Now That's More Like It! (Game 3, '08)

Great to see a win for the White Sox today, behind the fantastic pitching of John Danks - the kind of outing I would have expected from one of our veterans from the two days previous, but...a win is a win.  I only wish Danks himself would have been credited with the win because he was the only Sox starter who had an answer for the Indians' hitters.  It is obvious the White Sox will only be as good as their pitching allows.  That can be said of any team I suppose. 

I'm glad in this one-run game the misjudged fly ball by Jermaine Dye and the miscommunication between him and Nick Swisher did not make the difference.  Whoever is out there in center field, I hope the White Sox outfielders get on the same page that the center fielder is always in command.  The White Sox cannot afford defensive miscues, especially in tight ballgames with a guy throwing the ball as well as Jake Westbrook was today. 

I did not see the game yesterday, but understand it was a poorly played game and the Sox beat themselves.  Games lost like that are hard for me to swallow. I felt the Sox got beat in game one, but played hard and played well.  I can live with that.  Then today, the Sox got the win. So...two decent games out of three aren't bad.  These guys have been playing ball long enough to know what they need to do to win ballgames.  Pierzynski didn't lay down a bad bunt, just to the wrong side of the plate.  Even though the sacrifice to get Konerko to third failed, he got it down, and the ball died on the dirt in front of the plate.  At least the mindset is there, and I believe it is just a matter of time before the Sox begin doing the little things better.  Good to see they are doing some of the 'big' things well, with Crede ragaining his home run stroke on a Jake Westbrook sinker that didn't sink, and Uribe nailing one over the wall.

I'm glad to see Detroit swept by the resurgent Kansas City Royals, but they will be primed and ready when the Sox face them tomorrow in the Motor City.  I look forward to it.