It’s a pity the Chicago White Sox can’t do one of those weird things that happen in cricket, where the side that bats first gets tired of scoring and just declares “245 for 6” or some such thing and they all take a break for tea and scones before the other team bats.
The Opening Day victory may have been over the second-worst team in the American League, one of two in the AL the Sox had a winning record against last year (because you asked, the other was Tampa Bay), and the victory may have been somewhat dependent on Angels incompetence, what with three fielders watching a pop-up drop for two runs (including Tim Anderson, just for old times’ sake) and Jorge Soler striking out on a 3-2 pitch at his hat brim with the bases loaded and two outs in the eighth and the game still on the line, but a win is a win and we need to celebrate each and every one.