Here we are at the All-Star break, the traditional, albeit inaccurate, halfway point of the baseball season, the time for reflection on the first half and anticipation of the second half. That means it’s time for the optimists and pessimists among White Sox fans to pull up settees across from each other and hash things over.
On the one side, we have a not merely glass-half-full, but glass-filled-to-the-very-brim-with-ambrosia Pollyanna who has bought season tickets just to have a crack at the sure-to-come World Series seats. On the other, a not merely glass-half-empty, but nothing-in-the-glass-but-some-blue-green-sludge-at-the-bottom Gloomy Gus who plans to be out of town by mid-October.