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That’s a question many White Sox fans are asking themselves. Despite all the successful wins that I’ve attended and written about this season, the Sox are playing pretty bad baseball. Consider this, the Sox have only won 3 of their last 12 games!

So, what’s wrong? Well, the pitching, which was strong at the beginning of the season, has gone south and the offensive is nearly nonexistent. It seems like if your name isn’t Buehrle, you ain’t pitching a good game (though Thornton is usually an affective relief). Offensively, the team has been having to rely on the power of aging players like Konkero, Thome, and Dye. All three of which are probably not going to be Sox players at the end of the season. Quentin, who nearly won the MVP last season before being injured, is hitting a lame .229. The wire thin Ramirez aka The Cuban Missile, who broke a record last year for collecting four grand slams as a rookie, is batting an unimpressive .224. And then there are the new, young additions like Fields and Lillibridge who are way under performing both on the field and at bat. And the shut outs. So far this season, the Sox have been shut out 6 times. And we’re only a month and a half into the season! The team record for a season is somewhere in the mid 20’s. Oh, let us please not earn the nickname, the “Shutout Sox”.

Okay, enough of my little rant here. It is still early in the season. And thanks to our division, we are only 3 games out of first. Which as I write this seems unbelievable. Unfortunately, that stat might get worse after we finish up a road trip with the Blue Jays (who are in first place in the AL East) and get back home to face Crede and the Twins. I recall many folks were ready to write off last season and we ended up winning the AL Central Division. This year, I’m not quite sure…

– Please excuse my poor Photoshopin’. Not trying to win any awards here, just trying to make a point.