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===1990s=== *April 18, 1991: The inaugural game of the ballpark. The White Sox were defeated by the [[1991 Detroit Tigers season|Detroit Tigers]] 16β0. Attendance: 42,191 *April 22, 1991: [[Frank Thomas]] hits the first White Sox home run in new Comiskey Park as the Sox defeat the [[1991 Baltimore Orioles season|Baltimore Orioles]], 8β7, in the first night contest in the new ballpark. Attendance: (30,480) *September 27, 1993: White Sox clinch the American League West Division with a 4β2 victory against the [[1993 Seattle Mariners season|Seattle Mariners]] giving them their first postseason berth since 1983. Attendance: (42,116) *October 5, 1993: New Comiskey hosted its first ever playoff game, game 1 of the [[1993 American League Championship Series|1993 ALCS]]. The Sox lost to the [[1993 Toronto Blue Jays season|Toronto Blue Jays]], 7β3. The park also played host to games 2 and 6 of the series, which the Sox lost, four games to two. Attendance: (46,246) *July 15, 1994: [[1994 Cleveland Indians season|Cleveland Indians]] player [[Albert Belle]] [[1994 Cleveland Indians corked bat incident|was caught]] using a [[corked bat]] and was confiscated and locked in the umpires' dressing room. During the game, the Indians sent relief pitcher [[Jason Grimsley]] to retrieve the bat where Grimsley crawled from inside the [[false ceiling]] with a flashlight in his mouth, took the bat, and replaced it with a bat used by [[Paul Sorrento]]. By the 6th inning, a custodian noticed the bat was missing with ceiling tiles on the floor. After the game, umpire [[Dave Phillips (umpire)|Dave Phillips]] noticed the bat was stolen and contacted the Chicago police. The White Sox even threatened to press charges against whoever stole the bat. The AL ordered the Indians to return Belle's bat threatening to send the FBI before they dropped it and asked for the bat which the Indians would give back. The bat was sawed and found to be corked and Belle was suspended for 10 games before was reduced to 7 on an appeal. No one knew who stole the bat until 1999 when Grimsley admitted his participation to the New York Times. Attendance: (38,686) *September 14, 1997: [[Carlton Fisk]]'s number 72 was retired by the White Sox as the Sox played the [[1997 Cleveland Indians season|Cleveland Indians]]. The Sox would lose 8β3. Attendance: (32,485) *May 18, 1998: [[1998 Oakland Athletics season|Oakland Athletics]] [[Mike Blowers]] hits for the cycle against the White Sox in the A's 14β0 win. Blowers becomes the first player to hit for the cycle in the stadium and the second in franchise history to hit for the cycle. Attendance: (14,387) *July 6, 1999: White Sox [[Chris Singleton (baseball)|Chris Singleton]] hits for the cycle against the [[1999 Kansas City Royals season|Kansas City Royals]]. Singleton becomes the first White Sox player to hit for the cycle in the stadium and the fourth player in franchise history to hit for the cycle. The White Sox lost the game 8β7 in 10 innings. Attendance: (11,251)
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