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Entry #7 Should The White Sox Be Taken Seriously? Posted August 17, 2011, 12:20am by Aaron Brown
They had a chance to win in the ninth after Tyler Flowers hit a two-out triple, but Gordon Beckham couldn't knock him in. In the tenth, the Sox had two runners on base with one out, but their best hitter, Paul Konerko, hit into a double play. In the eleventh, Alex Rios led off with a triple, but Ozzie Guillen decided not to try and bunt him in and Brett Lillibridge got doubled-off of first base on Flowers' out-out liner to third (even though his run meant absolutely nothing). The Sox wasted a Brett Morel double in the twelfth inning as well, and all signs were pointing towards a late-inning loss for the Pale Hose.
Jesse Crain then loaded the bases in the top of the thirteenth, so the Sox look doomed, but he somehow got two straight outs to keep the game even. Moments later, Konerko led off with a solid single to center, but Rios and Alexei Ramirez did nothing to even move pinch-runner Omar Vizquel from first and another opportunity was wasted.
I suppose I shouldn't be surprised. After all, this was a home game...a place where the White Sox boast a dismal 26-33 record. A quick look at the box score shows some of the worst hitters in the league, led by strikeout-king Adam Dunn (.161) and supported by the likes of Rios (.214), Beckham (.241), Carlos Quentin (.259), Lillibridge (.258), and Morel (.256). It's no wonder why the team has been unable to climb above the .500 mark; they just don't have the hitters to do it.
With the game still hanging in the balance as the teams headed to the fourteenth inning, it became clear that the White Sox just don't have the team to emerge from the American League Central with a division title and a playoff berth. The team is good, maybe around .500 good, but that's about it.
And just as I typed that, Juan Pierre drove in the game-winning run with a single in the bottom of the fourteenth inning. The White Sox jumped over the .500 mark for the first time since April and moved back to within 3.5 games of the Tigers. They also won their second straight game over the Indians, moving them to within a half game of the Tribe for second place in the AL Central. Hmm...I hope my initial diagnosis was wrong.
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As
I sat watching the Chicago White Sox in a fourteen inning game against
the Cleveland Indians on August 16/17, I tried to determine whether or
not they were really a team that could win their division in 2011.
They entered the night just 3.5 games behind the division-leading
Tigers with 45 games left to play, but had only reached the .500 mark
for the first time this season the night before.
