Okay. Here is my first post with this site. So far, so good. Next step is to obtain a following. Then, profit!!!

But seriously, if you haven’t noticed yet, I’m from the Chicago land area (many Illini from the suburbs will simply say they are from Chicago to seem cool), and I am a die hard White Sox fan. Since around 1995 when I was just 5 when my grandparents took me to my first Sox game. I also played baseball all the way til high school, but, unfortunately, that did not pan out. So here I am. Now let’s talk about this team.

Let’s look at the track record here. Nate Jones, Chris Sale, Matt Lindstrom, Adam Eaton, Jose Abreu, Felipe Paulino, Conor Gillaspie, Avisail Garcia. If I’m missing anyone, please feel free to let me know and help me prove my point even more. The point I’m trying to make is that these injuries, especially Avi and Sale, came so damn early in the year. And with Tommy John becoming an epidemic this year, I’m just thankful that Sale is back this year, period. And the fact that he came back and completely overpowered the Yanks for 6 shutout innings shows me he’s better than ever. But, still, these injuries all within the first month and a half into the season…

And yet the fact this team is 25-26 really gives me incredible hope and reason to be optimistic for the future of this team. What has Adam Eaton done? He’s just been our best leadoff hitter since the great Scotty Pods came here and helped win us a Series!! Eaton’s only problem, which is a great one to have, is that he just might hustle TOO HARD. Which I think caused his DL stint because he moves those legs way too damn fast. Also, he hasn’t been stealing like we thought he would, but I expect that to change very shortly.

Next, Avisail Garcia. Aka Miggy Cabrera Jr. Where do I start? Avi lasted all of 8 games before he injured his shoulder doing what? Hustling. Diving for a ball hit to shallow right. This kid is about a year and a half younger than me, and might have the brightest future on this team. The fact he left this year so early brought with some silver linings, including that the team assumed this year will be a rebuilding year, so he can be back next year healthy and ready to compete. Also, it gave us a chance to see Jordan Danks (we all saw how that turned out). But at the time, it was a good test to see how Danks would do.

But, alas, here we are. 1 game under .500, which is about where I had us pegged for the year, but that was before I knew the kind of significant injuries we would be facing. Which is the main point of this article. This team at full health I think is going to surprise a lot of people. Especially sports analysts.

It’s clear the team still needs help with starting pitching, and some more relief pitching, which I hope will be taken care of by July and this off-season. In short, good bye Dunn, Alexei, Beckham, and De Aza is what I’m hoping to see sooner rather than later.

I think I’m typed out for the night. It’s 130 in the morning and I’m sitting here, thinking about this team, watching The Office and drinking a Rolling Rock while my son and girlfriend are sleeping. So take what I say with a grain of salt. This site seems to be right up my alley, and if you’re interested I’ll try to be here as much as possible. Hope you enjoyed my first rant, good night, and good riddance.