Threadbare

Is it really a MLB game when teams face the White Sox? I mean, what are the odds of losing when you go up against Chris Flexen? Astros 6 Sad Sox 1. Flexen labored through four innings, giving up four earned runs on seven hits. The 30-year old righty is now 2-12 on the season with a 5.45 ERA. Flexen hasn’t won a game since May 8, and the Sox are 0-18 in his eighteen starts since. Holy ’62 Mets. Then again, Cy Young would have problems winning with the lineup interim manager Grady Sizemore cobbles together from game to game. Last night, it included catcher Chuckie Robinson (0-for-2, .136 BA); Lenyn Sosa (0-for-3, .214); and Brooks Baldwin (0-for-3, .205). What Sizemore sees in outfielder Dominic Fletcher (0-for-3, .215) is beyond me. Add it all up, and you have five gaping roster holes, four if you cut Baldwin some slack for being a rookie thrown into the fire. And teams can only call up three players come September? Holy ’62 Mets.