Chances

You only get so many chances in life, the exact number known but unto God.  White Sox reliever Juan Minaya lost his chance of sticking with the team by walking four consecutive Tigers Saturday in the ninth inning of a 6-1 Sox loss.  The Sox sent Minaya to the minors after the game and called up Bruce Rondon, a 27-year old who throws as hard as he is big.

Baseball-reference.com lists Rondon at 6’3” and 275 pounds, but some of those numbers strike me as a little low.  Anyway, Rondon had plenty of chances to establish himself with the Tigers; after five years of waiting and getting a 4.94 ERA in return, Detroit released him at the end of last season, and we signed him in February.

Like Minaya, Rondon faced four Tigers in the late innings; unlike Minaya, Rondon struck out all four batters, including future HOFer Miguel Cabrera.  So, Rondon got another chance and did something with it.  If he’s smart, he’ll keep pitching like this is his last chance because, God knows, it could be.