Spring Training Continues!

I watched my South Side heroes, the Chicago White Sox, play the California Angels at Camel Back Ranch in Glendale, Arizona Saturday afternoon on MLB.com, while waiting for a major winter storm to hit Denver and Colorado's front range. As of Saturday night, the storm had not yet materialized, but the White Sox came through with a 6 to 5 win. Of course, wins and losses mean nothing when you are putting in a different pitcher every inning to see what they can do. The only time I remember a White Sox team trying to win every game during spring training was in 1970, when Chuck Tanner became their manager. The White Sox were so horrible the previous year, Tanner said he wanted to instill a spirit of winning into the players. The TV announcers called them the terror of the Grapefruit League that season. Of course, that meant limiting the amount of playing time for the rookies and other players trying to make the team. The White Sox finished dead last in the American League West that year, 42 games out of first place. Enough said.