"Luck is the residue of
design,” Branch Rickey believed. Tim
Anderson and Nick Capra of the White Sox must have been listening Thursday
night.
With two out in the
bottom of the eighth, Anderson broke from first on a full-count pitch which Rymer Liriano proceeded to punch through the
left side of the infield. Anderson
scooted to third and kept going when Capra, the Sox third-base coach, waved him
home. The throw from Angels’ left
fielder Ben Revere went to second instead.
The gamble paid off.
The play worked
because Anderson hustled, picked up his coach and knew—as Capra probably
did—that Revere has a weak throwing arm.
Speed kills the opposition, to know the opposition is to be ready to
beat the opposition. Even the skeptic in
me sees a glimmer of hope in this rebuild.
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