![]() ![]() How are the Royals 3-16 at home before this game, and then trounce White Sox, 12-5, with our once-upon-a-time-ace Dylan Cease on the mound? It makes no sense. Instead, Amir Garrett puked on the mound, Dylan Cease has continued to suck, and “Let’s go Blackhawks” was the chant booming from the Kansas City seats last night. The White Sox should have won the series opener yesterday, but they didn’t. Watching #WhiteSox baseball makes me feel like /v5R7HA1zn9- CHGO White Sox May 9, 2023 Even aside from that unprofessional revengefest of a series, fuck the Twins eternally for many more reasons.) (Remember in 2004 when Torii Hunter slammed into Jamie Burke, in a dirty, underhanded, world’s-biggest-asshole type of way? I was in the bleachers during that game, and I’ll likely never be that angry about a play again. It’s so bad, that in the last couple of seasons, the Royals have replaced the Twins as my personally most-hated AL Central team. Traditionally, no matter how poorly the Royals are playing, they stomp our asses, and I’m sure it irks the players more so than the fans. Somehow, the Royals still have a shittier record than the White Sox, despite some bottom-of-the-barrel performances, Little League-caliber offensive humiliations, injury curses, and no slugger in sight on the South Side. ![]() Our run differential remains laughable comparatively, but how did the same struggling team from April score 17 runs on Sunday, and win two series in a row after winning none the whole season?Įnter yesterday’s series opener in Kansas City. The White Sox have strapped in and inexplicably turned on an offense that was absent, and in the most sudden and unexpected way. The will-they/won’t-they dance is only fun in well-written sitcoms, and even then, it tends to be tropey and tired.Įnter May 2023. Some fans may have felt a perplexing sense of relief at the early-season assfest of April 2023, as it offered a concrete judgment of “this team blows dicks, man,” instead of the existential crisis of last season’s maddening, middling record. It’s hard to be a fan sometimes, especially when there was such promise two years ago. He has lost seven straight decisions.Are you still with me, White Sox fans? I know some of you are starting to re-emerge as fans, like the tender lilacs in May, or the reticent fawn prudently approaching the apple slice you offer with an outreached hand from your car, even though the deer overpopulation is so out-of-control that it’s legal to shoot them with a homemade bow and arrow. White Sox starter Jesse Scholtens (1-9) pitched four innings and gave up six runs (five earned) on seven hits and three walks. Jeffers drove in the Twins’ final two runs with a single to left field to make it 10-2. Correa hit an RBI double before Castro hit an RBI single that hit Koepech. The Twins tacked on four more runs off in the ninth off reliever Michael Koepech. Kepler followed with an RBI single in the fourth to make it 6-0. It allowed Carlos Correa to score and gave the Twins a 5-0 lead. Wallner extended Minnesota’s lead in the third when shortstop Tim Anderson overran a fly ball to left field and it dropped behind him. Felt good the last two outings and hopefully I can keep going like that.” “I feel like my mentality the last two outings was attack these guys and make them swing the bat and whatever happens, happens. “Just dialed it in a little bit and and just tried to be more fine with it the last two outings,” Ober said. ![]() Ober won for the first time since July 18 when he pitched six innings against the Seattle Mariners. ![]()
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