The
joke that is the Chicago White Sox filled up two rings yesterday, what with
James Shields pitching and the announcement of a new naming rights’
agreement. The ball mall used to be
known as new Comiskey Park, then U.S. Cellular Field, or just the Cell for
reasons obvious to anyone who’s been to a game there. But starting November 1 (because April 1
must’ve been taken), the White Sox will give naming honors to Guaranteed Rate
mortgage company, which has a big red arrow pointing down as part of its logo. How fitting.
If only James
Shields’ ERA could go in the same direction.
Oh, wait. It did after he gave up
four earned runs in six innings—that translates into a 6.00 ERA, which lowered
Shields’ season mark to 7.49. Here’s the
good news—Shield may only make three more starts this year. Why? Because
right now his record stands at 5-16.
Three more starts should mean three more losses, and that would put him
right on the brink of 20, usually a career-breaker, and the Sox wouldn’t want anything
bad happen to their $27-million “star” pitcher.
Mark my words. Shields will be
taken out of the rotation before he can hit 20 losses, and the name of the Cell
changes to G-Bad Park.
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