Perspective

By walking off the Red Sox, 3-2, with a Brooks Baldwin single against Aroldis Chapman, the White Sox doubled their win total on the season to four, this in under 24 hours, no less. They were 2-12 at the same point last season. So, Yay! for the two-game improvment, and a little perspective. The season before last, the team was 5-9 on its way to 101 losses. Those numbers dampen the excitement. In which case, I’ll try some others. In his rookie season last year, Baldwin needed 114 at-bats to reach eight RBIs; he has seven already in just 39. Cause for hope, maybe. If everything goes really, really well, Baldwin could turn into another Jeff McNeil. Of course, the Sox need another Pete Alonso and Juan Soto, too. But at least it would be a start.