Big day today!
Every Chicago White Sox fan has grown up with the legend of Groundhog Day, so we all know how it works — Southpaw will poke his head up out of the dugout, and if he sees his shadow, it means six more years of rebuilding.
Now, unlike the situation in Pennsylvania, where Southpaw’s distant cousin Punxatawney Phil will inevitably see his shadow because there are a gazillion TV lights shining on him, it is always possible in Southpaw’s case he won’t see his shadow. Possible.
The situations do cross over, though. The reason groundhogs poke up on Candlemas, reportedly, is to desperately look for a mate.