
Dear Tom,
Everyone's been talking about the White Sox opening games being snowed out in 1982.
But I remember the "second" opener on April 16 was also postponed. Can you confirm
this?
Eric
Dear Eric,
You are correct. After the first three attempts to open the home season were thwarted
by snow and cold, the Sox hoped to finally play baseball in Chicago on April 16. This
time it was heavy rain, not snow and cold, that caused the game to be canceled. There
was slight hope for baseball that night when the sun briefly broke through the clouds
around 5 p.m., but then the heavens opened and torrents of rain soaked the field. The
White Sox huddled helplessly in the clubhouse for more than two hours before the
game was finally called. The Sox finally began their 1982 home season the following
day by sweeping the Baltimore Orioles in a double header.
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