James Shields will be pitching for the Chicago White Sox as they visit they Kansas City Royals for the first game of the season. There is no nicer way of saying that, so let’s rip the generic brand adhesive bandage clean off.
Yes, the first thing you see during the regular season (after the White Sox score a bunch of runs, maybe) will be James Shields throwing baseballs like some sort of baseball throwing guy. It’s not the first time this will have happened to the White Sox, and it’s probably not the last, so let’s all learn to deal with it.