Chicago, Illinois | Home of the Chicago White Sox

Chicago is one of America's great baseball cities, and our EARNED MLB Stadium Tour brought us to the South Side to experience Rate Field, home of the Chicago White Sox.

The current stadium opened in 1991 as the new Comiskey Park, directly across the street from legendary old Comiskey Park, where the White Sox played from 1910 through 1990.

That connection between generations is everywhere.

Walk around the outfield concourse and you'll find statues honoring White Sox legends including Frank Thomas, Minnie Miñoso, Carlton Fisk, Paul Konerko, Mark Buehrle and Harold Baines. It's like walking through more than a century of White Sox baseball history.

Then there's the scoreboard.

The White Sox have one of baseball's great home-run traditions. Legendary owner Bill Veeck introduced the original “exploding scoreboard” at old Comiskey Park in 1960, complete with flashing lights, spinning pinwheels and fireworks. The current ballpark continues that tradition when the Sox go deep.

That's Baseball Culture.

Exploring the South Side

Rate Field has plenty to discover beyond your seats.

You can visit Championship Plaza, celebrating the 2005 White Sox team that swept Houston to capture the franchise's first World Series championship since 1917. Inside, fans can even find the original blue seat marking where Paul Konerko's legendary grand slam landed during Game 2 of that World Series.

There are other pieces of White Sox personality everywhere—from the old Comiskey pinwheels to the center-field Fan Deck and even the famous shower carried forward from the old ballpark.

And you can't experience Chicago baseball without experiencing Chicago food.

A Chicago-style hot dog, Italian beef, sausage, pizza and giardiniera all belong on the menu here. There's even a “Bell of Shame” for anyone who breaks one of Chicago's most sacred food rules: putting ketchup on a hot dog.

But what makes a White Sox game special isn't just the attractions.

It's the feeling of baseball on Chicago's South Side.

The Sox have been part of the city since 1900. Generations of families have come to 35th Street to watch baseball—first at the old Comiskey Park and now across the street at Rate Field.

That's why we're visiting every Major League stadium.

Different cities. Different teams. Different traditions.

But the same game connecting generations.

The history. The ballparks. The traditions. The memories.

It's Baseball Culture.