Day 139—Bristol White Sox
September 6th, 2007 by Tim Riley

Tonight the White Sox were playing a doubleheader, with two short 7-inning games. The team plays their games at Devault Memorial Stadium, a relatively small park that seats 2,000 people, including lawn seating areas. The Bristol White Sox are run by volunteers in the local community, and everyone seems to know each other at the games. In addition, all the proceeds of the concessions go to support local high school sport teams. Tonight we raffled off signed items from Chicago White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen, who signed some items when he came to visit to see his son play for Bristol a few weeks back. The current manager of the Bristol White Sox is none other than Bobby Thigpen, former reliever for the CWS who currently ranks 30th all-time with 201 saves. The White Sox split the doubleheader with the Johnson City Cardinals, winning the the second game against the Cardinals starter Omar Javier, who has yet to get a win this season, dropping his record to 0-7. Keep trying, Omar.