Black Sox Blog

I don’t completely understand it, but despite the fact that the Indians could tie us if we get swept this weekend, the newswires are saying we get in as the division champion. It’s our first playoff appearance since 2000, but the kicker is, we haven’t won a playoff series since the last time we won the World Series. For you history buffs out, that was 88 years ago. It’ll be interesting to see if this year’s version of the White Sox can end decades of failure.

Not that the Tigers didn’t give us a little bit of trouble. We lost Monday’s game on a walk off homer, and that was after giving up a 3-0 lead. Tuesday we were equally pathetic at the plate and got edged once again.

Things turned around for us yesterday. Jose Contreras was solid, going eight innings and striking out nine. The White Sox offense picked at the Tigers, scoring runs in five different innings. Aaron Rowand opened up the game with a three run shot in the top of the ninth.

This afternoon was a little tighter, but the White Sox got to Jason Grilli early. Paul Konerko homered for the 40th time and Carl Everett was three for four with two RBIs. Freddy Garcia won his 14th game by going seven innings. He gave up only two runs on eight hits.

The weekend series means nothing, which is fine with me. Both the Yankees/Red Sox and Indians/White Sox games are listed as Fox games, so hopefully the Sox will be on out here. Although the playoffs will be starting soon, so I’ll be able to get to see all the White Sox I want.