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  "textContent": "<p>The story of Braden Montgomery's first major-league game could’ve been the script for a movie. And as luck would have it, the narrators were two legendary broadcasters.</p><p>Steve Stone and Bob Costas were in the Chicago Sports Network booth for a 1980s-themed broadcast with graphics and images of the era. Montgomery, though, is a big part of the <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https://chicago.suntimes.com/white-sox\" >White Sox</a>’ present, and he announced his presence Tuesday with a two-run, walk-off homer in the 10th inning to cap a come-from-behind, 6-5 victory over the major-league-leading Braves.</p><p>Costas’ call: “Sends it in the air to left, it is back near the wall, it is <i>over</i> the wall for a game-winning home run! How about that? Talk about drama! Talk about theater!”</p><p>“I think Bob’s call at the end was wonderful,” Stone said. “We kind of both jumped out of our seats. The Hollywood ending for Braden Montgomery and the Sox; it doesn’t get any better theatre than that.”</p><p>Though Montgomery hit two walk-off homers last season with the High-A Winston-Salem Dash — both against the Bowling Green Hot Rods — this homer was obviously at another level. He became only the fifth player in major-league history to hit a walk-off homer in his debut.</p><p>“It’s something out of dreams,” Montgomery said after the game. “It’s something that I couldn’t have drawn up better myself. It’s a group effort. All the White Sox isn’t just us players; it’s a staff, it’s fans, it’s a city. It’s cool to all celebrate together.”</p><p>Montgomery wasn’t sure whether he’d be celebrating a victory or a tie game. He said he didn’t know whether the ball had enough to clear the left-field fence. It only traveled 343 feet.</p><p>“I thought it would at least get over [Mike Yastrzemski’s] head,” he said. “So I was excited that at least we didn’t lose.”</p><p>“It was just surreal [rounding third]. I couldn’t even hear anything. I was told the crowd was pretty loud.”</p><p>Such a dramatic start to a top prospect’s career — Montgomery is the Sox’ No. 2 prospect, according to MLB.com, behind infielder Caleb Bonemer — might give him a big head. But while Montgomery oozes with confidence, manager Will Venable said overconfidence isn’t a problem.</p><p>“He’s as grounded as they come,” he said Wednesday before Game 2 of the series against the Braves. “This is a guy that has really high expectations of himself. I’m sure he envisioned himself doing what he did last night. To be honest, I think the idea of what he can do in this league is as high as anybody else’s.”</p><p>Montgomery, who went 2-for-5 with three RBI, even had his elder namesake a little envious, considering he didn’t play because of a tight back.</p><p>“I had like FOMO [fear of missing out] last night, just not being a part of it,” shortstop Colson Montgomery said. “What he did last night, it was awesome. Everybody in here was so happy, so proud of him.”</p><p>Also, Braden’s debut was better.</p><p>“His was way better than mine,” said Colson, who debuted July 4 against the Rockies, going 0-for-2 with a walk and a strikeout. “I had that one catch [an acrobatic, diving play in short left field]. My exciting thing was a catcher’s interference. That’s about it. His was awesome.”</p><p>As impressive as Braden’s debut was, he’s far from a finished product at the plate and in the field. Playing right field, he overthrew the cutoff man on a hit, allowing the batter to take second base. He’s the latest of the 12 Sox players who have made their major-league debut this season, and there’s a learning curve for all of them.</p><p>But by the sound of it, Montgomery’s curve might not be quite as steep.</p><p>“He’s a total pro for such a young guy,” Venable said. “He has a great understanding of himself and the opportunity that he has.</p><div class=\"PageListL\" data-module data-hide-authors=\"true\" data-hide-categories=\"true\" data-hide-dates=\"true\" data-show-loadmore=\"true\" ><a class=\"AnchorLink\" id=\"list-4a0005\" name=\"list-4a0005\"></a><div class=\"PageList-header\" > <div class=\"PageList-header-title-wrap\" > <div class=\"PageList-header-title\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https://chicago.suntimes.com/white-sox\" target=\"{borderColor=#dfdfdf, pageNumber=1, inverseColors=false, footerBgColor=#000000, bodyFont=font-3, showListNumbers=false, imagePositionHorizontal=null, rteBodyFont=font-3, headerBottomBorderColor=#111010, subTitle=null, stickyHeader=true, listTitleColor=#000000, tableCellBorderColor=#ccd1d5, relatedListFont=font-1, hideAuthors=true, tertiaryTextColor=#6c6c6c, buttonHoverTextColor=#ffffff, tableFont=font-1, carouselAutoPlay=false, promoTitleFont=font-2, ctaButtonText=[], primaryTextColor=#2a2a2a, buttonTextColor=#ffffff, linkTextColor=#1a1a1a, hideTitles=false, pagination=[{body=[Next Page], href=?p=2, _template=/link/Link.hbs, contentId=null, pianoSectionSlug=null, target=null}], footerLinkColor=#ffffff, items=[{media=[{image={src=https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/e6/a1/25cabf2f4e99a3118a1b40a2c596/braves-white-sox-baseball.jpg, width=3187, height=2125}, narrowImage={src=https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/e6/a1/25cabf2f4e99a3118a1b40a2c596/braves-white-sox-baseball.jpg, width=3187, height=2125}, ampLink=null, _styledTemplate=null, _template=/image/Image.hbs, alt=Braves White Sox Baseball}], type=Image, _styledTemplate=null, timestamp=1781143108000, imageAlignment=null, categoryUrl=https://chicago.suntimes.com/white-sox, isFeatured=false, category=[{items=[White Sox]}], target=null, primaryMediaType=null, wordCount=630, ampLink=null, publishDate=June 10, 2026 08:58 PM, url=https://chicago.suntimes.com/white-sox/2026/06/10/braden-montgomery-white-sox-walk-off-home-run-steve-stone-bob-costas-will-venable-colson-montgomery, description=[{items=[The story of Montgomery’s first major-league game could’ve been the script for a movie. 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