COMMENTARY
The cosmos lined things up just so for the New England sports fan on Sunday afternoon. A channel flip from the celebratory scenes of the Patriots’ Week 1 upset win in Cincinnati landed people on NESN just in time to see the 111-loss Chicago White Sox score five runs in the ninth inning.
Ideally, a bounce to ‘Fifth Quarter’ or Tom Brady’s Fox debut quickly followed. They weren’t even a terribly photogenic five runs — five hits, an intentional walk, a sacrifice fly, and a Wilyer Abreu throwing error that Connor Wong deserves a chunk of blame for behind the plate.