Chicago White Sox Unsung Hero: Dylan Axelrod

        First-time major leaguers Dylan Axelrod (Chicago White Sox) and Steve Delebar (Seattle Mariners) have given Independent Baseball another big dose of national publicity in the last 24 hours.       Axelrod, only two seasons removed from pitching in the shadow of Chicago for the Windy City ThunderBolts (Crestwood, IL) of the Frontier League, did more than his share to end Detroit’s longest winning streak in 77 years by limiting the postseason-bound Tigers to six hits and two runs while striking out eight in six innings during his first major league start Wednesday.  Departing with a 5-2 cushion, the White Sox’s bullpen coughed up the lead and lost 6-5 in 10 innings.       Hours later on the West Coast, Delebar, fully recovered from a career-threatening injury suffered in the second of his two seasons at Brockton, MA in the Can-Am League, got his first major league victory, slowing down the latest march to the playoffs of the New York Yankees.  Delebar, who also pitched in the ...