ChicagoSportsBlogs : Non Compete

I have no excuses for why I haven't been posting as of late. It sucks following a horrible baseball team. It sucks even more to subject yourself to writing about a horrible baseball team. It isn't enough to actually watch the games and see how bad the White Sox are this season, when you run a blog like this you have to suck it up and write. So fine. Here goes.

The Sox are terrible. We are on the verge of being one of the worst teams in baseball. The bullpen is horrific, the injuries have been tedious, and the realization that the minor league talent we have is abysmal is icing on the cake. I really don't know what to do. I turn the game on every day. Most of the time I catch the middle of the third inning. The Sox are typically losing by this point. Hawk and DJ are making sarcastic comments on the telecast and this is my cue to hit the BBQ and flip the steaks.

In the past, my wife has hated the fact that I cook and watch the Sox at the same time. This was a problem last year, when the Sox always seemed to win. There was always something good "about to happen". I always needed "just one more minute" even though my steaks didn't. Nowadays I'm tuning in to see someone ground into a double play, boot a grounder into foul territory, or air mail a throw into the stands. You can guess how many times this team has had me glued to my seat. None. I guess we can go back to eating medium rare filets. See, that's the good news.

I haven't been reading much about the Sox online either. I guess that's a good thing. Deadspin has pretty much lost all its interest for me, Kissing Suzy is still funny but football season is a better time for that site, and the other Sox bloggers aren't really doing anything to cheer me up. Maybe I should step out and find something positive to enlighten all the down trodden Sox fans. It isn't as if reading about losing to the Cubs and the Orioles was going to make you happy. (that was directed to all you suckers who thought I was dead)

The problem with being this down on your team is that you start to resemble a Royals fan. Ironically, the Royals seem to be playing better baseball than the White Sox as of late. I can sense the audience thinning out with that last comment. Don't jump Sox fans! I do have good news for you. (no, I didn't save a lot by switching to Geico) Here it is:

The Sox just dropped the series to the Red Sox, by all accounts a good team, and it wasn't because the bullpen gave it up. It was because in sports, winning is infectious but losing is contagious. Anyone want to guess what disease the White Sox suffer from this year? Wait. Hold that thought. My steaks are done.