South Side Sox · Jul 21, 2022
How will the AL Central race play out in the second half?
Joe Robbins/Icon Sportswire via Getty ImagesWe’ve been told all season long that the White Sox have an easy second-half schedule (they do) and they will play better against lesser competition (they will — hey, wait a minute, that part isn’t working out as well).
Chicago came into the break with a head of steam, winning three of four on the road against first-place Minnesota — and when I say “winning” I really mean punched them in the mouf. The Sunday, I-don’t-want-to-be-here effort by Minny made an already bad (series loss) situation much worse, because the White Sox had to look across the diamond at the sleepwalking and turn to each other to say, “we’re behind these clowns?”