What was the first time you remember going there?įirst time I remember going was probably like 1981. I love all of it: the players, of course, the team, but also Nancy Faust on the organ, the vendors and the security, and Andy Frain - the whole experience was kind of like a carnival. A lot of the players that I talked to talked about how the fans felt like they were part of the team, the proximity between the fans and the players was so strong. As a kid, this place was really special: the way you are so close and on top of the action, especially in that upper deck area, or really anywhere, there’s this intimacy, you just feel like the players are right there. We sat in the upper deck, right above first base. My last game going there with my brother Mike, who worked with me on the project. I was 15 years old in 1990, so my memories are that of a kid at the absolute height of their baseball fandom, at that age where I think I’m going to be a major league player. What are your memories of the original Comiskey Park? Flesch talked to Chicago about his memories of old Comiskey, and the process of making the documentary. The first episode was posted on the Last Comiskey YouTube channel March 2, followed by episodes on March 9 and 14. Flesch scored interviews with star players, including Ozzie Guillen and Jack McDowell, but he also features vendors, clubhouse attendants, sportswriters, lifelong fans, and organist Nancy Faust, to build a portrait of a ballpark that felt like a “carnival” at every game. The Sox finished 94-68 that year, nine games behind the pennant-winning Oakland A’s, as they began building the roster that would win the American League West three years later: future Hall of Famer Frank Thomas was called up to the big leagues in August. Last Comiskey, a new documentary by White Sox fan Matt Flesch of Arlington Heights, is a nostalgic look at the team’s 1990 season, the last in its original stadium at 35th and Shields.
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