In their first game against the Chicago White Sox, the Kansas City Royals handed them their 25th loss in a 3-0 victory.
The big story of the game was the return of Cole Ragans to the mound after a one-start absence due to a groin injury. Would he be good? Would he be effective? What about his breaking pitches?
Well, Ragans immediately put all doubts out of mind. Yes, the White Sox are not a good big league team. But they are a big league team and have legitimate professional athletes. They managed to foul off a bunch of pitches—like, a bunch bunch of pitches—but that’s all they were able to do.