A massive crowd at Midway Airport — and a nonexistent one, seven years later.
1959The White Sox clinched the American League pennant with a 4-2 win in Cleveland. Al Smith and Jim Rivera hit back-to-back home runs in the game. Smith also threw out former Sox star Minnie Miñoso at home plate.
A crowd estimated by the Chicago Sun-Times at 125,000 was at Midway Airport to...