A Modest Proposal for White Sox Fans

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In watching the Tampa Bay Rays sweep the White Sox, it’s evident the Rays are everything the White Sox aren’t.  They’re smart, competitive, and can identify and develop young talent.  As for the Sox, they look like a team that has quit, and it’s only early April.  It usually takes the Sox until May to extinguish what little hope their fans may have.

Pay no attention to what's behind the curtain

The Sox try to divert attention from their ineptitude by throwing out some young guys on the field and pointing to the farm system.  Well, enough with selling blue sky, how about showing results on the field?  Reynaldo Lopez and Lucas Giolito continue to flounder while Carlos Rodon is still inconsistent.  What is scary is trying to remember when the Sox farm system was productive. 

The Sox have two big time prospects in their lineup, Yoan Moncada and Eloy Jimenez.  They traded for both of them.  In times gone by the Sox used to at least be able to develop an occasional pitcher.  They seem to have lost even that limited ability.

White Sox are a one trick pony

The one thing the Sox have been able to do is sign what little young talent they stumbled on to, to long –term, team friendly contracts. Examples include Chris Sale and Jose Quintana.  I suspect the Eloy Jimenez contract will also prove to be team friendly.  In a perverse way, the White Sox have turned being cheap into an art form.

Some accountability, please

Occasionally the White Sox pretend to require accountability and be results oriented.  For example, they sent Dylan Covey to AAA.  This after he blew a game against the Indians.  If the Sox had any concept of accountability, Covey wouldn’t have been with the team to begin with. 

Ricky Renteria has benched players for not running out groundballs.  I’m good with that.  But does not running out grounders really as big  a deal for a team as not trying to put competitive teams on the field?  The Sox offseason was inexcusable, at least for a team trying to perpetrate the scam of an organization trying to improve.  

Supportive teammates

Despite adversity, the Sox remain good teammates.  Dan Palka still hasn’t got a hit this season, in a show of solidarity, many of his teammates didn’t get a hit either in the Sox 9-1 loss to the Rays.

It's what Mr. Spock would do, but he's not a baseball fan

Speaking of the Rays, it turns out the departure of Joe Maddon and Andy Friedman wasn’t a death knell for them after all.  The Rays are a competitive team built on shrewd moves and player development.  They play in the toughest division in baseball and are competitive despite limited financial recourses.  If Sox fans need another team to root for while the Sox decide whether to any try to win games or not, may I suggest the Rays?  Rays are good and need fans.  White Sox fans are good fans and need a good team.  I know that’s not the way baseball fandom works, but it’s what Mr. Spock would do.

White Sox are MLB's  answer to Weekend at Bernie's 

And, finally, has anybody seen Jerry Reinsdorf lately?  Also, how do White Sox management types keep their jobs despite ineptitude?   My Weekend at Bernie’s meme explains my theory.

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