I miss playing NL teams...or do I?

How sad that interleague play is over. Those Kansas City Royals give us problems all the time, and this series was no different. I was very excited about the pitching matchup today with Greinke going against Peavy, and it did not disappoint. The Sox bullpen, however, that was the part that kind of disappointed.
But it wasn't all bad, the Sox actually engineered a really epic almost-comeback thanks in large part to that 3-run triple from Lillibridge. How wonderful and random. I was really hoping we would score in the 8th so as not to have to face Joakim Soria, but it didn't work out that way, and Soria shut us down for good.
I liked the way we totally got back into this game tonight, though. These boys are tough, and they know how close this AL Central race is going to be from here on out. I mentioned in my last blog that I don't like to scoreboard watch, but when we're still only 2.5 games out, I can't help but try and take a peek at what our little Twins and Tigers friends are up to. Their series against each other went pretty much how I wanted to, with one team taking 2 of 3. Now with us playing another really hot team in Texas, we need to focus on winning these games so as to not fall back down to where we were. The Twins begin a series with the Rays tomorrow, and the Tigers will begin a series with the Mariners on Friday. Seems like all three AL Central contenders may have their work cut out for them, so it will be an exciting weekend for baseball (although it's also going to be an exciting weekend of NBA free agency as well...).
So I thought that being back in the AL would not be a big deal, but this series made me question that theory. Were the Sox just hot because they were beating up on the bad teams? I still think they were playing some good baseball against KC, they just always seem to give us trouble. Hawk even mentioned that last year we lost more games to KC than we did to the Tigers. Very strange. On the other hand, we have been playing some good teams and beating them. Such is the beautiful thing about baseball. The game changes constantly and it is up to us as fans to try and keep up. Right now, just as well, it's up to the White Sox to keep up with these teams in their own division by beating teams no matter what league they're in, no matter what division they're in. I hope during this off day they can reflect on how they almost came back to win this game and held on until the very last out. I'm pretty split when it comes to momentum affecting things, but i think and hope that this is one of those times where it does. These Rangers are tough, and they will come out fighting to keep their first place spot. It will be quite an awesome weekend like I said.
...At least I know Jerry Reinsdorf has other plans for this weekend. ^_~