LOS ANGELES — White Sox closer Liam Hendriks knows complacency when he sees it. Better yet, his wife, Kristi, does. It has become a rite of spring for her to push and prod the slow-starting right-hander in Arizona until he gets it in gear — and it’s a good thing, because he admits he needs it.
Complacency is “the mind killer,” as the colorful Hendriks puts it — and it, not a rudderless, clique-filled clubhouse, is at the heart of what went wrong for the .500 Sox in the season’s first half and what must change from here.
