Chet Lemon Q&A

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Our historian, Mark Liptak, shares his 2004 conversation with the star center fielder

With news of Chet Lemon’s passing on Thursday, our Mark Liptak was in touch quickly from the road, taking time out of his broadcasting work to share his interview with Chet from 2004. It follows here, in edited form.

Chet Lemon is another one of those very good White Sox players that few other fans knew about, primarily because for most of his career in Chicago he played on some bad, nondescript clubs.