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How baseball is rallying behind White Sox closer Liam Hendriks in his cancer fight

CHICAGO — “Whatcha got?” Liam Hendriks asked as a reporter approached before an early August game in Kansas City, Mo. “What do you remember about Sept. 20, 2017?” There was a brief pause followed by a clue. The Chicago White Sox closer then provided an almost pitch-by-pitch description of his first career save. He struck out Detroit’s final batter swinging — “on a fastball down the middle,” ...
White Sox closer Liam Hendriks heads to the mound in the ninth inning against the Rays at Guaranteed Rate Field on April 15, 2022.

CHICAGO — “Whatcha got?” Liam Hendriks asked as a reporter approached before an early August game in Kansas City, Mo.

“What do you remember about Sept. 20, 2017?”

There was a brief pause followed by a clue. The Chicago White Sox closer then provided an almost pitch-by-pitch description of his first career save.

He struck out Detroit’s final batter swinging — “on a fastball down the middle,” Hendriks recalled — to wrap up a 3-2 victory

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