October 2,1977
vs. Seattle Mariners
at Comiskey Park

And so it came down to the last day of the season. The year long party was over. The 1977 White Sox' miracle run was going to end without a berth in the postseason. Meanwhile, George Steinbrenner's millionaire's club the New York Yankees had asserted itself and clinched the AL East, thus restoring the balance that the White Sox had thrown off kilter to the baseball universe.

The Sox took the field to a standing...