Friday, July 06, 2007

We Gone!

This should just about sew up the 2007 season. The Sox lost by a combined score of 32-14 against the Twins in today's double header. The thirty-two runs allowed in one day set a new franchise record. You cannot get much lower than this.

Another blow to Sox fans' aggregate solar plexis could be coming soon. WSCR has been reporting that Mark Buehrle was seen packing his things in the White Sox clubhouse today. This news is coupled with comments from the general manager, Kenny Williams, that Gavin Floyd will remain in the rotation after the All-Star break. I guess this is what it feels like to be a Cubs fan.

As for Floyd, he started game two tonight, and he was his usual self. He has a career ERA of 6.96 with twenty homeruns allowed in just 108.2 innings pitched. He allowed six earned runs and four homers in 5.2 innings against the Twins. This is pretty much exactly the way he has pitched throughout his career. Kenny had better be getting the next Sandy Koufax for Buehrle because there is very little evidence that Floyd is any better than Kip Wells, another AAAA pitcher with a big fastball and a tight curve.

When all is said and done, more has been said than done by the White Sox this season. Kenny Williams talked a good game in the off-season about all of the young power arms that he had brought into the organization as well, as the offense that was guaranteed to score a lot of runs. Instead, the power arms, who had never performed well in the past, have not performed well this season, either, and the offensive players who have had injury plagued careers have gotten hurt. The World Series was great, but Williams's rope is getting shorter by the minute. It is high time that he pulled a rabbit out of his hat.

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