More Crap
The White Sox bullpen blew a late inning lead against the Chicago Cubs for the second day in a row. Many felt that David Aardsma should have been brought in instead of Mike MacDougal in yesterday's game, so Ozzie brought Aardsma in to blow the game today. I guess you lose either way. Oh yeah! Boone Logan gave up a grand slam, also.
Some morons on White Sox Interactive are saying that Ozzie should have brought Thornton in to pitch the eighth today. They argue that he and Jenks are our two best pitchers. That's kind of funny when you consider that Thornton's ERA was over 5 in late April, and the Ozzie has only allowed him to throw more than two-thirds of an inning one time since then. Thornton has been our second best pitcher lately precisely because Ozzie isn't letting him pitch very often or face many pitchers. Let's make him the eighth inning set-up man and watch him fail like he did at the beginning of the season. That's a great idea!
I don't think that anyone knows what is actually wrong with the White Sox right now. They rarely hit very well, and they pitch like they did today when they do hit well. The Fox broadcast team of Kenny Albert and Joe Girardi pointed out that they Sox have not scored five runs in an inning all year. That is obviously part of the problem. However, it does not explain why the pitching looks fine when the offense doesn't score enough runs, but the bullpen implodes when they do. It's getting mind numbing at this point.
I generally like to end my blog entries on a positive note, so I would like to point out that the Sox's offense was much better today. Jermaine Dye is heating up, and it was good to see Joe Crede contribute. If Dye and Crede continue to heat up, their presence along with the return of Jim Thome on Monday should see the Sox finally start to score some runs. The question is whether the bullpen will get its act together.
Some morons on White Sox Interactive are saying that Ozzie should have brought Thornton in to pitch the eighth today. They argue that he and Jenks are our two best pitchers. That's kind of funny when you consider that Thornton's ERA was over 5 in late April, and the Ozzie has only allowed him to throw more than two-thirds of an inning one time since then. Thornton has been our second best pitcher lately precisely because Ozzie isn't letting him pitch very often or face many pitchers. Let's make him the eighth inning set-up man and watch him fail like he did at the beginning of the season. That's a great idea!
I don't think that anyone knows what is actually wrong with the White Sox right now. They rarely hit very well, and they pitch like they did today when they do hit well. The Fox broadcast team of Kenny Albert and Joe Girardi pointed out that they Sox have not scored five runs in an inning all year. That is obviously part of the problem. However, it does not explain why the pitching looks fine when the offense doesn't score enough runs, but the bullpen implodes when they do. It's getting mind numbing at this point.
I generally like to end my blog entries on a positive note, so I would like to point out that the Sox's offense was much better today. Jermaine Dye is heating up, and it was good to see Joe Crede contribute. If Dye and Crede continue to heat up, their presence along with the return of Jim Thome on Monday should see the Sox finally start to score some runs. The question is whether the bullpen will get its act together.
posted by Pat at 10:16 PM
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