started at South Side Sox in 2018 after 20 years of writing on basketball, baseball and hockey, including time on the Blackhawks and White Sox beats. Follow him on Twitter @BrettBallantini and email your site feedback to brettballantini@yahoo.com
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before.
It’s springtime in the Cactus League, and as is his way, Eloy Jiménez has bloomed sooner and bigger than any desert flower.
CRACK racks the bat pfffffffftttttttt drags the seams thumppp divots the ball as another home run is crushed from the Camelback batters’ box to the grass of the outfield bern.