Detroit Tigers 9 (at) Vhicago White Sox 6 Monday, July 23
I heard some announcers talking about how bad the Chicago bullpen is on Saturday and I was reading up on how bad the Chicago bullpen is in tonight’s Chicago game notes and the score was Chicago 6, Detroit 5 when the Chicago bullpen entered the game tonight and the Tigers did win 9-6, but it turns out the bullpen isn’t the only villian in Chicago, at least not lately.
Including the seven earned runs charged to Mark Buehrle tonight, the most he’s allowed in a start this season, in the last four games Chicago starters have allowed 27 earned runs in 24.1 innings pitched for an era of 10.00.
The White Sox have been outscored 40-20 in their last five games and have lost their last four in a row.
I’ve been down on Chicago for quite a while now. Can you believe this is the outfit which won the third Worlds Championship in Sox history only the year before last? Ozzie Guillen was a baseball genius then. This game can make you stupid in a hurry.
While the Tigers saw their lead in the Central go back up to 2.0 games over Cleveland, 6-2 losers at home to Boston, only a pummeling of the Royals by the Yankees in KC kept the White Sox out of last place in the division.
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The White Sox are a fine example of what underachievement in baseball actually is. Their rotation, which was once one of the leagues best is on the opposite end, and the team forgot how to hit. Remember when pitchers feared Jermaine Dye?
I’ve never been a fan of Guillen the manager(I was when he played). I think he’d lead the team better if he checked his ego and focused on the Chicago White Sox, not Ozzie Guillen.
I can’t see hime being back next year.
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