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How Dick Allen Saved The White Sox

The 1972 White Sox season featured the MLB attraction, a young Harry Caray, the inventor of walk-up music & a team that almost left Chicago.

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Recorded in front of a live crowd as the White Sox finished off the first half against the Twins. We sit down with the authors of "Chili Dog MVP: Dick Allen, The '72 White Sox And A Transforming of Chicago." Learn how a season not talked about enough by White Sox fans featured that year's MLB attraction, a young Harry Caray, the inventor of walk-up music Nancy Faust & the resurgence of a team on the brink of leaving the south side. Enjoy a very fun end entertaining "30 Minutes of Sox!"

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