While Chicago Cubs fans were in turmoil Friday night, White Sox fans performed the wave.

It was late in the Sox’s 9-5 loss to the Cleveland Guardians, a game that was over in the first inning when starter Aaron Civale put the Sox in a quick 5-0 hole.

The wave, of course, is a 1980s cookie-cutter stadium tradition that mostly has been eradicated in baseball. But it’s making a comeback with Gen Z, and Sox Park was ripe for a release from the boredom of a poorly played game between a last-place Sox team and a pseudo-wild-card contender from Cleveland.

No matter your feelings on the wave, the vibe at the ballpark was convivial, a party interrupted by some bad baseball. No one goes to a Sox game expecting much, so fans have to create their own fun. That has been standard operating procedure

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