Makes Me Wonder

Pitching stunk, hitting stunk. White Sox lose to Tigers, 7-2. After the game, starter Lucas Giolito called his seven walks in 3.2 innings of work “unacceptable,” and he’s right, of course. [story today on team website] Giolito sounded so upset, it made me wonder. As he was walking batter after batter, what went through his mind? Did alarm bells go off—or wind chimes, since he’s a Southern California kind of guy—or a voice scream, “Danger, Will Robinson, danger!” after the third or fourth free pass? Somebody should ask. Jake Burger stole a base to set up the Sox first run, and Gavin Sheets hit a ball that went about twenty feet off the ground for a homer, so there’s that, I guess. Oh, and tonight’s game is on Apple TV+. They tear down Tiger Stadium and Comiskey Park for this? No, thanks.