Homer Happy

Well, now we know the White Sox won’t be any worse than two games under .500 when the Yankees leave town.  Last night, they beat the visitors from New York by a score of 10-2 in front of a crowd of more than 31,000 delighted fans. According to the AP, this is the first time the Sox have been at .500 after 68 games since 2012 while The Athletic notes this is the latest they’ve been at .500 since July 26^th of 2016.  

 

There were players new and old to take note of, starting with Eloy Jimenez, he of the two three-run homeruns.  Jimenez has now posted two two-homer games against the Yankees in his young career.  I can only hope there are many more to come.

 

One shot came off of starter CC Sabathia.  How the mighty have fallen.  It wasn’t that long ago Sabathia merely needed to throw his glove on the mound to get a win against the Sox with a career record of 19-7 going into the night’s action, but the soon-to-be 39-year old lefty is almost literally on his last legs.  Note to all you young pitchers out there—put 300 pounds on your frame, even if it’s 6’6”, and it’ll catch up with you; with Sabathia, it’s his knees.  He looked in discomfort with every pitch, and I have to wonder if he’ll make it through to the end of the season.

 

That’s New York’s problem.  We have more immediate worries, as in which Reynaldo Lopez shows up to pitch tonight.  I’m willing to admit being wrong on Todd Steverson in re Jimenez, who’s now at 11 homers and 25 RBIs with a .247 BA.  Oh, to be wrong about the teaching talents of Don Cooper.  We’ll see.