Highland

"A nice little stretch." They will need more than a nice little stretch to turn this season around. Trouble is, they are not even capable of a nice little stretch. 12 runs to the Angels. That is not the first time they have given up runs in double figures. That is one reason they are not "clicking."

Nothing unusual about this. If the bases are loaded with none out, most likely no one will score.

That was an embarrassing performance. Those home runs were massive. Lynn knew they were gone before the hitter did.

I think the Hendricks comeback was inspirational even with the outcome. If Grivol was smart, he'd use it as a motivational tool. Hendricks had cancer and he fought his way back. The Sox nearly pulled it out in the ninth. That's good. What does he have to lose? The Sox are 12 back and they need something positive to think about.

Looking at the June schedule, I don't think the Sox will be a .500 team by the end of the month. Having said that, the team should be in first and putting a little distance between themselves and the rest of the division. They are not a great team, but they are better than their record indicates. And a team doesn't have to be great to lead the AL Central. I wish the FO would do something dramatic, but that won't happen. Something is just wrong here.

Fregosi and Torberg were a long time ago. Meanwhile, we have had Ventura and that dope from the late 90's.

The White Sox have always treated the manager's position as not very important. They never hired a manager with experience except for LaRussa. If this was another organization, it is very possible Grifol wouldn't have been hired in the first place.

Other times, after the Sox had a big offensive outburst, they went limp. Hopefully they can score at least five today.

Piersall was an overrated blowhard who many times didn't do his homework. He criticized Soderholm for being slow, and he was. But that was due to a knee injury he never completely recovered from. I don't care what Rich Lindberg thinks, Sox historian or not.

In reality, Kopech has little experience. His arm has always been there. It takes time to learn to be a major league pitcher. Perhaps, he has learned somethings and is ready to show what he can do.

There is nothing impressive about Cleveland. Or Detroit. Or Minnesota. Now let's see if the Sox can get to .500.

The surest way to contend is to beat up on AL Central teams, because it will be tough going against the rest of the league. It is amazing how bad the division is. It is also bad that the Sox are not in first.

I would hope they would pick up one guy. Maybe a veteran pitcher who can shore up the rotation. Or someone. Doing nothing is giving up or giving the fans a slap in the face.

The Sox have played well this past week, but they faced an undermanned Guardians team and an awful Royals club. But the journey back to .500 and beyond has to start somewhere, and this is it. The pitching looks totally different. The Sox were getting clobbered. Even when they stopped the losing streak, they gave up nine runs. On the optimistic side, Eloy is coming back, and we can only hope he isn't creamed by a mack truck.

Kelly makes things look easy. Royals had no chance.

This makes sense. And if Eloy gets hurt colliding with the left field fence, so what. If not that, he'll; probably just run over by a bus anyway.

I am somewhat disappointed in Vaughn, but he leads the team in RBIs. I am not giving up on him yet even though he needs to improve. He chased a real bad pitch with the bases loaded.

Many don't believe the 55,000 figure, but I never saw old Comiskey like that. Regardless, that was a historic day. That one day represented 10% of the attendance for the entire 1970 season. Things were truly looking up for the entire franchise. Then, a little more than two years later, it looked like the Sox were headed for Seattle.

I was at that bat day. Fans were sitting in the aisles. They still sold general admission tickets, and I had to settle for the top row of the right field upper deck. Over 2,000 fans got refunds because there was no room. That meant close to 60,000 showed up. It was quite noisy when Bill Melton homered in the first. There was a great picture in the Sun-Times the next day. A little girl sat in the concourse under the stands and a mountain of card board boxes that held the bats loomed behind her. It looked like the Sox were going to contend but injuries ruined the season, and they didn't even finish at .500.

Amazing how much better the team looks like when the bullpen isn't getting lit up. After Burger hit that double, KC was finished. Giolito came up with some big pitches. It is also amazing the Sox lost three out of four to this team last week. Should of at least split by merely showing up.

I don't know what is going on with Anderson, but I think someone should sit down and have a talk with this young man. Maybe he needs a change of scenery, but he has to know he will take whatever problems he has with him. Right now, he is only sabotaging himself.

How many times this year have the White Sox had scoring opportunities like in the second and came up with nothing?

Best game they played all year. Robert leads AL in homers. Nice turn of the double play by Anderson in the seventh. Shows what he can do.

I remember when he first came up. Hitters were glaring at him because he was throwing high heaters at their heads. He wasn't head-hunting; the control wasn't there and there were stories of him in the minors of him being all over the place. Finally, the Sox were hyping him as the savior of the franchise before he threw one major league pitch. This has been a joke.

Katz or no Katz, the Kopech situation was botched from the start. Maybe he can develop, but he always had control problems. Still needs to learn to be a pitcher, and in reality, he hasn't pitched all that much.