Carlton Fisk (#72)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nChicago is retiring one of its top all-time personalities and lifers for the rest of the franchise’s history. Guillen was brought to tears when this was announced, catching him completely by surprise. It will be interesting to see how August 8 will look when the ceremony takes place.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Chicago White Sox are struggling in the early stages of the season, but they made some news on Friday. With all the emotions that the home opener brings, one of the faces of the franchise will be immortalized. Let’s take a closer look at what happened and why this decision has been made. Ozzie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":558,"featured_media":163923,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[78],"tags":[4911,177],"class_list":{"0":"post-163921","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chicagowhitesox","8":"tag-chicagowhitesox","9":"tag-ozzie-guillen"},"yoast_head":"\n
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