Same Old Same Old

What’s there to say, really, about another White Sox loss this one 7-3 to the Twins in twelve innings? That whatever Reynaldo Lopez found last year out of the bullpen he’s misplaced it so far this season? One homer over 65.1 innings in 2022 vs. six so far this year in just 13.1 innings. Lopez keeps the ball in the yard in the eighth, and the Sox win 2-1. Of course, they should’ve had more than two runs, as evidenced by a collective 1-for-16 with runners in scoring position, including innings ten through twelve. And perhaps that one measly run they scored in the twelfth would‘ve been enough had Tim Anderson not butchered a groundball in the top of the inning. Something’s not right there. The Dodgers are looking for a shortstop, this season looks shot… But enough crying over three-game win streaks snapped. Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf ventured into daylight this week to tell a friendly group of business people in Los Angeles that fans just want to know their team is in contention the last month of the season. A few things about that. Former baseball executive David Samson has said that when he was starting off Reinsdorf advised him to finish second every year because that will leave the fans happy and excited for next season. Of course, Reinsdorf denies having said it and certainly didn’t practice what he might have been preaching. An owner who in forty-three years has made the postseason all of seven times doesn’t care that much about finishing .500, let alone first or second place. Did I mention Billy Hamilton popped up and struck out with the winning runs on base?