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White Sox broadcasts have gotten rather interesting lately, what with the team and front office pulling the plug on 2017, despite more than two months to go.  So, instead of focusing too much attention on yet another loss—9-3 to the Indians, dropping the Sox to 39-61—fans are treated to all sorts of rebuild-tidbits.

So, mention of the farm teams is de rigueur, even if it entails the 15-8 shellacking Triple-A Charlotte took Friday.  And let’s not forget Kannapolis, where two June draft picks are hitting the ball at a nice clip.  But why aren’t there any hitters doing well in Double A Birmingham or in Charlotte?  Alas, the graphic doesn’t say.

But there was a whole bunch of stuff on the Indians’ rebuild(s); from what I could tell, it all started back in 2008.  Think about that for a second.  I’m supposed to buy into what Cleveland did over the course of seven seasons and then apply it to the White Sox.   In another seven years, I’ll be old enough to be venerable, if not quite venerated.  To paraphrase Queen Victoria, we are not amused.