A good brawl can inspire comaraderie. It was interesting to watch. These things happen. Not so good. Keith Foulke was injured.
Fighting gives baseball a black eye.
More of the same. Paul Konerko also homered to support Jim Parque, who gave up three hits and two runs in seven innings to improve to 2-1. Among the hits Parque surrendered was a homer by Wendell Magee. The Sox are in first place in the American League Central almost exclusively on the strength of their hitting. Singleton wasn't a big part of the hitting until recently.