RANGERS 8, (5-7) SOX 1
So now, we have scored 2 runs in the last 3 games. And since we didn't score after the fifth inning on Friday night, that is 2 runs over the last 31 innings.
What makes that ridiculous stat even more painful, is the fact that Sammy Sosa, of all people, brought in more runs than that with one swing of the bat at the Cell last night, hitting a 3 run homer to add insult to an already ugly loss.
The clock is ticking on this team. They have to prove they can contend, and do it fast, or else we are going to see a July disco demolition of the 05 World Champion squad we know and love. We've got too many free agents to be, and if we're not contending with them, it's hasta la vista to Dye, Iguchi, Buehrle, Crede, and who knows who else. If Ozzie is unable or unwilling to manage a young team, then maybe he'll be gone too.
In order to avoid this, the Sox need to start winning, today. They need to stop making winning look so difficult, and losing being the default outcome.
Sox fans have been waiting and waiting for this team to snap out of it since June of last year, and if they continue to wallow in this funk, fans are just going to stop waiting, and stop caring. That's when the deals will start, and that's when we can forget about another playoff appearance until 2010 at the earliest. It happened in the late 90s, and it looks like history may repeat itself in this decade.
Game Scores- Tejeda TEX 66, Garland SOX 49
AL CENTRAL ROUNDUP
(Mon) (8-5) TIGERS 12, (3-10) ROYALS 5
(Tue) (9-5) TIGERS 7, (3-11) ROYALS 6
The Tigers are a good team. They are the best team in the AL Central. I won't go so far as to say they "have no weaknesses", as I've heard in breathless tones from media experts, but they come out each day and they think they are going to beat you. Meanwhile, the White Sox are trapped in some kind of existential angst that descended on them 10 months ago, and they haven't been able to find a way out yet. For anyone to think that a team with the Sox' aura can finish ahead of a team like the Tigers in standings is asinine. Unfortunately the Sox right now fall into the same category as teams like the Phillies and Angels that are in desperate need of a hose up the ass to flush out the malaise they are in, and they play in a division with 2 teams (Detroit and Minnesota) that get 120% out of the talent they have, which is considerable.
Game Scores- Mon- Greinke KC 28, Verlander DET 56
Tue- de la Rosa KC 44, Maroth DET 40
YANKEES 10, (6-4) INDIANS 3
Forgive the Indians if they are in a state of shock after finally facing a team that isn't as limp dicked as the Sox or Angels, who've they've played all their games against this year.
Game Scores- Westbrook CLE 9, Chase Wright NYY 45
(8-5) TWINS 11, MARINERS 2
I don't see what the point is in not just giving the AL Cy Young to Ramon Ortiz right now.
Game Scores- Ortiz MIN 53, Jeff Weaver SEA 26
Mark Buehrle faces Kevin Millwood tonight at the Cell. Millwood is another of the long and distinguished list of pitches the Sox never do jack shit against, and you can just feel that Buehrle is due to get lit up. This should be awesome.
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