Scouts talk all the time about bat-to-ball skills -- the ability to make contact on pitches anywhere over the plate, no matter the circumstances.

White Sox prospect George Wolkow went next level with that concept when he drove in a run on a one-handed single on Tuesday night. And on top of that, it wouldn't have even happened if he had gotten his way in the first place.

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The club's No. 11 prospect tried to call a timeout before the first pitch of his at-bat during the first inning of Single-A Kannapolis' game against visiting Augusta at Atrium Health Ballpark .

Home-plate umpire Nicholas Saxton didn't grant it, even as Wolkow started to step out of the box and took his right hand off the bat. So the lefty swinger wound up putting a half-heart

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