It's farewell to Yankee Stadium

NEW YORK - Thursday night was pretty typical for the White Sox at Yankee Stadium. They lost.

It was their final game in the "old" ballpark, which is giving way in 2009 to "new" Yankee Stadium right across the street.

For the record, the Sox were 255-428-3 all time at Yankee Stadium. They aren't shedding many tears while saying so long.

"As a player, I think you always look forward to moving to a new facility because you're thinking about what you're going to be using, the clubhouse, showers and all that," Paul Konerko said. "I have a feeling the new place is going to be a little better. But you respect the history. A lot of things have happened in this ballpark, so it's kind of a sad time.

"But there's always got to be change. In a hundred years they'll be knocking that one down and building another one."

Manager Ozzie Guillen has some fond memories of Yankee Stadium.

"A lot of good things happened to me here," Guillen said. "I got my first 5-hit game here, the only (one) I got in my career. I played against a lot of good players here. I got a couple of World Series here. It's nice. I think these fans know about the game real well. When somebody on the opposite team makes a nice play, they root for him. They get into the game."

Tough road: The White Sox lost three of four at New York, and now they play three in Kansas City against the last-place Royals. K.C. has been showing some fight while winning seven in a row.

"You can say because they're not in the pennant race, they're not going to win games," manager Ozzie Guillen said. "They're going to play right, they're going to play they way they've played all year long. Like I said about Kansas City, if those guys pitch good it's a good ballclub. It's all about pitching, and they play good against us. They really, really compete against us, especially back in Kansas City."

Sox get Civil: The White Sox will play the Reds in Cincinnati on June 20, 2009, in the third annual Civil Rights Game.

The Sox and New York Mets played in the Civil Rights Game in Memphis at the end of spring training this season.