Double-dumbing

Yea, the White Sox won their fourth in a row last night, beating the Guardians behind Mike Clevinger and three relievers. But leave it to manager Mickey Mouse to put a damper on things. In answer to my question from the day before—would he start Korey Lee behind the plate?—the answer was both obvious and depressing: No. More of Martin Maldonado doing his thing, striking out once in three at-bats, although I admit Maldonado did chip in with an RBI single. Mouse also talked gibber before the game about rookie Bryan Ramos, who made two nice plays at third base. The manager with the tiny .361 career win/loss percentage said it’s “not obvious” Ramos will be staying around after Danny Mendick comes off the IL. As God is my witness, Mouse’s logic was more twisted than a bag of pretzels. Please, oh please, Bryan, hit two homeruns today. I can’t imagine what you manager would say to that.