Ugly

For all intents and purposes, yesterday’s White Sox game in Kansas City ended with one out in the bottom of the first inning, when Salvador Perez launched a two-run homer off Sox starter Carlos Rodon. The Royals went on to win 5-0 and take three out of four games. Rodon has been reverting to his old self the last few games, a mix of plenty of pitches along with lots of runs and strikeouts over short outings. Me no like. This bears watching. So does manager Tony La Russa’s lineups. Andrew Vaughn at first base? Really? If I were given to conspiracies, I’d say La Russa was setting Vaughn up for a monster slump, putting him in right field one game, left the next and second base the one after. Again, me no like. Presumably, the acquisition of infielder Cesar Hernandez from Cleveland—along with reliever Ryan Tepera from the Cubs—will fix everything. If not, the Chicago sports’ media is gearing up to go all Bears, all the time. Baseball could be out of sight, out of mind by next weekend.