Chicago’s Aaron Civale holds the Angels to a swinging-bunt single by Zach Neto through five innings in their second straight loss to the AL’s worst team, 1-0.

The 2024 Chicago White Sox are, by pretty much every objective measure, not just a bad Major League Baseball team, they are a historically bad team.

It’s a resilient new edge that powered the Sox to a winning road trip in their scorching start to the second half. They racked up a major-league-high 38 runs in their first five games after the All-Star break. It’s an attitude that a young team can only learn the hard way, Taylor said.