Before White Sox slugger Matt Davidson was making team history with four home runs in his first five games, he nearly made a drastic decision.
This was 2015, just after Davidson struggled through his second straight season at Triple-A Charlotte. Striking out 355 times in 1,006 minor-league at-bats can try a man’s patience.
“I almost hung it up,’’ Davidson recalled Thursday before the Sox’s 9-7 10-inning loss to the Tigers in the home opener at Guaranteed Rate Field. “Those were tough times. I tried everything.’’
Davidson’s bewilderment brought him back home to Yucaipa, Calif.