Around the Horn

This is all my daughter’s fault.  I’d much rather be watching her play softball, but, short of finding a time machine, that ain’t gonna happen.  So, off I go to watch another installment of the White Sox “rebuild,” now visiting the Astros in Houston

 

And fans of the rebuild get an extra treat whenever Ivan “See If I Implode” Nova pitches, as he did yesterday.  Nova got a double play in the first and second innings but not the third.  No, he got himself a triple play, around the horn, no less, third base to second to first.  Then the Sox turned two more double plays; Jose Abreu had a homerun; Eloy Jimenez hit two; and Charlie Tilson hit a grand slam, which also happened to be his first career homer.  Sox 9, Astros 4.

 

Tilson said he’s going to give the homerun ball to his parents, which is almost as nice as it was dumb for Sox GM Rick Hahn to say he won’t bring up Dylan Cease for a spot start.  Hahn told the Sun-Times today, “Putting yourself in position to win one specific game at the expense of the longer-term development of a player you feel has a chance to be a premium guy doesn’t make a lot of sense to us right now.”  So, tell me, Rick, when would it?       

 

The idea is for Cease to pitch in the majors, yes?  Then why would it be a bad idea for him to get his feet wet with a few appearances?  Manny Banuelos goes down with an injury, Cease doesn’t come up.

It’s all my daughter’s fault.