According to
tradition, teams in first place on the Fourth go to the postseason. If so, Chicago baseball will be ending around
October 1st this year. On the
plus side, the White Sox have some good young players in Jose Abreu, Adam Eaton
and Chris Sale. How any left-handed
hitter can hold his ground against Sale is beyond me.
The White Sox
also have Paul Konerko for another 2-1/2 months before he retires. After Konerko hit his 439th career
homer last night against the Mariners, Clare said, “He’s been the only Sox
first baseman I can remember. What will
I do?” As in all things concerning life,
accept change but don’t forget what came before.
Once upon a
time, the Sox were known for their talented shortstops. Luke Appling, Chico Carrasquel and Luis
Aparicio combined to play the position from 1931-1962, with Aparicio coming
back for another three seasons, 1968-1970.
Now, the same is happening at first base. Konerko and Frank Thomas owned it from
1991-2013 before Abreu took over this year.
With any luck, first will be like short in the annals of Pale Hose history.
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