More of the Same

Another game, another homerun from Colson Montgomery, another loss for the White Sox, 2-1 to the visiting Tigers. This script needs tweaking. At least now I have a clue to Montgomery’s recent success. When he went Triple-A Charlotte to Arizona for his reset, he worked on “trying to keep the ball kind of low to the ground, line drives and things like that. Some of my cues in the cage, I’m trying to hit a low line drive to the shortstop. Keeps me tighter to the ball. Not really a normal home run swing.” Montgomery thinks this matters because “A lot of the hitters can tell you if they tried doing homerun swings, it’s probably not going to work.” Young Grasshopper added, “The biggest thing is not trying to do too much.” [quotes from today’s story on team website] My only question is, why didn’t the Sox try a similar approach with Tim Elko? I mean, the guy bootstrapped himself up through the minor-league system to dominate at Triple-A. He appears to be a plus defender at first and a good teammate. Am I missing something here, or does Chris Getz have access to a Paul Konerko clone ready to unveil next year? Curious minds want to know.