It's Official

It’s official—I’m back from Europe, and White Sox manager Will Venable is the new Mickey Mouse. After 38 games played, the 2024 White Sox had a record of 10-28 on their way to a 121-loss season. The record of this year’s team? Yup, 10-28. The pitching’s better, the hitting’s worse. Again, hats off to Marcus Thames for being able to keep his job. Yesterday, I got home from O’Hare in time to see the Hitless Blunders lose their fourth straight in Kansas City, 10-0 to the Royals. Starter Davis Martin gave up four runs in 4.1 innings on seven hits and a walk. Not a quality start. Check that. Mickey Venable told reporters after the game that Davis “actually pitched OK, then in the fifth ran into some trouble trying to keep it close.” What does that even mean? Venable’s team was already down 2-0 when Davis gave up a walk and a single to start the fifth. The triple to Maikel Garcia came two outs later. Wait, there’s more. The Blunders managed six hits on the day; that’s five shutouts and counting. But not to worry, New Mickey has a way out: We’ve just got to keep going. Just string as many quality at-bats together as we can. Leadoff guys in innings have done a good job. And just got to get consecutive good things to happen so we can score some runs.” [both quotes from story in today’s Tribune] We just got to keep going through the chaff until we find someone who can manage.