The kids are back in school, the pumpkins have grown to be the size of Yermín Mercedes’ head, and rookie Gavin Sheets has sent yet another ball soaring into a roaring Chicago crowd.
That was one of his three hits last Tuesday against the Angels, landing just a triple shy of the cycle. That homer, incidentally, landed just shy of the Dan Ryan, plunking down in the bleachers at nearly 450 feet.
Sheets’ total of four RBIs contributed mightily to a trouncing of the Angels in a 9-3 victory, but it hasn’t always been this smooth.
Struggling with two strikes in the count, Sheets has often fallen victim to Ks.