I watched my South Side heros, the Chicago White Sox, play the Kansas City Royals yesterday afternoon on MLB.com. When I tuned in, the Sox were down 4-0, and their starting pitcher, Michael Kopech, had left the game in the first inning due to left knee soreness. Their star shortstop, Tim Anderson, is already on the injured list and expected to be out six weeks. Talk about bad luck. The Sox tied the game, but then Joe Kelly came in to pitch the 8th inning. He hit the first two batters, gave up a single, got a force-out before walking in the go-ahead run, and then gave up a run-scoring sacrifice fly. The White Sox lost 6-4 to a team that has lost 5 out of its last 6 games. And still the White Sox are only three games out of first place. But for how long? This team is just not very good. However, they tease their fans into having hope by staying so close to first place. As a lifelong White Sox fan, this should come as no surprise, but yet it does every time. And yes, that is indeed me in the photograph above, contemplating the prospects for the White Sox - not to mention pondering the meaning of life - in front of the scoreboard declaring the sad news at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City. Where are the "South Side Hitmen" when you need them?
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