a deadline implied...
- Old Sox happy team is staying // But they'll miss Comiskey Park
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times Toni Ginnetti July 2, 1988 700+ words
...from 1952 to 1961, said the idea of Comiskey Park's demolition "would have bothered...different decades with the Sox, was at Comiskey Park Thursday night when the legisla tive...accepts that putting a wrecking ball to Comiskey Park is progress. "You know, everything...
- Comiskey Park's rich history // Park filled with 76 years of memorable events
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times Eddie Gold July 13, 1986 700+ words
Comiskey Park! Joe Louis and Babe Ruth slugged their...seasons - abandoned to Addison? Why must Comiskey Park become a doomed stadium? As the oldest ballpark in the world, Comiskey Park has become "too costly to maintain...
- $3 million for Comiskey Park? // Owners to be paid by stadium agency
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times Mike Briggs; Michael Briggs (STANDARD); Harlan Draeger December 12, 1986 700+ words
...new home, may also pay the owners of Comiskey Park $3 million for their land. State...and leased it back to the ball club. Comiskey Park owners "agreed they will not make...the state stadium authority would pay Comiskey Park owners for the old stadium, he said...
- Comiskey Park study ordered // Can it be saved? Panel wants to know
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times Fran Spielman December 15, 1987 700+ words
...engineering study Monday to determine whether Comiskey Park can be saved. And the Sox have drafted...commenced" on the new stadium near Comiskey Park by June 1, 1988. The deadline would...reimbursed for the cost of maintaining Comiskey Park for another year. Stadium Authority...
- In Its 78th Season, Endangered Comiskey Park Lacks a Champion
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Post Bill Peterson April 23, 1988 700+ words
...60 home runs. That was long before Comiskey Park's graceful, red brick walls were...playing baseball in a domed stadium. Comiskey Park, the nation's oldest major league...White Sox owners, who argue that Comiskey Park is structurally unsound, too expensive...
