Silver Lining

The vaunted White Sox bullpen gave up five runs against the Rangers last night (four via the longball) while catcher Yasmani Grandal picked up his third passed ball to go with three catcher-interference errors on a season that has yet to exit April. Grandal also went 0-for-3, dipping his average to .140 on the season. Manager Tony La Russa must be a man of deep faith. Why else would he bat Grandal sixth? In the top of the first, center fielder Louis Robert added two bases onto a single he didn’t field cleanly and then failed to chase after. On the mound, starter Dylan Cease needed eighty pitches to go 4.1 innings while Aaron Bummer gave up two hits and heaved a groundball over the head of first baseman Jose Abreu, this in just a third of an inning of work. The Sox also left seventeen runners on base. I forgot to mention that they won, 9-7. Would it be fair to say this team reflects its manager? If it does, heaven help us all.