By the end of the evening, it seemed nobody who was actually involved in the play thought Glenn Sparkman hit Tim Anderson on purpose.
But Anderson’s opinion on the Royals doesn’t really fluctuate much anymore.
“From my end, I don’t like the Royals. I don’t like them,” Anderson said after the White Sox completed a sweep of their division rivals Wednesday night. “It’s going to be a forever beef for me. But we are going to try to whoop them every time we play them.
“Just period, man. I don’t like them.”
That’s the eye-catcher from Anderson’s comments, which were otherwise mostly understanding about the 1-0 changeup that left Sparkman’s hand in the bottom of the second inning and nearly hit Anderson in the head, clipping the bill of his batting helmet and earning Sparkman an immediate ejection.