CHICAGO – Long-standing baseball tradition mandates that one mustn't overreact, either way, to a singular game, especially Game 1. Does that same logic apply if one game during a pandemic season equates to a little more than 2.5 times the normal currency in a 162-game season?
Not exactly.
Besides, a familiar theme emerged on Opening Day of the strangest season in the 60 years of the Twins' existence that allows for one definitive statement that promises to hold up.
The Twins can still hit. Surprise!
Bomba Squad 2.0 has been activated. Luis Arraez still hits everything.
Same old, same old.
Everything else about Friday's 10-5 win over the White Sox in MLB's Sprint-to-60 felt as strange as imagined, highlighted by the lack of crowd noise inside Guaranteed Rate Field and cardboard cutouts populating seats behind home plate and the baselines.
Other than that, Play Ball!