Consecutive series against Yankees, Astros and Royals may help decide which teams' unlikely records are for real
The remarkable thing about the White Sox' first 35 games is that the schedule wasn't supposed to allow it.
As it stands, they built the American League's best record while getting various houses of horror out of the way.
2013's crap volcano brought darkness over the land for three full seasons, especially in a number of stadiums the Sox were scheduled to visit early. The Sox opened the season at O.co Coliseum, and although they tamed it with a sweep in 2015, fans still had itchiness from the 1-5 record over the previous two seasons, plus some residual effects from the Hudson-Mulder-Zito days.