Pathetic

You’d think a three-game series at home against the worst team in the American League would be a good thing, and you’d be wrong, at least as far as the White Sox are concerned. How many pitches did you groove again, Lance Lynn? That would be three, on the way to a 7-3 loss to the lowly A’s, who hit four homers on the night. After the game, the 35-year old Lynn said he has to pitch better. Talk about biting self-criticism. Better yet, find a mirror big enough for the whole team to look at itself. Yoan Moncada is hitting .207, which is three points better than Yasmani Grandal’s .204. All the potential Gavin Sheets flashed last year seems to have evaporated. Eloy Jimenez (.224) is hitting worse than Sheets (.225). Tony La Russa was busy defending Tim Anderson, who did a dumb thing in making contact with home-plate umpire Nick Mahrley in the seventh inning. Yes, Mahrley’s strike zone floated from inning to inning, but you don’t touch the men in blue, ever. I was disappointed La Russa didn’t say anything about Jose Abreu, his pick for a Gold Glove at first base. Abreu dropped a throw from Moncada to start the second inning. Two batters later, boom. And so it goes.