This week's "Week in a Box" brought to you by 11-7. 11-7: Good for first place in the AL Central three weeks into the season since 2007.
Player of the Week: Jim Thome. His week began with an ejection, but The Gentleman Masher quelled doubters
with three homers and 10 RBI -- including
a titantic blast off the catwalk in the Tropicana Dome -- giving Sox pitchers an early lead to work with each time.
Player of the Weak: Juan Uribe. Even by his standards, ¡Profundo! is struggling. He had
a two-hit game, but he also went 0-for-19 in the at-bats surrounding those hits.
Pitchers of the Week: John Danks and Jose Contreras. Danks had
two great starts as opposed to Contreras'
one, but a rare vintage performance by The Count is too good to ignore.
Pitcher of the Weak: Mark Buehrle. He lost both starts, although he pitched well enough to win
against Oakland. On the other hand, his
loss to the Rays featured a vintage Buehrle meltdown. At least he went seven innings both times.
Fire Man of the Week: Matt Thornton. Thornton struck out three over
two innings of work this week, and has looked virtually unhittable since getting touched up for a run Opening Day.
Gas Can of the Week: Bobby Jenks. His struggles against Baltimore continued with
his first blown save of the year.
Super Sub of the Week: Alexei Ramirez. He hasn't done much at the plate yet, but his throw that nailed Emil Brown at second
Tuesday set the tone for terrific defensive work all game long.
Super Scrub of the Week: Brian Anderson. He went 0-for-4 with three strikeouts
against the Rays, looking like the same Anderson everybody knows.
Gold Glove: Carlos Quentin. He made
two catches while crashing into the wall, and unlike some of his teammates who also made outstanding defensive plays, he didn't have any headscratchers, either.
Hands of Stone: A.J. Pierzynski, Pablo Ozuna, Orlando Cabrera, Juan Uribe, Paul Konerko. By my count, this is a list of everybody involved in the two
blown rundowns in the final two games of the series against the Rays.