Who Knew?

Last night, Sad Sox rookie third baseman Bryan Ramos got his first start in five games since being recalled from Triple-A Charlotte. Ramos responded by hitting his first major-league homerun, a towering fly to left in a 5-3 Sad Sox loss to the Guardians. The Sox sorry record stands at 33-112, or two worse than the pace set by the ’62 Mets. To hear Sad Sox manager Mickey Sizemore talk about trying to find at-bats for Ramos, you’d think the Sox were 112-33. Fat chance. In a season like this, you take the tiny victories where you can find them. The homerun probably put Ramos back in the lineup tonight, that and Miguel Vargas going 0-for-3 to lower his average to .110 (10-for-91). What I like about Ramos is what Ozzie Guillen repeated on the postgame show yesterday. During Ramos’ first go-around with the Sox in May, Ozzie said Ramos should stay at third, with Yoan Moncada switching over to second. That’s what just about everyone not employed by the Sad Sox feel about the 22-year old. Please, please, Bryan, get some more hits tonight.