I Like The 2012 White Sox. So Should You!

I can see the confusion that is befalling on White Sox fans. The confusion begins with the smoke signals coming from 35 street.  One day its rebuilding the next day its retooling. Call it what you want but I call it messing with the fans.  I know the real fans understand that this team really hasn't changed that much from last year. The only thing that's changed really is what is coming out of the marketing department. Thank goodness for that. The slogan last year of "All In" was just flat out bad. Talk about putting undo and unnecessary pressure on people. Wow. This year so far we have not heard or seen anything coming from the marketing people.

Meanwhile on the field we have the same CF, 1B, 2B, DH, 3B, SS and catcher. Like Adam Dunn said at Soxfest this weekend the best moves the Sox made so far is that Rios and Dunn are coming back. As strange as that sounds its the truth. If Dunn can go back to what he did before he choked with the huge contract he will be one heck of an off season keep by Kenny. Lets just play lets make a wish. Lets say Dunn hits 30 HR this year. Nice right. Lets say Rios hits .275  and 20 HR. Not bad right. Maybe he will even run and throw like an average CF. We will take that right? Ok say Beckman goes back to his rookie year stats and hits .270 and 14 dingers. Huh? Not bad. Yes its wishful thinking but its not out of the question for these three guys to do just that. Ok lets pretend that Brent Morrel gets better at the plate. Ok not bad then. Lets say Alexi gets just a little bit better or stays the same. That's a good shortstop right there. So what about the new guys. Yes. Tank and De Aza. Bam. They will be the other pieces to this puzzle. De Aza in CF? Rios in LF? Tank in RF. Hmm. Ok. Tank hits .265 and 22 bombs. Not bad. De Aza hits .288 and steals 30 bases. Hmm. I think this team can contend all summer long. Come back next week and hear my take on the 2012 pitchers.