That's the headline from the most recent Comics Curmudgeon post, which I happened to read shortly before the White Sox took a big ol' dog dump against the Yankees on Saturday. It works here, too.
Anyway, I'm just going to do a few quick hits and save the breakdown of the Mount St. Guillen eruption for Monday (there's the audio).
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Joe Posnanski wrote a magnum opus on the Royals that's worth reading -- but this part hit a little too close to home:
But that is what it’s like watching the Royals … even when they score runs it’s painful. They don’t go first to third. They don’t go second to home. They need two hits and a sac fly to get their leadoff man home from first. The Royals lost the game 4-2 and there was so little energy in their effort that, as a football coach used to tell me, “If you could harness all that energy you wouldn’t have enough to start a flea motorcycle.”
If you replaced "Royals" with "White Sox," it still would work. Good teams -- hell, parts of teams like good offenses or good bullpens -- make things look easy. Nothing ever looks easy for the Sox.
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Jake Peavy knows that first-hand.
He left his rehab start in Norfolk after 3 1/3 innings with elbow tightness. He threw 68 pitches -- well short of his desired 100 -- and ended up allowing two runs on four hits, with one walk and three strikeouts.
There's a whole lot of cacaphony surrounding his rehab. Apparently Ozzie Guillen and Kenny Williams even have different philosophies, so it's hard to blame people for getting impatient.
My philosophy -- make 2010 the priority. It doesn't matter how well Peavy pitches if the Sox can only muster one hit off the likes of Sergio Mitre.
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Jared Mitchell could also be done for 2009 thanks to a leg injury that has caused him to miss three of the last four games, according to Larry.
When it rains, it snows.
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Joe Crede hit the DL recently, which could prompt his retirement. It's a shame, but there's a little solace in knowing that he wouldn't be able to help out the Sox's horrible defense right now.
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Minor league roundup:
- Charlotte 6, Norfolk 2
- Tyler Flowers went 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI. He struck out once.
- Chris Getz went 2-for-4 with a walk; Dewayne Wise went 0-for-5 with a strikeout.
- Cole Armstrong had two hits in five at-bats, including a double.
- Kelvin Jimenez (2 2/3 IP, 1 H, 4 K), Fernando Hernandez (2 IP, 1 H, 1 BB, 2 K) and Jon Link (1 IP, 1 H, 1 BB, 2 K) were unscored upon in relief.
- Birmingham 7, Huntsville 6
- Jordan Danks went 1-for-4 with an RBI and a strikeout.
- Dayan Viciedo went hitless in four at-bats with a strikeout, but drove in a run.
- Dave Cook singled and walked twice.
- Lynchburg 2, Winston-Salem 1 (Game 1, 7 innings)
- Tyler Kuhn and Brent Morel each went 2-for-3, with Kuhn doubling and Morel driving in the lone run.
- Dylan Axelrod avoided big trouble, scattering nine hits over five innings and only being punished by a solo homer. He struck out two.
- Nathan Jones allowed a run on a hit over two innings of work.
- Winston-Salem 9, Lynchburg 7 (Game 2, 7 innings)
- Seth Loman went 3-for-4 with a homer and two RBI.
- Morel went 0-for-4 with a strikeout; Justin Greene singled and walked.
- Anthony Carter served up three gopher balls en route to seven runs over 4 1/3 innings. He gave up five hits, one walk and hit two batters.
- Kannapolis 7, Greensboro 2
- Joe Serafin gave up just one run over seven innings, scattering five hits and a walk while striking out six.
- Eduardo Escobar went 3-for-5 with a double.
- Jon Gilmore (3 RBI) and Josh Phegley (2 RBI) each hit timely doubles.
- Great Falls 6, Helena 0
- Nick Ciolli and Jesus Avila each had three hit games, with Ciolli hitting a double.
- Kyle Colligan went 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI.
- Matt Wickswat struck out seven over six innings. He allowed just three hits.
- Jacob Wilson (2 IP, 3 K) and Gregory Johnson (1 IP, 1 K) retired each man they faced.
Larry reviewed the week in the minors, as well.
