Cubs lose to White Sox and D Rose to sign with Cavs

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After losing nine games in a row, the White Sox defeated the Cubs 3-1. Miguel Gonzalez went 7.1 innings and gave up only one run. Dan Jennings got one out in the 8^th before Anthony Swarzak came on to record a four out save. Swarzak is the best guy in the Sox pen now. Look for him to be moved.

The Cubs only run came when starter, Kyle Hendricks grounded out with the bases loaded scoring Ben Zobrist. Jose Abreu doubled in the tying run in the 5^th. Adam Engel homered off Justin Grimm to give the Sox a 2-1 lead in the 6^th. Matt Davidson hit a long home run off Koji Uehara in the 8^th to provide an insurance run.

Not surprising

After the Cubs big win over the Cardinals Sunday night, the Monday afternoon game against the White Sox looked like a trap game for them. John Lackey starts for the Cubs tomorrow and I don't have a warm fuzzy feeling about that either.

Nagging doubts

Kyle Hendricks got the start against the Sox and wasn't that impressive. Kyle went 4.1 innings and gave up 8 hits while allowing one run. The Cubs might not be out of the woods with their starting pitching yet.

Rose to be planted in Cleveland

Derrick Rose is reportedly going to sign with the Cavs. It looks like Kyrie Irving will indeed be traded. The Cavs are said to expect to get a huge haul in return for return for Irving. With the Cavs being over a barrel I don't see that as being the case. The Eastern Conference of the NBA looks like it's going to be opened up quite a bit. I'm looking forward to see how LeBron James likes playing with Derrick Rose. Of course Rose signing with the Cavs and Rose playing with the Cavs are two different things.

As Lucky and Luck would have it

Lucky Whitehead has been cut by the Cowboys after reportedly failing to show up for arraignment on a shoplifting charge. This soon after his dog was stolen and held for ransom. That name Lucky seems kind of ironic now. It would have been more embarrassing if Whitehead had been caught when he dropped merchandise trying to shoplift it.

Indianapolis Colts QB, Andrew Luck will begin training camp on the PUP. Luck reportedly is healing well from shoulder surgery and looks to be ready for the opening game of the season. Still, I think that Colts fans have to be a little apprehensive.

More next time.