Despite being built like a pro wrestler, Daniel Palka wouldn’t call himself a huge wrestling fan. He followed it as a kid, he loves the big personalities like everyone else, but these days the only wrestler he’s a fan of is Demon, aka White Sox conditioning coordinator and former professional wrestler Dale Torborg. Except when Demon is trying his moves on him.



“Yeah, he does it all the time. I hate it,” Palka said. “He’s very confident that he’ll hit your hair on your face when he does punch. I tell him, ‘No, I don’t want to do it,’ and he just does it anyhow and every time he hits the hair. It’s pretty amazing. It’s like full speed. He knows exactly where to be extension-wise to clip your hair. Every time.”



He’s not quite willing to spring $50 for a Demon figurine, but there’s a bit of wrestling-style paraphernalia hanging in his locker: a yellow T-shirt designed by a fan that...