Danks bragged that he was the first person in the world to seed the illicit recording, which he recorded from the back of a local cinema in May 2013. His upload was downloaded around 700,000 times.

After a summer night of barhopping with friends in Lincoln Park, White Sox pitcher John Danks sat on a bench on the fourth-floor deck of a River West condo he rented, perusing his laptop for music ...

Danks has struggled for the early part of 2012, registering a 3-4 record with a 5.70 ERA in nine starts. Before the start of the 2012 season, the White Sox signed Danks to a five-year, $65 million ...