The White Sox, all 60 wins of them now, offered catnip to the masses in a rousing finale win at Washington, 8-0, punctuated by an early flurry of offense including three homers and a perfect game chase from Shane Smith that lasted 5 1/3 innings.
But let this finish not cloud your eyes, for this is a team that needed an improvement of 19 wins to reach a level most professional organizations would deem utterly bereft and horrible. We are to celebrate the heartiness of 60 wins and bypass the obvious cancers still remaining:
There are bright spots beyond what is acknowledged above, if you squint real hard and try to get past all of the punctuation: A likely (possible?) No. 1 overall pick in a better draft year than 2025, a woefully weak top of the AL Central that feeds the fever dream that the 2026 Sox can compete for the top.
But it’s probably best that some others here tell that story. I’m beat.