White Sox ’24 — hours of misery, as season of suffering drags on
One of my favorite scenes in Bennett Miller’s 2011 “Moneyball” features a title card that says simply, “The Streak.” What follows is a montage of highlights of the 2002 Oakland A’s as they go on a 20-game tear, accompanied by play-by-broadcast and radio/TV commentary from the time, e.g., “Something strange is happening in Oakland, you cannot argue the point right now.” At one point, the camera scrolls through the list of victories, W after W after W, including three in a row over the White Sox in mid-August. Читать дальше...