Yesterday’s White Sox
Opening-Day 14-7 win over the Royals in KC was ever so delightful in ever so
many ways, beginnings with Sox starter James Shields. Sox fans got to rip
Shields and watch him win the game, too.
Four batters into the
bottom of the first inning, and the redoubtable Shields was down 4-0, but, from
the fifth batter on, you could say he threw six shutout innings. Apparently, it was the old arm slot that got
Shields into trouble; once he went back to the lower one that worked for him
late last season, everything went fine.
And he didn’t start off with the lower one from the start because why?
But the real story from
yesterday’s game concerns Matt Davidson and Tim Anderson, who hit three and two
homers, respectively. Davidson and
Anderson both remind me of Paul Konerko a little, thoughtful and never jerky in
their responses to questions. Davidson
hit 26 homeruns last year only to find that his Wins-Above-Replacement figure
was -.9. Ouch. Anderson dealt with a different negative
entirely last year, losing his closest friend to gun violence. Stay thoughtful and jerk-free, guys.
The New York Times
picked Kansas City to finish ahead of the Sox this season. From what I saw, the Royals are already back
in rebuild mode. Why else would manager
Ned Yost use nine pitchers?
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