With news of Chet Lemon’s passing on Thursday, our Mark Liptak was in touch quickly from the road, taking time out of his broadcasting work to share his interview with Chet from 2004. It follows here, in edited form.
Chet Lemon is another one of those very good White Sox players that few other fans knew about, primarily because for most of his career in Chicago he played on some bad, nondescript clubs. He had to go to Detroit before getting national recognition (and a World Series ring with the 1984 Tigers).