White Sox Defense and Bullpen, Not Wrigley, Making Ozzie Want to Puke on Thursday

June 18, 2009 By 3 Comments

Cubs Come Back to Beat White Sox 6-5 in Game 2 of Windy City SeriesSon of a bitch.

Up 5-1 heading in the 8th inning, I was already planning my celebratory post. Then “the best bullpen in baseball” (what idiot said that?) took the ball from Gavin Floyd and it was all downhill from there.

The Cubs scored 4 in the 8th, all unearned, after an error to leadoff the inning by Chris Getz proved costly. Scott Linebrink got the next two Cubs hitters out, but with two gone, Derrek Lee and Geovany Soto went back-to-back to tie it up.

Then, the Cubs tallied another run in the 9th off Matt Thornton on a duck snort by Alfonso Soriano to secure a 6-5 victory and set off a thoroughly annoying rendition some stupid song called “Go Cubs Go” or something like that. Those of us forced to watch the game on WGN were subjected the song and the crowd shots of “the best fans in the world.” Yes, the same fans who were so awesome last year when the Cubs played the Dodgers in the NLDS.

But back to the point: this a game the White Sox have to win if they have serious designs on challenging in the AL Central. Gavin Floyd pitches great, on the heels of a great start by John Danks yesterday, giving up only 1 run and 4 hits through 7 innings. The offense had another solid day manufacturing some runs, with Gordon Beckham having his best day at the plate since being called up (2-2, R, RBI, BB). And Alexei continued being a Cubs killer with an early home run.

But it was all for naught, and Ozzie Guillen has only one group to be making that choke face to: his own clubhouse.

Bad loss White Sox. Now let’s forget about it and take at least two in Cincinnati.

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Filed Under: Featured Column, MLB Tagged With: chicago cubs, Chris Getz, gavin floyd, gordon beckham, john danks, matt thornton, MLB, ozzie guillen, Scott Linebrink
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  • KVB

    Sickening, made me want to puke too. Maybe I’ll go to chumley’s and vomit on a cubs fan.

  • http://www.avgguysports.com Bill K

    As I sit in a airport restaurant I am boarding the plane with the Sox up 5-1. I land at DFW only to find out that the Cubs won. Without even looking at the stats on my phone I already knew what had happened. The bullpen came in to throw batting practice. And so, one of the most down and out offensive teams of the past couple weeks comes back to win it.

    I wonder if anyone in the front office has re-thought the decision not to give the bullpen a little help. Maybe we have someone in the farm system that can pitch in relief.

  • KVB

    @Bill K, Maybe we will see Aaron Poreda (though lefty) get a later inning role now, Thornton as well could do that. Linebrink has proven that he can’t pitch two days in a row. But really Chris Getz error on a routine ground ball started everything.