Monday, May 23, 2005

White Sox Rewind: Week Seven

Record For Week: 4-2. Record For Season: 31-13.

The Good: Garland and Buehrle shut down the mighty Rangers offense on back-to-back days. Delucci, Blalock and Teixiera always seem to give me the jitters, and they shot their whole wad Monday night teeing off on El Duque. Oh yeah, and we took two out of three from the Cubs. There are few things in life more glorious than marching into that urine-soaked hellhole and winning a series and silencing the blue sheep fans. Brandon McCarthy was just sensational yesterday. Juan Uribe has a little fun with Derek Lee and gets Dusty all frosted and frustrated. Dye and Konerko are both hitting!

The Bad: Ozzie yanked McCarthy too early yesterday and replaced him with the downright dreadful Luis Vizcaino. That cost us the game and the shot at a sweep. El Duque's on the DL...yes it was inevitable. Just prior to landing on the DL, Hernandez struggled in his outing last Monday, walking 6 in the first 2 2/3rds innings.

Ahead: Vs LA Angels of Orange County, 5/23-5/26. Vs Texas, 5/27-5/29.

Thoughts: The Left Coast is never good to the Sox, but the Vlad-less Angels aren't hitting at all and still leading their division (sound familiar?). Texas is, well, Texas.