The Great Pretender(s)

Nobody with the White Sox puts any pressure or expectations on Dylan Cease, least of all Cease. Facing the worst team in baseball, Cease failed both to get through the sixth inning and hold a two-run lead. The Keystone Cops went on to lose 7-6 in 10 innings. Joe Kelly balked in a run, Elvis Andrus booted a ball that allowed the winning run to score. After the game, Cease did his best Alfred E. Neuman “What, me worry?” imitation, telling reporters, "It's a tough one. We battled to the end. But unfortunately, just one of those [games] that didn't go our way.” [story on team website today]. Really, that’s it? Nothing on giving up three extra-base hits to the worst-hitting team in baseball or failing to make it into the seventh inning, again? Scott Boras is going to have a tough time getting his client a big contract with that attitude coupled with those stats. I can’t wait to see him try. And then we have Sox manager Pedro Grifol doing his own version of “The Sun Will Come Out Tomorrow.” According to Grifol, “We play tomorrow, that’s the message. Just come back out, put the uniform on and go bust your ass out there.” [story in today’s Tribune]. Because the only thing worse than losing two out of three games to the worst team in baseball would be losing all three.