Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
August 26, 2007
Chicago Massacare

The Red Sox finished the demolition of the White Sox today, taking game four of their series 11-1. Javier Vazquez struck out ten, but still allowed seven runs in six innings on three homers. The Red Sox score at least ten runs in each game, out-scoring Chicago 46-7. And with the Yankees losing to Detroit, the Red Sox lead is back to 7 1/2 games.

What does this mean for Chicago? They're now in last place. The pitchers aren't getting outs and the hitters aren't hitting. For the year, the big difference between the White Sox and their opponents is simply batting average. The batters walk more than the pitchers allow, and they're about even in home runs. But they're down 30 points in batting average. This is just a team of players who don't hit well. It's amazing how in two years they've gone from the toast of the town to the also-rans again.


Posted by David Pinto at 05:12 PM | Series | TrackBack (0)
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I think the White Sox made some trades that didn't work out. At this point trading McCarthy and Garcia was not good, even though Garcia has been hurt and McCarthy has not pitched all that well. It is hard to say that the Rowand for Thome trade was not good, but centerfield has been terrible the alst two years. Contrereas fell apart after his streak was ended last year. The bullpen is awful. Amazingly enough except for Jay Mariotti Guillen has not taken a lot of heat from the Chicago media. When the pitching is that bad there is not much one can do as a manager.

Posted by: sanford Sklansky at August 26, 2007 05:39 PM
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