Same Old Story...Sox Lose to Jays 5-2 (Game 29, '08)
If I am this tired of watching this team already, I cannot imagine how I will feel around the All Star break if this continues. No offense again. A rare costly error by Crede and an okay pitching performance by John Danks was enough to sink the Sox once again. Still, with the way this team is not hitting, it doesn't seem too difficult to beat the White Sox. It seems all it takes is to throw this team anything but a fastball and they will get themselves out. The White Sox, over the past year and a month this year have demonstrated they cannot solve any soft-tossing, offspeed, junkball, breaking ball pitchers. Justin Verlander is a sitting duck for the White Sox, and they hit him well because he is a fastball pitcher and the White Sox are a fastball hitting team. For a team to have no speed and the ability only to hit the fastball with any consistency is a formula for disaster, and a very long summer. Last year it was said this team would 'snap out of it,' but they nevr did. Instead of just believing they will 'snap out of it' this year, the Sox are going to have to be more proactive to make whatever roster moves or lineup changes necessary to get the job done. If the players aren't going to change their hitting style because they are what they are, then the White Sox need a different mix of personnel altogether if they want to win...this year or beyond.

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