How Low Can They Go?

Why the White Sox recalled Jordan Leasure is beyond me, unless they wanted Michael Kopech 2.0, in which case they got it. Leasure entered the game in the seventh inning last night with a 5-2 lead. You know what happened, right? Double; single (run scores); groundout; two-run homerun to tie the score. You’d think that would lead to a pitching change , but Sox manager Mickey Mouse stands by his players, dab gummit, and let Leasure serve up a gopher ball to left fielder Matt Walner, who entered the game 3-for-26 on the season. Mickey’s kids rallied to tie the game and send it into extra innings, but the Sox don’t like to score after the ninth. Twins 8 Sox 6. Clare and Chris were at the game, with Grandpa pretending to his grandson that their team was good. My daughter reported the upper deck was closed off, and, sure enough, I read in the box score that attendance was announced at 10,881. Poor, poor Jerry Reinsdorf. The more his Sox lose, the harder it is for him to demand a new, publicly-funded stadium. Wait, there’s more. In olden times, the worse a team drew, the stronger its case for moving. But there’s been no sign from Nashville that it wants a team that loses like the ’62 Mets without any of the lovability. So, Reinsdorf stews, ala The Judge in “The Natural.” Good.