It has been a rough season for the Chicago White Sox and first-year manager Pedro Grifol. That was true even before Saturday's melee that was touched off by the sparring match between Tim Anderson and Cleveland Guardians star Jose Ramirez.
While you hate to see that kind of fisticuffs, if you're looking for a silver lining, it's that at least both clubs are competing with a spark of apparent passion. In a roundabout way, this speaks to something Grifol told the Chicago Sun-Times the day before: "This is not a 'just finish the season out' type of two months for us.