The Wrong Stuff

How do you lose 100 games with six days to go in August? Do what the White Sox did yesterday, coughing up yet another to fall to the Tigers, 9-4. Start off by sitting two of your best players, center fielder Luis Robert Jr. and catcher Korie Lee, replacing them with Dominic Fletcher (0-for-4, .212 BA) and Chuckie Robinson (1-for-4, .148), respectively. And just for fun, give Miguel Vargas a start. Vargas lifted his average to .173 on the season by going 1-for-4. The game was relatively close at 5-3 Detroit going into the seventh inning, when Grady Sizemore, managing more like Mickey Mouse by the day, brought in Enyel De Los Santos. Pitching with the Yankees not even two weeks ago, De Los Santos gave up seven runs to the Sox. New York DFA’d him two days later, and, out of gratitude, the Sox signed him. De Los Santos gave up two runs in an inning of work. Did I mention that Grady Sizemore was channeling his inner Mouse? In other words, he called on Touki Toussaint for a second straight game. Toussaint did what he does best, give up runs, in this case, two in two innings for a 7.71 ERA on the season. Did I mention Matt Foster got sent down to make room for De Los Santos, this after Foster rehabbed his way back from Tommy John surgery and looked good both in Triple A and his one appearance for the Sox? Or that the Sox are two games ahead of the pace set by the ’62 Mets? Maybe it’s just too damn depressing to mention.