A Start, An End

The White Sox broke their eight-game losing streak yesterday by beating the Royals, 7-3. Jake Burger collected three hits, including a solo homerun and double, while Andrew Vaughn had a three-run homer to go along with a double. Dylan Cease looked good over six innings. I’m as satisfied as a 7-10 record allows a fan to be. Up in Milwaukee last night, the Bulls bowed out of the playoffs, losing in the first round to the defending-champion Bucks in five games. Billy Donovan’s guys peaked sometime in January, when injuries and a lack of roster depth began to tell. The 46 wins on the season was nice, but there’s no guarantee they’ll duplicate that, let alone improve on it, next season. DeMar DeRozan will be 33, an age when good forwards start to show their age. Zach LaVine is seven years younger but may need surgery on his left knee for a second time. Throw in the plodding Nikola Vucevic, and the future looks cloudy from here. Like I’ve said before, Arturas Karnisovas does a mean Kenny Williams’ impersonation as a front-office head. Maybe he’ll come up with a basketball version of 2005. We’ll see.