Tell Me Why

The White Sox lost to the A’s 8-0 yesterday afternoon, their third shutout loss in a very young season. Three players hit four singles for the weakest-hitting team in baseball (collective .196 BA). And hitting coach Marcus Thames has a job why, again? Sox starter Davis Martin gave up four runs in 5.1 innings. I don’t know what I dislike more, the two homeruns Martin threw or his insistence that he and catcher Edgar Quero “executed” both pitches how they wanted to. [story in today’s Tribune] I’m also not a fan of a pitcher saying, “It is what it is. Some days, it’s a popup. Some days, it’s a homerun. You just live with the fact that you executed the pitch the way you wanted to and move on.” [today’s Sun-Times] Some days a popup? The gopher ball to Lawrence Butler traveled 414 feet, the one to JJ Bleday 372 feet. Outside of the Grand Canyon and or the wind blowing in from a hurricane, those are balls that are going to be out of just about any ballpark. One of the jobs of a pitching coach is, or should be, to make sure his charges are honest with themselves. I don’t see that here. You’d think that the pitching coach for a team with a 4.26 ERA could at least do that. Ethan Katz has a job why, again?