Thanks to some recent franchise luck, the White Sox 5-1 loss suffered late, late, late on what always seems like a dark night in Oakland, was only the team's sixth-consecutive defeat in Oakland Coliseum.

Oakland is not one of America's ritzier metropolises. The fans, are few, but dedicated, such that their loopy and tongue-in-cheek heckling is audible throughout the frequent silences in the broadcast, and the frustrated profanity of Sox players is unmistakable. You could even hear John Danks curse as he gave up a go-ahead fifth inning two-run home run to Josh Donaldson; the 2013 MVP finalist posed after he whipped a low-and-in cutter that both lacked perfect placement and the old velocity that would have covered up the mistake.

This place is like a dream.