Crunched

In today’s Sunday Tribune sports’ section, the Bears get a full page to themselves, with the opposite page devoted to NFL stuff, ahead of the Cubs and White Sox.  Hey, the draft is almost here.  You’ve got baseball through October at least.

Truth be told, any Sox story should be relegated to the obituaries.  At least their 7-9 record is better than the hitting.  Consider that Cody Asche, Todd Frazier, Jose Abreu and Jacob May have 17 hits among them in 156 at-bats, for a collective .109 batting average good for one homerun and 10 rbi’s.   I’m pretty sure the front office wanted to send the rookie May down, once he got his first major-league hit.  Who knew that would take 28 at-bats?

This is how seasons turn sour and franchises lose relevance, if they don’t go belly up outright.  You make moves, e.g., fire the hitting coach and rearrange the deck chairs (or roster), to let fans know you know things are bad.  But that’s what a smart team would do, and the White Sox are the team that traded Chris Sale in order to play all those prospects in the minors.