The White Sox lost the last two games of their three-game series with the Baltimore Orioles, the same Baltimore team than went 47-115 last season.
When this season started, many pointed to the stretch of 16 games the Sox are in the middle of now as reason for optimism. Three with Kansas City, four with Detroit, three with Baltimore, three more with Detroit and three more with Baltimore.
Hey, that's a long stretch of games against rebuilding teams -- and teams that happen to be a year behind the Sox in terms of starting the rebuilding process. Some believed this would be an opportunity to have a winning month of April, even if the long-term prognosis for the 2019 season wasn't the most promising.
Turns out the Sox can't do much more than tread water against these three teams, which combined to lose 317 games between them in 2018.
We are 10 games into that 16-game stretch, and the Sox are 4-5 with one rainout. What can you really say? This is a terrible baseball team for the third straight season, and it will be a losing baseball team for the seventh straight season.
As a "valued season ticket holder," I've had just about enough of not being entertained by something that is supposed to be entertaining. I'll give the Sox the rest of this season and next to get this right.
You figure, next year Michael Kopech will be back from injury. Dylan Cease will be on the team, maybe Zack Collins, too. There will be another year of experience for Yoan Moncada, Eloy Jimenez, Tim Anderson, Carlos Rodon, Lucas Giolito and Reynaldo Lopez.
This year is going to be awful. I've accepted it. But three years of tanking for draft position in a major market is enough, don't you think?
Dear White Sox: Improve by the end of 2020, or I won't be a season ticket holder in 2021. I've been with you as one of your best customers since 2004, but everyone has their limits.
I've reached mine.
Agree wholeheartedly...
ReplyDeleteSame shit different day until they get rid of this worthless pitching coach I don't know what's happened to him but he needs to go. Rodan should be better than he is they all should be better than they are but because of this pitching coach I think he's got to go
ReplyDeleteIt's difficult to argue with that assessment. I've stated before that the Sox seem to believe their own propaganda on Cooper. They always refer to him as "the best in the game." On the basis of what?
ReplyDeleteI don't know if Cooper's the best in the game. I don't know if he's the worst in the game. He's had both successes and failures like every other coach.
All we really know is the results aren't there right now. Is that coaching, talent acquisition or both? The idea that things are going well and everything is right on track is ridiculous on its face.
At least now I can unmute the volume on all TV transmissions.
ReplyDeleteSo I got that going for me.
Maybe someday, radio as well...