Chapter 1981
Our Olympic Moment: “Throw a Strike, You Bum!”
Carlton “Pudge” Fisk and Greg “The Bull” Luzinski made their Chicago debut on Opening Day 1981, leading the new-look White Sox to the win. Luzinski and I reconnected 41 years later on Opening Day 2022 at Bull’s BBQ in Philadelphia’s Citizens Bank Park.
White Sox starter Ross Baumgarten facing future Hall of Famer Robin Yount in the first inning on Opening Day 1981. Moments earlier, Baumgarten’s first pitch to another future HoFer, Paul Molitor, missed the mark, eliciting the memorable outburst from sports writer David Israel that inspired this chapter.
