Sox player pulling for hometown Seahawks

When it comes to loyalty, White Sox infielder Brent Lillibridge is choosing his hometown team — the Seattle Seahawks — over his hometown during the baseball season.

“It had to work out that one of my favorite cities, Chicago, is playing the Seahawks,” Lillibridge said on the “Mully and Hanley Show” on 670-AM.

Lillibridge, a native of Everett, Wash., through his Twitter account has offered up a pair of tickets to a Sox opening week game to a fan who will sport Seahawks garb — and document it with photos — to Sunday's playoff game against the Bears at Soldier Field.

He knows whoever is brave enough to take the offer will have to endure an awful lot.

“I have to make it really tough for somebody to win some tickets,” he said. “I'm just trying to have some fun with it.”

And to prove he's a good sport, Lillibridge said he plans on sacrificing if the Bears defeat Seattle.

“If they win, I'll record me wearing some Bears stuff,” he said.

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