Carlos Rodón remembers getting off to a poor start the last time he pitched in the postseason. The date was Oct. 12, 2021. A member of the White Sox back then, Rodón took the ball in Game 4 of the ALDS against the Astros at Chicago’s Guaranteed Rate Field. Over 40,000 screaming people in attendance watched him surrender a first-pitch, leadoff double to Jose Altuve, who quickly advanced to third on a groundout. With trouble brewing and the ballpark buzzing, Rodón felt “pretty amped up.” “So I just stepped back behind the mound,” he recalled over Zoom on Sunday. “I […]
