The Game I’ll Never Forget: Chet Lemon

May 8 2025 by South Side Sox

 
Sole Star: Potent with the glove and bat, Lemon was a two-time All-Star on the South Side. | Bettmann Archive

An, er, active day on defense sent an all-time great out to center field

[On the occasion of Chet Lemon’s passing today, we are reprinting his entertaining story of transforming into a record-breaking center fielder. This piece originally ran at South Side Sox in 2018.]

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Chet Lemon was the closest thing the Chicago White Sox had to a superstar post-Hit Men, pre-Winning...

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