None of Your Business

Yesterday was Labor Day, a national holiday. You could tell by how the White Sox took the whole game off, a 12-1 debacle to the Royals in Kansas City. After the game, Sox manager Mickey Mouse let reporters know he was going to address the “inconsistent effort” he saw on display from his players. Would he like to provide examples? No, “I’m not going to get too deep on the effort. I didn’t like it for the most part. We’ll address it.” [story today on team website] How interesting. On the always-entertaining postgame show, ex-manager Ozzie Guillen said he saw guys laughing in the dugout, and he was not impressed. I saw the same thing, but not yesterday. It was Sunday’s loss to the Tigers. One of the supposed core players looked like he was having a grand old time at one end of the dugout while at the opposite end another core player, first baseman Andrew Vaughn, sat alone with a thousand-yard stare on his face. Yeah, we’ll address it. I can only hope that Chris Getz is paying attention to how his players are reacting to the news that Mouse will be back as manager next season. They’ve gone 3-10 since Kenny Williams and Rick Hahn got the boot while Mouse got a reprieve. Either it’s the wrong core, the wrong choice as manager, or both. Keep Vaughn and Luis Robert Jr. and dump the rest, coaches and skipper included. That, or face the prospect of back-to-back hundred-loss seasons. Your call, Chris.