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Sale expresses appreciation for White Sox fans
- Updated: December 7, 2016
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Chris Sale is gone, but he won’t soon forget his seven seasons in Chicago.
“I really appreciate the White Sox fans’ support through the years and can’t wait to come back to Chicago and see everyone,” Sale wrote in a text to MLB.com on Tuesday after he was traded to Boston in exchange for infielder Yoan Moncada, right-handers Michael Kopech and Victor Diaz, and outfielder Luis Alexander Basabe. “I have a lot of great memories in Chicago, and a piece of me will always be in that city.”
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Sale, 27, began his Chicago career out of the bullpen approximately two months after he was selected 13th overall by the South Siders in the 2010 Draft. He moved to the rotation in 2012, and he was named an All-Star in each of his five seasons as a starter.
His 274 strikeouts in 2015 are a single-season franchise mark, his six …
