It's been a minute since a White Sox box score doubled as a feel-good story, but here we are. The Sox came out swinging in Minneapolis and never let off the gas, jumping on the Twins early and refusing to let the lead get interesting.
An early look at the Sox already up 3-0 on the CHSN broadcast.
That 3-0 start was just the appetizer. The bats kept rolling, and by the time the middle innings rolled around the Sox had pushed the thing to 6-0, then turned a comfortable lead into a full-on rout with a 402-foot, 102.9 MPH no-doubter that made it 8-0.
The 2-run shot that stretched it to 8-0, framed with the appropriate amount of irony.
The "White Sox are good" bit lands because, well, the recent track record speaks for itself. Any afternoon where this team is administering an old-fashioned ass-whooping instead of taking one is a minor holiday on the South Side, day-game scheduling complaints be damned.
The vibe check from Chicago as the beatdown rolled on.
Twins fans showed up to Target Field for a nooner and got steamrolled by a team that's supposed to be the punchline. Enjoy it, Sox fans. These afternoons don't come around often.