All Things Considered, Not a Bad Weekend

Sorry, some internet problems last night I had to work out, and by the time they were fixed, it was time to hit the hay.

Safe to say after Friday night's embarrassing 12-5 loss to the Twins, the prospects for this weekend looked pretty dismal; the Sox had scuffled to three straight home losses to division opponents, their pitching had gone completely south, and the bats were still nowhere to be found.

Thankfully, baseball is a game that's always full of surprises and short memories, and as down as the Sox could have been Friday night, two straight excellent games on Saturday and Sunday have really cleaned the taste in my mouth.

So what to make of this weekend? Hopefully the Sox team that showed up on Saturday and Sunday are the real White Sox, and Friday's game was just one of those shitty games that unfortunately come up every now and then over the course of a 162-game marathon.

Friday

Its hard to pinpoint one "dissapointing" part of a game you lose 12-5, but the most obvious was Jose Contreras's 1st start. He only lasted through five innings and allowed 4 runs on 7 hits and was basically hit relatively hard all game by a team that has slumped out of the gates offensively to start the season. Crede's home run was stroked and it just seemed like Jose couldn't miss any bats. The bullpen was bad and the offense was bad (even though that was the high water mark for runs in a game). I'm trying not to relive that game as much as possible, so let's just moved on to the weekend.

Saturday & Sunday

I think this is exactly the team that Kenny Williams envisioned when he crafted this roster. I wish I could have watched Saturday's win, but Fox chose to broadcast the Cardinals/Astros game in our market so I was relegated to watching ESPN GameCast. Still, from the highlights I saw, its safe to say Colon's stuff looked fantastic. I'm still not sure if we can realistically get him 31 more times this season, but if he can make it through 20 starts in 2009, I really like the way this roster is coming together.

It's also nice to see Dewayne Wise put together a few nice games. Thankfully, Ozzie ended the Wise leading off experiment early and Wise has flourished deeper in the lineup, going 2-3 Sunday with a very nice sacrifice bunt. I still prefer Anderson for his defense (especially on the road at large outfields like Comerica), but the outfield at the Cell is much smaller so if Dewayne is swinging a sweet bat, I don't think his defense is that much of a negative.

Finally, Chris Getz left Sunday's game early after taking a pitch from Twins reliever Craig Breslow just above the elbow to the back of the arm. Brent Lillibridge pinch ran for Getz and finished the game at second base. Right now, it doesn't look like anything severe, and he's just diagnosed with a bruise, but it's something to keep an eye on.