Back to .500

And just like that, the White Sox are back to .500, actually above .500 for the time being! They currently stand at 35-34 a .507 percentile and 4.5 games behind the Twins in the AL Central. They’ve spent the past two weeks feasting on the underbelly of the Major Leagues, the NL. The White Sox have always played well in Inter-league play, but they’ve dominated it this year going 11-2 with 5 Inter-league games left on the schedule, all of which will be wrapped up this coming weekend in part two of the Crosstown Classic on the Southside. They even beat up on an excellent pitcher Tommy Hanson on an excellent, best record in the NL team in the Atlanta Braves. The Braves will be a better test for the White Sox as they have 3 good oitching matchups and both teams have been hot as Atlanta won five straight before taking the loss to the Sox last night. They’re certainly a better test than the hot-grabage the Bucs and Nats put out between the foul lines. General Manager Kenny Williams is never a true “seller” but he was definitely on that end of the spectrum a couple of weeks ago, and now he’ll be looking to make an addition to the team to make a better run at the AL Central. They’re looking for left-handed pop in the batter’s box and possibly a left-handed reliever. Adam Dunn and Lance Berkman have been rumored to be on the White Sox radar. Berkman has been struggling at the plate and with injuries, especially to his knee which kept him on the DL for the beginning of the season. He does pick up the ball pretty well and could spell Konerko at first base. Dunn has been mashing with 17 homers, 8 of which came at home in a spacious National’s Ballpark. Imagine that man hitting within the smaller dimensions of Comiskey! I’m sure a few fly balls in that park turns into homers in this one. The bad news is, the Twins have been rumored to be the front-runners to acquire former Cy Young Award winner Cliff Lee from the soon-to-be-selling Mariners. The AL Central will be all but won if they make that acquisition.

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