Black Sox Blog

Losing three of four to the Minnesota Twins has lowered their lead in the AL Central to only half a game over the Twins and five and a half over the Tigers.  In the final game of the series in which the Sox were going for the split, home runs by Jim Thome and Jermain Dye were a help but not enough to get past the powerful Twins who scored at least six runs in three of the four games, each of which they won.  Only managing to get eight hits in the game compared with twelve strikeouts is not going to win too many game, especially against a division rival that is on their heels in the standings.  Despite a tough series, the Sox got a surprise by trading for Ken Griffey Jr. just before the deadline.  The Sox didn’t have to give up too much to get the slugger, Nick Masset and minor leaguer Danny Richar were both dealt in the trade.  Griffey put a huge question mark into the minds of many Sox fans, where is he going to fit in?  Perhaps as a DH, or first basemen, or outfielder?  Ozzie Guillen has his work cut out for him to see where the slugger will help the club the most.