As the White Sox continue to fall under .500 as quickly as British Petroleum stock fell from 58 to 36 dollars a share tension mounts in the clubhouse. With AJ and Paulie Konerko in their final years of big money contracts word on the street is they want another big contract. It may even be effecting their game. Last night after a line shot single to Texas centerfielder with AJ on secondbase mouth readers in the stands could see Konerko ask firstbase coach Harold Baines why didn't they send AJ home? Looks like Paulie is trying to pad his rbi totals in his final contract year. For the record King Konerko AJ would have been out by 5 steps.
The question is can this middle age baseball team come back from the depths they are in? As long as Kotsay is hitting .200 and Beckham .210 its easy to say, no.
Last night with men on second and third and Mark Buehrle at 103 pitches why didn't Ozzie take him out and bring in Santos. Santos the fire balling relieve pitcher would have been a much better match up facing the .188 right handed hitter that Texas had up. This .188 hitter got a single off of the tired Buehrle and knocks in two runs. Ozzie is being to loyal to his players by not taking Mark out of the game. It's time for this team to kick it up a notch or let General Manager Kenny Williams re-tool. This year cross town rivalry won't be much fun when both teams are in last place.
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This doesn't seem to be the first time Ozzie has made some questionable game decisions. I guess its easy for us fans to second guess the day after but there appears to be a trend here. Lets hope the Sox turn it around and get some momentum by the time the second half gets started.
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ReplyDeleteThat is one thing I don't want this blog to become is a second guess forum. Like you wrote its easy to second guess. But I think a few fans were saying lets bring in Santos to face the weak right handed hitter. Lets hope for a big turnaround but I don't see that in the near future.