On April 22, pinch-hitting in the seventh inning, Jacob May snapped an 0-for-26 start to his career with a single up the middle. In a dull, 7-0 loss to Cleveland, it was a clear highlight, with the entire crowd breaking into applause with the White Sox dugout, as everyone acknowledged a significant and obvious career milestone.
That got me curious about whether there was a similar experience for pitchers, such as their first strikeout. To begin a survey of all the pitchers in the White Sox clubhouse over the last few weeks, I figured I’d start with the longest tenured guy on the team to test the waters.