An Embarrassment of Riches

Well, the forces of good, aka the AL, won their eighth straight All-Star game last night in Denver, beating the NL by a score of 5-2. That’s fifteen out of eighteen for the junior circuit. Lance Lynn of the White Sox followed Shoehi Ohtani on the mound and pitched a scoreless second inning. Sox closer Liam Hendriks picked up the save. Tim Anderson didn’t get off the bench until the eighth inning, and starter Carlos Rodon never saw the field. Not that I would ever question the decisions of Tampa/AL manager Kevin Cash, but, if I’m Anderson or Rodon, that’s a definite snub and something to motivate me when the Sox visit the Rays in August. It sure is nice when your team has seven All-Stars picked; if only they were all still on the Sox. Once upon a time, we had All-Stars Chirs Bassitt, Omar Narvaez and Marcus Semien to go with the above four. Trading Bassitt and Semien in a package deal for Jeff Samardzija was dumb, sort of like shipping Narvaez to Seattle for Alex Colome. I guess you could say the Sox know talent when they see it. They just see no reason to hold onto it.