Stopped Clock

A stopped clock gets the time right twice a day, or so the saying goes. White Sox GM Chris Getz has achieved stopped-clock standing. Getz called up relievers Wikelman Gonzalez and Jake Palisch. Not that he wanted or planned to but because injuries to Davis Martin and Cam Booser forced him to. Well, injuries can be opportunities. Maybe my mind meld reconnected with Getz. Whatever the case, two prospects pitched in last night’s 7-1 Sox win in Toronto. Grant Taylor “opened” with a scoreless inning. Gonzalez pitched a scoreless seventh inning before giving up a run in the eighth. How Gonzalez got out of the eighth is what impresses. With two out and two on, he got Vladamir Guerrero Jr. to line out to left. Getz may even have added some players with character here. Gonzalez told reporters Friday, “I’ve been dreaming of this [day] since I was three-years old. For me baseball is happiness. Being on a baseball field is a joy for me.” [quote in today’s Sun-Times]. Amen to that. Palisch, the other callup, has not one but two degrees. One more, and he’ll be on my level, but I digress. The 26-year old lefty echoed Gonzalez on being promoted: “It means everything. It’s the dream everyone’s had since they were a little kid. To have that finally come true is hard to put into words. It doesn’t completely feel real.” [quote in today’s Tribune] Maybe a couple of scoreless innings will change that.