Dickens

With these White Sox, it’s the best of times and the worst of times. They follow an 8-0 no-hitter with a 4-2 loss, where “dead” hardly describes the middle of the lineup. It’s a good thing Madame Defarge isn’t around to rile up Sox fans. After the game, Jose Abreu is batting .184, with 21 strikeouts in 49 at-bats; Yoan Moncada .191, 17k/47 AB; Yasmani Grandal .133, 7k/30 AB; and Andrew Vaughn .136, 9k/ 22 AB. The only thing I can say here is I wish Grandal were striking out more. He seems determined to hit into the shift each and every at-bat. Except for the strikeouts, he looks to be jut about there. The team batting average stands at .233, which, amazingly, puts the Sox at eighth in the AL; Cleveland is last at an astounding .198. So why do the Indians have a better record at 7-5 to 6-7 for the South Siders? I mean, we’re actually second in the AL with a team ERA of 3.12. But wait. Guess who leads the league at 2.91? Yup, Cleveland. Which then leads us to consider the folks managing their respective teams, Terry Francona and Tony La Russa. It’s early, right, too early to panic? I hope so.