Throwback

Clare called a couple of hours ago to “complain about the White Sox.” My daughter wants to know why Luis Robert is going by “Luis Robert Jr”. all of a sudden and whether Eloy Jimenez lost too much weight over the offseason (thirty pounds in four-plus months). “Thirty pounds in a year would be crazy” was how she put it. Most of all, Clare wants to know what was up with Tim Anderson. Yesterday, the Sox shortstop did an interview with Chuck Garfien in which he accused Garfien of not “pulling from the same string with everybody.” Confused? Wait, there’s more, as reported on nbcchicago.com. “I think we should be pulling from the same string and not tearing each other down and not tearing players down, or we’re gonna tear you down.” In Anderson’s view of things, players deign to talk to reporters, so reporters should say Thank You by never uttering a discouraging word. In other words, we should have throwback announcers to go with throwback uniforms. Holy Jack Brickhouse. Hey-hey!