Pathetic

Heading into their game last night with the Twins, the White Sox stood nine games back of Minnesota in the worst division in all of baseball. The Sox had to sweep, or all pretense of competing for the postseason would come to an end. Guess who lost, 9-4? Manager Mickey Mouse deserves to be fired. Period. A good manager has his veterans ready to lead the way in a game like this, but not Mouse. Instead, second baseman Elvis Andrus dropped a relay throw from left fielder Andrew Benintendi that had baserunner Edouard Julien out at second by a good four feet. Instead of two outs and Alex Kirilloff up, it’s a two-run home run for Kirilloff. Wait, there’s more. Andrus bobbled a grounder from Max Kepler that was ruled a hit. A walk later, Byron Buxton homered for a 5-1 Twins’ lead. Did I mention Lance Lynn was pitching? Lynn gave up four long balls on the evening. He now has given up twenty-eight homers on the season. No one in either league has yielded more. After the game, the thirty-six year old righthander went all Dallas Keuchel, telling reporters, “I didn’t have bad stuff. I just didn’t execute pitches, that’s part of it. When I did execute a pitch, it didn’t go my way.” Lance, at this point you’re only fooling yourself. And let’s not ignore this gem from Mouse, that Lynn “could have very easily walked out of there with seven innings pitched.” [both quotes from today’s story on team website] Excuse me? If Lynn had managed one more out, he’d have given up seven runs, six earned. And that’s cause for celebration? Hire a clown, expect a clown show.