Heaven Save Us

Hell must be like this, perpetual suffering, one loss after another after another with more coming as far as the eye can see. Such is being a White Sox fan in the 21st century. The first half of the season ended the way it started, with a loss, this one 4-3 in ten innings. Tim Anderson struck out to end the game with runners on second and third. Anderson is now batting .223 on the season and should be south of the Mendoza Line provided manager Mickey Mouse keeps playing him. Oh, that Mouse has a way with words. After the game, he told reporters, “We’ve played a lot of tough ballgames. We’ve lost a ton of them. There’s nothing I can say about that. We’ve just got to keep going.” [story in today’s Tribune] Why? Mouse went to say his players need to “Learn from these [losses] and continue to play.” Will someone explain to me how players are supposed to learn from losses their manager has nothing to say about. Why am I not surprised the general manager who traded for James Shields is the same one who hired Mickey Mouse for his first big-league managing job? Wait, there’s more. The Sox open the second half of the season in Atlanta. Like I said, one loss after another….