TWINS 11, RED SOX 9 (at Boston) – Miguel Sano homered and Eduardo Nunez drove in three runs, including two in a five-run seventh inning, as Minnesota escaped on a windy night that saw a handful of stoppages as dirt from the tracks and litter swirled.
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In a season as freaky as this one, a scenario where Chris Sale would be sent home reportedly for cutting up uniforms so the White Sox could wear his preferred jerseys seemed par for the course. Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports reports that the lefty described the franchise as more concerned with marketing gimmick jerseys than with winning games and that he found the pullovers uncomfortable to wear.
The team was to wear collared, blue and white V-neck jerseys first worn during the 1976 season.
The game, interrupted three times by thunderstorms, will resume Sunday before the final contest of the series. Today’s Game and Modern Baseball will vote twice every five years, Golden Days once every five years and Early Baseball once every 10 years.
The team sent Sale home from U.S. Cellular Field before their game against the Detroit Tigers for what General Manager Rick Hahn deemed a “clubhouse incident”.
FILE – In this Monday, July 18, 2016, file photo, Chicago White Sox starting pitcher Chris Sale throws to a Seattle Mariners batter during a baseball game in Seattle.
It’s worth noting that most pitchers, especially veterans like Sale, get to pick the uniform each game.
Chris Sale was not happy Saturday. Well, according to ESPN’s Jerry Crasnick, Sale had no problems with teammates in the clubhouse, yet it was something quite petty between Sale and the team’s management. Adam LaRoche retired as a result, and Sale hung the LaRoches’ jerseys in his locker.
Still, the bullpen kept Chicago in it with Sale at home.
The White Sox ended up wearing these throwback uniforms Saturday.
What Sale seems to have done on Saturday afternoon is childish and not what you would expect from an ace and the starter for the American League in the All-Star game.
Hahn said Thursday the White Sox were “mired in mediocrity” and hinted at possible big roster changes. Avila said he might need a second rehab start…. “And the guys that may come available are going to come at a steep price”.
Pirates: Rookie right-hander Tyler Glasnow was removed from his second major league start in the fourth inning with an undisclosed injury.
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After Saturday night’s game, White Sox manager Robin Ventura declined to discuss the incident and would not comment on whether the team will enact any further discipline.
