Perchance, To Dream

The world turned upside down last night with the Yankees in town, Goliath vs. the 95-pound weakling, only the weakling poured it on by a score of 12-2. The worst team in baseball looked anything but with eighteen hits, highlighted by Gavin Sheets’ three opposite-field doubles. Sheets went 4-for-5 with four RBIs. Andrew Vaughn joined Sheets in a 4-for-5 night while Korey Lee and Brooks Baldwin both homered. Some of the damage was even done against a good starter. Luis Gil, now 12-6, gave up four runs and seven hits for the loss. Sox starter Ky Bush—who reminds me of a young J.K. Simmons—pulled off a Houdini act for the ages. Bush fell one out short of the win, no doubt exhausted from all the bullets he’d dodged. The 24-year old lefty gave up six hits and seven walks that turned into a mere two runs. After the game, players and Ozzie Guillen went on at length about all the energy suddenly present in the clubhouse and dugout and on the field. If interim manager Grady Sizemore is the cause, then shame on GM Chris Getz and Chairman Jerry Reinsdorf for sticking with ex-manager Mickey Mouse for as long as they did. A 3-21 start should’ve been more than enough motivation to make a change both necessary and inevitable. Oh, well. Better late than never, right?