It was a cold, damp, and drizzly day here in Denver yesterday, but bright and sunny in Glendale, Arizona, where the Chicago White Sox were playing a spring training game against the Milwaukee Brewers at Camelback Ranch. I was able to catch the game on MLB.com, and it really made me feel like spring is almost here. The White Sox won the game 5 to 2 and had 12 hits. I know you can't judge how good a team will be just by how they play during the spring, but it was good to see the White Sox with some pop in their bats. Hopefully, it will carry through to the regular season.
One of the stars of the game was second baseman Elvis Andres, seen being interviewed in the photo on the right, who went 2 for 3 and is batting a very respectable .545. He was signed by the Sox after being released by the Oakland A's last August. Of course, as I mentioned before, this is only spring, and so I don't think he will be the first baseball player since Ted Williams to bat over .400, but this is the time of year to dream big, except for Colorado Rockies fans, of course. All the experts feel they will finish at the bottom of their division. Their only hope this year for a record season is if they lose 100 games, which is in fact very likely.
And as usual, Steve Stone, on left in the photo on the left, and Jason Benetti, on the right, were in the broadcast booth, and as entertaining as ever. They are broadcasting a spring training game once a week, the next one against those damn Northsiders, the Chicago Cubs. A few days ago, I was grumbling about the annual cost of MLB.com going up to $156 with tax, and was wondering if the subscription was still worth it. But after watching the game, which brightened up a truly depressing late winter Denver day, I have decided that $26 a month is not too much to spend to watch my Southside heroes.
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