The most important thing to tell you about this four-hour march onward toward nearly another month’s worth of pretend games is summed up in one tweet, from the sardonic wit of Daryl Van Schouwen:
The third inning of today's Cactus League tilt between the Dodgers and White Sox is complete after one hour, 15 minutes.
For some context, Mark Buehrle beat the Seattle Mariners 2-1 on April 16, 2005 in one hour, 39 minutes.— Daryl Van Schouwen (@CST_soxvan) March 2, 2018Yes, Friday’s sold-out rematch between the Good Guys and the Boys in Blue had all the timing trappings of a B-game on a back field, or a summer 16-inch game in Grant Park.