Casey Stengel
said that, without a catcher, you’d have a lot of passed balls. It’s a whole lot worse trying to play
baseball without a bullpen, believe me.
The White Sox—or
Joke Sox, because nothing counts in a rebuild—have turned a four-game winning
streak into a five-game losing streak.
Against the Dodgers Tuesday night, the bullpen allowed five runs to
score in the bottom of the eighth after two out. The 6-1 final score really was closer than it
looked.
Then, the next
night in LA, the bullpen did even better, needing just two outs in the
ninth—with nobody on, mind you—for the win.
How do you say 5-4 walk-off, Dodgers?
They couldn’t get a stinking out.
And last night
in Texas, more of the same. The bullpen
couldn’t keep the score tied at five, and it couldn’t keep the margin to one
after the Sox had pulled to 8-7. Jose
Abreu’s homerun in the ninth would’ve tied it, but No, your White Sox lose
again, 9-8. Ha-ha-ha.
Chris Beck (5.87
ERA) and Jake Petricka (9.00 ERA) must have something on manager Rick Renteria
to make him keep using them, or maybe he just doesn’t like them and shows it by
by putting them into games night after night.
Oh, but think of the draft position next year. Maybe they’ll draft another starter, given
that Reynaldo Lopez, one of the stars of the future, has a 6.10 ERA in 10.1
innings after two starts. Oh, and Lopez
had to leave early last night with soreness in his right, throwing, side.
Didn't Casey say something about the best-laid plans of mice and men, too?
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