I have been listening with interest how great the white sox are these days when across town, the cubs are ridiculed by the sox fans when they mop up teams like the pirates 18 times a year. How about these sox? They came back home 5-1 on their road trip having wiped out 2 of the worst teams in baseball- the pirates and the k.c.royals and now get even 2 more worst teams to beat up upon- oakland and then cleveland. Sure, the sox may win their pitiful division but let’s see when they begin playing some real teams.

p.s.- No way are real pitchers like Peavy or Oswalt coming to the sox. Who wants to pitch in that launching pad where home run stats get all distorted. Peavy and Oswalt are not crazy + who wants to play for that psycho the Wizard.

Ranger, I’m not getting carried away over the White Sox sudden decision to promote Gordon Beckham from Triple “AAA” Charlotte, despite tearing the cover off the ball there and back at Double “AA” Birmingham when they initially broke camp in Glendale, AZ. To me, it was a panic move in the wake of Joshua Fields’ uneven play defensively at third base, the alarming strikeout total and the lack of power since smacking over 20 homers in the lost 2007 season, plus little to no production in extremely limited action for Wilson Betemit at the less than hot corner. I didn’t think it was necessary to call up Gordon as quickly as they did. Listening to your White Sox Radio Network broadcasts back in Spring Training, I remember Beckham was playing a lot of the time at second base, and I thought I heard Steve Stone mention Gordon in the same breath as the recently retired Jeff Kent in comparisons to the guy drafted #1 by the Sox only a year ago. Over the long haul, even though Chris Getz has been good for the most part in his first season at second base, I have this feeling that Beckham will be there within 5 years and not at third.

The White Sox are basically a small market niche team with bandwagon fans.