I don’t think I’ve written about them all year, which makes sense because they’re not my team, but… they do play in my city. Let’s take a quick peek at the other team in town. How about them White Sox?
Since I love and follow baseball closely in general, and pretty much know how every team is doing, the same is true for the White Sox; I love it when I talk with Sox fans and I know more about their team than they do. Still, I don’t like to hear too much about them, which becomes harder the better they play, or when something noteworthy happens, like this dude the Yerminator and how good he’s been, or like when their manager, who they roll out of his casket every night to coach the team, does or says something ridiculous. I couldn’t wait until folks stopped talking about the latest dumb shit with the 3-0 home run off a position player followed by criticism and the other team throwing at him to get back. A lot of Sox fans aren’t that crazy about him either, while some think they’ll be just fine. At the end of the day, although I certainly thought they should have went with someone NOT their grandfather’s age to coach this young, up and coming team, winning cures all. If the team is winning, all will be good. The Sox have been doing plenty of that so far this year.
Currently, they are 1 of 5 teams at or over a 60% winning percentage, which is good for first place in the extremely weak AL Central division. It’s not the Sox fault that their division is horrendous, but knowing that, and the expectations that the Sox carry with them, it would be a huge disappointment if they didn’t win the division. So, they’re doing what they have to do, even with the injuries they’ve sustained so far. One of the biggest surprises of the season has been Carlos Rodon. My dad, a Sox fan, was surprised when I sent out the no hitter alert group text to him, my brother (a Cubs fan), and my brother in law (a Sox fan); I told you I was a baseball fan, and I love no hitters; it’s been a pretty good year for that. Rodon should have been perfect. If it was me calling the pitches in that AB, I would have called for some high cheese vs the curveball/slider that got away and hit that dude in the toe. Anyways, the dude has been lights out. I remember when the Sox drafted him, one position ahead of the Cubs; I thought the Cubs were going to take him. When he went off the board, the Cubs got Schwarber. Although Kyle is in another uniform now, he did play a big role in the Cubs winning a World Series, so all good.
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This Yankees Sox series could certainly be a playoff preview. It’s going to be interesting to see how the Sox perform against the best teams in the American League, considering they’ve only played 1 team outside of their division with a winning record thus far. Yet, I’ll really only start to care about the Sox come August 6th when they head to Wrigley to take on my team, and the again later in the month when we head to Comiskey to finish our season series. Those games are always great to watch; this year should be no different. Until then, I’ll be keeping tabs on them, just like every other major league team, from a distance… not rooting them on, trying not to root against them. It’s hard though, especially with a lot of these Sox fans out there, like when the Cubs were playing the Indians, and I told one even you want the Cubs to win these games, to which he replied “Go Indians”… haha. I’m trying not to root against the Sox… I’m trying. See you in August.
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