For the record, White Sox shortstop Jimmy Rollins wanted everyone to know late Tuesday night after his team's 5-4 comeback victory that this wasn't the first time he had won a game with a home run at Oakland Coliseum.
That came 20 years ago when Rollins was a senior at Encinal High School in nearby Alameda, Calif., and ripped a 2-run homer on a 3-0 pitch against Cal High.
"And I batted left-handed too,'' Rollins said at his locker, smiling. "I remember."
This one left an impression too for a Sox team that Rollins supplies with a verve it lacked last season.