A Daily Dose of Gibber

You like White Sox manager Tony La Russa and, boy, does he like you back. Lucas Giolito must really like Tony La Russa. This is La Russa after Giolito gave up ten hits and six earned runs in five innings of a 6-5 loss to the Tigers yesterday. “Our concern is Lucas is such a warrior, he doesn’t take [it] well when he doesn’t hold the other squad down,” La Russa was quoted on the team website. “So, our support for him is 100 percent.” How nice. Me, my pitcher gives up ten hits in five innings, five of them with two strikes on the hitter (three on 0-2 counts), I’m ticked. I’m also curious. Giolito has been slow to sign an extension with the Sox, no doubt wanting to maximize his value. Only he may be too smart by half. You keep losing to a team like the Tigers, you won’t get the big bucks. Back to you, Lucas.