Atlanta’s starter, rookie Hurston Waldrep, was masterful, using his devastating splitter to rack up the strikeouts— seven in all, including multiple White Sox batters who fell victim more than once. For those of you who read the Game Thread, all I can say is, “I told you so.”

Those who were around for Fernando-Mania probably never expected to see anything like that ever again. Fernando Valenzuela took Major League Baseball by storm when he arrived as a rookie for the Brooklyn Dodgers.