Detroit Tigers right-hander Kyle Funkhouser was feeling nostalgic when he took the mound Aug. 17 at Guaranteed Rate Field in Chicago to pitch against the White Sox.
The seats were empty, but he remembered when they were full.
Back when the place was known as U.S. Cellular Field, from 2003-16, Funkhouser relaxed in those same seats while watching the heroics of Paul Konerko, Jermaine Dye and Mark Buehrle. He remembered the excitement of his favorite team winning the 2005 World Series.
"They won it all in '05 when I was 11 (years old), so kind of in the peak of my interest," Funkhouser said Tuesday.