A Chicago White Sox player was so excited about the release of Halo: Reach that he stood in a line at a Chicago store waiting for the midnight release.

Brent Lillibridge, a second baseman for the Sox, tweeted from his place in line that he was channeling his inner nerd, according to [URL=http://sports.espn.go.com/chicago/mlb/news/story?id=5571442]a story on ESPN[/URL]:

[INDENT]"Most important night of the year Halo coming out at 12 tonight and yes I'm in a line to get it... Jokes please," Lillibridge tweeted at approximately 11 p.m. (CT) Monday.[/INDENT]Needless to say, teammate Mark Teahan wasn't amused and responded with his own tweet:

[INDENT]"Brent, get to bed. Take Gavin, Thornton & Putz with you. Halo will survive the night without you," Teahen tweeted, referring to pitchers Gavin Floyd, Matt Thornton and J.J. Putz.[/INDENT]Lillibridge was unphased: [URL=http://www.gamepolitics.com/2010/09/14/baseball-player-wants-his-halo][B][COLOR=#8e0505]Read More[/COLOR][/B][/URL]

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