I made the
mistake of sitting on the couch Friday night to watch the White Sox-Tigers’
game, a mistake because the Sox were in the process of being dismantled, 15-5
(not to be confused with Tuesday’s 13-7 loss to the Red Sox or yesterday’s 10-1
embarrassment). The carnage was
interrupted from time to time with a recap of the Charlotte Knights’ game against
the Buffalo Bisons. From what I saw, top
prospect Yoan Moncada was having a good night down on the farm, and starting
pitcher Carson Fulmer, too.
So, if Sox fans
are supposed to get all excited about the Knights (and a number of their games
are being broadcast), why not bring up those prospects? With Moncada, we could shuffle the infield
and show Todd “I Did It My Way” Frazier—batting .179(!) at the end of Friday’s
game—the door. We could also use another
starter, say, like Fulmer. But, No, GM
Rick Hahn doesn’t want to rush his prospects.
He won’t reveal his timetable for them, which could mean Hahn is doing a
Potter Stewart (the Supreme Court justice who famously said he couldn’t define hard-core
pornography but knew it when he saw it).
Patience, my little White Sox peasants, I mean, fans, the front office
folks know what’s best, even if they are the ones who screwed up the team in
the first place.
That’s the key
difference with the Cubs’ rebuild—the screw-ups, from the owners to the front
office, were all gone, and new guys put in charge. But it’s the same old same old with Sox management. Trust us, they say. Why should we, I wonder? Oh, by the way, Charlotte gave up seven runs
in the late innings to lose, 9-4.
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