Ah, I saved my only positive blog for last. In a world where Salary Caps and Lebron James take overall precedence, it's nice to know that somewhere in the world, there is a hot baseball team worth mentioning.
And that team, my friends, is your first place Chicago White Sox.
I am still in shock that we got to this point. Nobody thought at the beginning of the season that we could even possibly make a run like that. I am loving every minute of it, and I really think we can keep going. Konerko and Rios have had an amazing first half in general. Our starting pitching has turned it around in an almost impossible fashion, getting their combined ERA lower and lower by the day. And when the rest of the team began to hit, it just spelled disaster for the opposition.
As the first half is in the books, I am not only reflecting on what an amazing run we made to get into first place by the break, but also looking forward, knowing we have to get right back to work, as we start a very important road trip with 4 games at Target Field against the Twins. The Twins are always a pain, so don't let the fact that they're in 3rd place now fool you. If we could win 3 out of 4 here, or even split, we could still be in a good position here. Target Field is certainly no Metrodome, thank god for that. I look forward to this series alot and hope we can stay in first place the rest of the way!!
I have pretty much a love-hate relationship with the All-star game. I love the idea of having all the awesome players in one place, but I really am not a fan of how the teams are constructed. Popularity contest + the "everybody gets one" thing kind of screws up what the game is supposed to be about. I'm sure Ty Wiggington has had a good year....for the Orioles. And if i'm a Mariners fan..."Hey look the only one from our team is Ichiro...again..." (after Cliff Lee had gone to Texas that is...). I also don't like how it determines home-field for the World Series, and no, I'm not just saying that because the NL won. i don't like it because it takes away from the novelty of the game. it's just supposed to be this fun thing for the kids to watch and for baseball fans to see as kind of an official halfway point of the summer. I just think that this is another victim of something in sports losing its fun. That has been happening way too much lately. It's actually kind of sad.
So much for the whole blog being a positive one, but hey, like I said, our Sox are in first place, and life is good. Just gotta keep it up in the second half, boys!!
Now on to watch the ESPY's...yeesh...
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