Well, I said that mediocre teams
give back at least half of the games they win on a streak. By that measure, the White Sox were a
mediocre team at the start of August. A
six-game winning streak ended, and three games over .500 turned to one under
before long. What a difference a
near-month makes.
A seven-game winning streak ended
last Sunday, to be followed by a three-game streak (and counting). Last night was classic clown baseball, with
an error letting the Royals tie the score in the top of the ninth and put the
go-ahead run on third base with just one out.
Pick a year, any year, between 2013 and 2019, and the Sox lose this
game. But last night, catcher Yasmani
Grandal hit a walk-off homerun, which was nice of him considering how he
basically let the tying run score by falling asleep at the plate.
Moral of the story—when you play
clown baseball and win, things are going your way, and you are not a mediocre
team.
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