The Chicago White Sox have made bobblehead figures of star players like Frank Thomas and Mark Buehrle, and of Tim Anderson’s bat flip, but now they’ve added a statuette of a fan known as Cane Guy.
Robert Holt of Northbrook holds the walking cane he used the previous day while attending the White Sox's win over the Houston Astros in game three of the American League Divisional Series.
The scene was caught on national television and prompted a stream of fans to seek out Holt’s autograph. Team officials took notice and gave Holt special seats for the next game, but the Sox ended up losing the series to the Astros. Normally, the team would hold such a giveaway at its annual SoxFest convention, but the event was canceled this winter due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Sox historian Rich Lindberg said Cane Guy is reminiscent of well-known Sox fans of old, like the Lone Ranger, who wore a mask and hat and brought fake pistols to the games in the 1970s; Drummer Boy, who walked the concourse banging a snare drum; and Andy the Clown, who wore a red derby and red polka-dot outfit and circulated among fans from the 1960s to the 1980s.