Marlins Win! Marlins Win!

The White Sox are going to have a postgame concert next week with Vanilla Ice and some other musical relics from the 1990s, so you could say they’re focused on turning back the clock. Yesterday, they trotted out 2013- (or 2014- or 2015- or…) level talent from the bullpen in the eighth inning of a 2-0 game with Milwaukee ahead. Nothing says Aaron Bummer like two walks, a wild pitch and a three-run homer, better yet if it’s from Carlos “I Kill This Team” Santana. Brewers 7 Sox 3. On top of that, I found out Yoan Moncada has been dealing with extraordinary pain all season that radiates down his back into his legs. Good to know. Did Rick Hahn? I mean, if he knew Moncada has a potentially serious back condition, then why did he trade Jake Burger? Oh, that’s right. The team needs to rebuild a farm system its general manager can’t stock properly on his own. Not to pick on the kid, but Jake Eder, the 24-year old lefthander Hahn received in exchange for Burger, has made two starts totaling five innings for Double-A Birmingham. Eder is 0-1 with a 16.20 ERA. Darkest before the dawn, I guess. That, or just very dark on the South Side for a very, very long time. While the Sox were slipping to twenty-five games under.500, the Marlins rallied with five ninth-inning runs against the Yankees for an 8-7 win. Jake Burger delivered the walk-off single to the delight of 35,000 fans. I watched the postgame interview, Burger getting not one but two Gatorade baths. He smiled throughout. The ex-Sox third baseman is hitting .317 with six RBIs for his new team. Good for him. Good for the Marlins. Sad for me.