The bad news Tuesday night: The Yankees beat the White Sox 9-5. The good news? The Yankees exposed a major weakness of the 2008 Sox, and it's good to learn your weaknesses early in the season.
The Sox are going to have to find someone who can pitch in relief in the seventh inning.
Ninth inning: Bobby Jenks
Eighth inning: Scott Linebrink
Seventh inning: ??????????
Last night, the Sox took a 3-2 lead into the seventh. Jose Contreras was tiring and needed some help to get out of that inning. It was a little too early to bring Linebrink in. So, manager Ozzie Guillen summoned Boone Logan.
Logan gave up an infield single to Johnny Damon to load the bases. Guillen then went to Octavio Dotel to face Derek Jeter. Dotel got Jeter on strikes, but then he gave up a game-changing grand slam to Bobby Abreu.
Matt Thornton poured gasoline on the fire in the eighth, surrendering a three-run homer to Damon.
Who can the Sox trust out of their bullpen in the seventh inning? Dotel? Thornton? Logan? Don't think so. It's a problem, and it needs to be solved if the Sox are going to win the division this year.
Worst of all, Sox announcer Darrin Jackson repeatedly refers to Dotel as, "O, Do Tell." It's a lame play on words, since Dotel's first initial is O.
I can't tell what's worse: Dotel's pitching or Jackson's crap. Spare me on both counts.
So how about those Twins?
BWAHAHAHAHA!
Always fun to beat the Sux at anytime, and it will be fun when the Twins end the Sux's season this coming well at that dump in Chicago.
Twins are 15-14 at first place.
Keep counting the Twins out.
I knew you wouldn't have the courage to write about the Twins/Sux series this week.
You gotta love people who post anonymously while questioning my courage.
Normally, I would just delete tripe, but in this case, I want my family, friends, co-workers and readers to laugh at your hypocrisy, cowardice and poor spelling.
Don't think I don't know who you are. Your next attempt to troll will be deleted promptly.
And by the way, the Illini have beaten the Golden Gophers 20 consecutive times in men's basketball.