'This used to be my happy place': White Sox fans reflect on the worst season in MLB history

Tim Vanzo still remembers the first Chicago White Sox game he ever attended.

Tim Vanzo still remembers the first Chicago White Sox game he ever attended.

It was 1968, and the now-lifelong White Sox fan was only 9 years old. Chicago was set to face the New York Yankees, who had won two World Series earlier in the decade.

“My dad took me to the game so I could boo Mickey Mantle,” Vanzo recalls with a smile.

More than 50 years later, Vanzo was back at the ballpark Tuesday night, dressed in a black T-shirt with the words “SELL THE TEAM” emblazoned across the front. As he sat in the front row along the right-field foul line, it was the White Sox whom Vanzo booed as they took the field.

The Chicago White Sox entered their final home series of the season Tuesday only one loss away from setting the MLB record for losses in a season. Of the several fans who spoke with NBC News on that evening — many of whom showed up interested to see history made — all expected the White Sox to have a down season.

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