Fans celebrate Mexican heritage at sold-out White Sox game

Fans said it was about time, because Mexican culture has long celebrated the White Sox.

CHICAGO -- A White Sox game has not exactly been the hottest ticket in town this season, but on Wednesday night, the game at Guaranteed Rate Field was sold out—and not just because the Sox were playing the Los Angeles Dodgers.Outside, it may have looked like any other summertime baseball game in the city—with vendors lined up outside the ballpark, and fans grilling in the parking lot beforehand.

It was also in part because of the Sox' first-ever celebration of Mexican heritage.Carmen Reyes was celebrating her 91st birthday at the ballgame.'Because of her, we are all white Sox fans,' a relative said.Reyes has been following the team for decades—her family said her first game was in 1961. Reyes first became a fan when she was living in a small rural town in Mexico.

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