Turns out it gets worse

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.