Déjà vu All Over Again

The White Sox did what you’re supposed to do against a team like the Tigers—they clobbered them yesterday, 11-5. The keep-Rick Hahn-as-GM crowd had a very good day. Gavin Sheets garnered two RBIs on an opposite-field single and bases-loaded walk; Andrew Vaughn hit his first career grand slam; and Eloy Jimenez sent a ball 450 feet to left center as part of his three-RBI afternoon. So, now the Sox find themselves five games over .500, just like they were back on August 16th. That’s a deceptive month-plus of .500 ball. Deceptive why? Because they sank to as many as three games below before coming back to life under the leadership of acting manager Miguel Cairo. Next up are the Guardians for a three-game series at home. Cleveland won’t be Detroit, though the Sox will be the Sox. If only I knew what that meant.