Alleluia

Vince Velasquez threw 5-2/3 scoreless innings against the Angels; Aaron Bummer worked a one-two-three seventh inning; home-plate umpire Larry Vanover gave Kendell Graveman an early Christmas present in the form of an extra-wide plate on a full-count call that should’ve loaded the bases instead of ending the eighth inning; and Josh Harrison looked like he knew what to do with a bat. White Sox 4, Angels 0. OK, it’s a new month, and Luis Robert just ended the old one with a three-run home run. Maybe he can build on that. Velasquez and Harrison, too. Then, Yoan Moncada can show what he’s got once his rehab assignment in Charlotte is over. At which point, all will be right for those of us who follow the White Sox. That, or it’ll just be one in a number of cruel teases from one month to the next to the end of a disappointing season.