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Ep. 314: Incredible stories from a 97-year-old White Sox fan
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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.
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Manage episode 245339320 series 1717505
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.
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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