[Ed. note: This tribute was originally published as a FanPost on Jan. 31, 2018.]
As the sun set on the sole successful White Sox season of my youth—the South Side Hit Men of 1977—Oscar Gamble sent one last streak through the sky.
I was eight, attending my second or third White Sox game, on Sept. 17, 1977, sitting in the front row of the upper deck, above home plate on the third-base side.
Six-year veteran and California Angels starter Wayne Simpson had pitched the last great game of his career, handcuffing the Hit Men on two hits over six innings and departing with what should have been his 37th and final win.