Chicago White Sox pitchers recreate historic Hamilton-Burr duel
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}American politicians Alexander Hamilton (1757-1804) and Aaron Burr (1756-1836) take aim in the duel that would end Hamilton's life, Weehawken, New Jersey. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
There couldn't be two more appropriately named players for a "pitchers duel."
Chicago White Sox relievers Ryan Burr and Ian Hamilton recreated the historic duel between then-Vice President Aaron Burr and Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton in 1804 – which eventually led to Hamilton’s demise (and hundreds of years later a very popular musical).
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{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A photo posted on social media showed Burr and Hamilton (the relievers) in colonial garb, and the pitchers walked into the spring training clubhouse dressed as the two historical figures, NBC Sports Chicago reported.
“We came together, it was all about unity at the end,” Hamilton told the station. “That’s basically the moral of the story. Don’t fight each other. Come together.”
The two started in the White Sox organization when they were teammates at Single-A Winston-Salem.
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Hamilton is projected to make the big-league roster at the end of spring training while Burr might have to start the season in Triple-A, according to Roster Resource.