Offensive bats

Michael Bottigliero, Sox Superfan
On another cold Chicago day Sammy Sosa and the Texas Rangers invaded White Sox park. The game was moving along with neither side able to score against some solid pitching. Then just one pitch after Jim Thome lost his bat in the stands after a foul ball the Good Guys broke through. Thome launched a solo shot to straight center. This was a good sight but unfortunately it turned out to be the lone bright spot for Sox fans.

Jon Garland pitched good but eventually the Rangers bats busted through with Brad Wilkerson and red hot Ian Kinsler doing most of the damage with homers in the 5th and 7th innings respectively. It must weigh heavy on a pitcher to keep throwing goose eggs on the board while your offense continues to sputter. Every single bat in the lineup is struggling with only Thome hitting over .220 in the early part of this season. At this point there is no chemistry with hitters still trying to find their grooves. I would say the Sox need a lineup change with some new blood off the bench or players moving up or down in the batting order but as far as I have seen Ozzie has done a pretty good job of mixing things up.

Now I am going to come up with a new solution- NO MORE CHANGES! I believe Ozzie has been shaking things up too much. If we leave our prime players in their comfortable spots then maybe they will shake out of this funk, pick up some chemistry, and feel their way through to reaching their potential. Figure on regular CF and LF, leave Iguchi in the 2 spot and Juan Uribe is probably the only other Sox who has been hitting so leave him at SS. Lets see if we can wake up the bats with some stability!