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You might have noticed that I skipped game #14. Well, not really. Actually, I was too disgusted to take the scoreboard photo and post about it. Being a Sox fan is tough right now. The Sox have lost 11 out of their last 13 games! Yes, you read that correctly. We are now 5 games under .500. And things don’t look to be getting any better. Sure, we have several key players on the DL like Erstad and Crede (my favorite). But, it’s really been our bullpen that has fallen apart. Which makes watching Sox games very frustrating. You watch for nearly three hours as the Sox hold the opposing team to only a few runs. And then when the starter pitcher starts to get tired and is replaced, we get slaughtered in the final innings.

Take a look at the scoreboard photo again. See anything odd about it? Despite being the losing home team, there are fireworks going off in the sky. I suppose the supply must be backing up. Or perhaps, the crew just figured they had no idea when our next home game win would be, so we might as well fire them off for the mere “awe” aspect. Sox manager Ozzie Guillen comments, “Did you stay for the fireworks? I hope they were better than the game.”

Guillen added, “They boo after the game, and they should. I don’t blame people for booing me. They pay to watch a good ballgame and they go back home disappointed. I do, too. White Sox fans are not proud right now to be a White Sox fan. I want them to feel proud and make those fans come to the game happier, regardless of whether we lose or win.”

What are we Cubs fans?

(Actually, fans of the Cubbies finally have something to cheer about. Ever since manager Lou Piniella was suspended for, well, being Piniella, the Cubs have been on a winning streak. Currently, they’re 2nd in the Central National League, five games behind first place Milwaukee Brewers.)

Guillen concluded, “We are not a team just to come here and make the fans be happy about their Mullet [Night] or Dog Day or the fireworks nights. We are a team that is supposed to be in the playoffs. This is a team to compete and it’s just not there.”

Ugh.