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I'm not going to discard the towel in very anyhow above the Chicago White Sox season, whatever, with every passing day, the playoff window is growing smaller and smaller.

Chicago currently stands four and a half games after the impressive Minnesota Twins (7-3 over the past 10 games) for first place in the AL Central.

This season had been a bumpy road even now.

As everybody knows, the White Sox started off the 1st pair months as an average baseball team, then surged forward during a beautiful month-and-a-half stretch ahead All-Star weekend in which they rose before of Detroit and Minnesota to grasp a slim clutch on the department. Ever since then, it's been a dog fight with Minnesota.

September, as it all is, will be a huge month. We only have one extra tough series with Minnesota (about half-way through the month), but even with that, Chicago is going to must go through some tough teams if they ambition to play into October; two series' with Detroit book-end a three-gamer with Minnesota, and then the worst of it, a 7 day stretch with the Angels and Red Sox (both teams probably out of argument, but although, all tough to play).

I'm not mentioning Chicago is out, but it ambition be a very tough road. And for of recent play (losing 2 of three to Minnesota, and then 2 straight to Kansas City) it looks like there ambition be an early exit.

At the beginning of the season, if somebody told me that Paul Konerko would be batting .300+ with 30 home runs, Alex Rios would be our MVP, and Juan Pierre would have 50 stolen bases, I would be ecstatic.

That's where we are currently and still the White Sox are not where they ought be.

Who's to blame?



Kenny Williams

Grabbing Alex Rios rotated out apt be a imaginary migrate, for his activity this season has been terrific. He's been the five-tool athlete that he was in the past. However, Williams made a colossal mistake this commerce deadline by not production moves to get a left-hand cmd, a reliever, alternatively a agreeable beginning pitcher.

Trading Daniel Hudson for Edwin Jackson was weird, considering that Hudson is a juvenile pitcher with latent and Jackson is a young pitcher without potential who's been beautiful hideous this season.



Ozzie Guillen

Guillen is a good manager and the White Sox are fortunate to have him, but he should understand by now to shut his mouth when the medium comes rolling in. He has been a huge entertainment this season with his speak almost Latino players. What he said was needless, principally during such an momentous time of the season.




Jake Peavy's Injury

Boom! Just like that Chicago lost its ace.

With the success that Danks, Floyd and Buehrle have had recently, Peavy could have made this team not only a division medalist, merely also a perilous team if they did reach the postseason.

During the season a team can win with three good starters and then junk for their fourth and fifth man, but if a team survives in the playoffs it's because they have that great fourth starter. Rolling out Danks, Floyd, Peavy and, Buehlre in a seven-game array would have been colossal.



The Bullpen

For lack of the better word, the bullpen is shit.

We're reaching the point in Bobby Jenks vocation where he needs to be taken out to the shed and shot like a nag with a broken leg. It's been a goddamn joke even now, and Chicago has no accident of getting through September unless Jenks, Matt Thorton and JJ Putz get their heads back into the game.



Like mentioned upon, Chicago's timetable is quite tough for the afterward month. They have the artist to conquer this division, but they haven't been showing it as of late. I think Ozzie can get this team going. We need to start playing like we did in June and July, when we were sweeping Milwaukee, Texas and Atlanta.

The AL Central is arguably the worst division in the majors, and with the players on this team, there isn't whichever plea if the White Sox don't take it.