Nothing to Get Excited About

The White Sox laid an egg in Oakland Sunday, losing 10-3 to the A’s. Eloy Jimenez went back to looking at his handiwork instead of hustling out of the box. Two sure doubles turned into a close double and the world’s longest single. But, hey, it could be worse. The Sox could be the Cubs, who lost at home to the Giants, 4-2. When you’re twenty-four games under .500, you automatically draw the short straw in the Bears’ media market. The Munsters won their season opener at home against the 49ers, 19-10, and the Cubs were nowhere to be found in the Trib’s legacy sports’ section. That would mean another page (two actually), and we can’t cut into the profits of Alden Global Capital, now can we? The moral of the story, though, is that the Sox will join the Cubs in wearing the unwanted invisibility cloak—especially if the Bears pull off upset no. 2 next Sunday in Green Bay—if they don’t get back to winning, starting tomorrow at home against the Rockies. Because, my friends, you can’t read what isn’t there to be read.