A Good Year for the Outlaw

That should be the headline in at least one Chicago paper, a Minneapolis-St.Paul paper or two, and the USA Today come Monday.

Jim Thome’s sixth inning pop foul in a 1-1 tie against Minnesota Sunday afternoon landed on the rolled up tarp behind third base, with Twins third baseman Joe Crede coming up one step short of making the catch. It’s a catch he makes without the tarp being there. Hawk Harrelson then says “make ‘em pay, Jimmy”, and on the very next pitch, Thome goes yard, Sox go up 3-1, and ultimately cruise to a 6-1 win.

All because the tarp got in the way. If sports editors don’t see this headline staring them right in the eyes, they need to kick their own asses.