See the Difference

That sure looked like a smirk on the face of White Sox manager Mickey Mouse while he was talking to reporters yesterday. Mouse said he wasn’t surprised that he survived the front-office purge that cost Kenny Williams and Rick Hahn their jobs. You see, Mouse has been talking to people in the know, so he knew. Oh, and new GM Chris Getz is a great guy. But a smirk will only get you so far in baseball. At some point, talent, drive and coaching become overriding factors. Put another way, the Sox lost, again, this time at home to the Tigers, 4-2. The bottom of the order went a collective 1-for-10. Lenyn Sisa got the hit, a single that did not exactly make up for the two double plays he grounded into. Catcher Korey Lee is starting his Sox career by going 1-for-18. Nine of ten baserunners have stolen off of Lee as well. Holy Yasmani Grandal. Did I forget Oscar Colas? In which case, I apologize for not mentioning Colas went 0-for4 with three strikeouts, one more than Yoan Moncada, for what it’s worth. Getz, Grifol and company have a faith in the twenty-four year old Colas I stopped feeling a good month ago. He got the start last night against lefthander Eduardo Rodriguez and struck out both times he faced him. Colas is 8-for-49 against lefties vs. Gavin Sheets’ 0-for-10. And the difference is what, exactly? Colas has four homers and eighteen RBIs in 221 at-bats. Sheets has nine and thirty-one in 238 at-bats. And Colas gets the start? Meet the new boss(es), same as the old boss(es).