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How Chris Sale became Chicago's other ace

I'd rather be a sparrow than a snail
Yes, I would, if I could, I surely would
--El Condor Pasa

Six years can go by quickly. That's the time it takes for the largest land bird in the world, the condor, to go from chick to full maturity. The Chicago White Sox turned over their entire roster between 2010 and 2016. It was on May 8, 2010, that a lanky, junior left-hander for Florida Gulf Coast University was vomiting between innings while trying to impress major league scouts.

Chris Sale had food poisoning during the game against East Tennessee State, and that, maybe combined with the stress of watching his fiancee give birth to a baby boy a few days before, had him retreating behind the dugout to lose the lunch he so obviously needed.