Spinning out of control :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Jay Mariotti
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Let's Get Off The Ledge Here, Folks
Published 4/5/2007 by Fornelli at Foul Balls
... It's two games into a 162 game season, and already some morons are howling that the season is over . While I'm not exactly overjoyed with the performance of the Chicago White Sox after two games this season, I'm not worried, either. The starting pitching has been pretty bad so far, but it was bad in spring training. You can't just flip a switch once the season starts and have things go your way. Besides that, it's not like the Sox are playing a horrible offensive team. Last I checked, the Indians scored 870 runs last season, second only to the New York Yankees. The good news is that the Sox are scoring runs and are generally playing pretty well, apart from their starters. Darin Erstad looks healthy and like the player Ken Williams was hoping he'd get, and not the Erstad that missed most of last season to an ankle injury. Aside from Andrew Sisco yesterday, the bullpen has looked a lot better than they did
Sox Win! Salvage One Game
Published 4/6/2007 by Buda at ChiSox Daily
... Well, it only took a three games but the Sox finally got a W. Nearly everyone places way too much emphasis on the start of the season, but it's only natural after waiting all winter for the season to start. I went to today's game and the weather wasn't that bad. If you had a seat on the sun it was comfortable without gloves or a hat - even with cold beer in hand. The Sox are now 1-2, the same record they had after three games last season. It would be foolhardy to try and divine what will happen in 2007 after 27 innings of baseball. Of course, that didn't stop the local idiot from already claiming the season a disaster: What a snow job, huh? And I don't mean the matinee weather Wednesday, a wicked blitz of blowing flurries and swirling hot-dog wrappers that rendered the White Sox even more miserable to watch. All offseason, Ken Williams talked down his nose at media and fans, actually lecturing us in his