Spring Cleaning

The White Sox stink, as evidenced by their 14-34 record, which includes yesterday’s 9-3 implosion against the host Blue Jays. How manager Mickey Mouse gets out of bed knowing his team has a .292 winning percentage—with the odds pretty good that it’ll go down after tonight’s game—is truly a mystery for the ages. The man needs to go. And he can take pitching coach Ethan Katz with him. Toronto is having a bad, for them, season at 21-25. In a nutshell, they don’t hit. That is, until the White Sox came to town. The Sox have scored the fewest runs in all of baseball. Guess who’s next worst? Yup, the Blue Jays. You’d never know it off of yesterday, with twelve hits and two homeruns. Dante Bichette, a possible trade candidate come July, entered the game batting .211. That average went up nineteen points, courtesy of the Sox pitching staff. That’s what going 4-for-4 will do for a player. And if Katz goes, hitting coach Marcus Thames should be right behind him. Fewest runs and homeruns in baseball, lowest batting average—sorry, even if you’re working with a lot of pig’s ears, you’ve got to do better. Jerry Reinsdorf insisted on bringing Tony La Russa out of retirement. Maybe he should’ve gone with Walt Hriniak instead. But, hey, Double-A Birmingham has the third-best team ERA in all the minor leagues. Tomorrow, tomorrow…