132

The White Sox took two out of three from the Royals over the weekend, winning two close games (5-4 and 2-1) and getting clobbered in the finale (11-1). The Magic Number dropped from 135 to 132, and the Sox find themselves in third place, 4.0 games behind Detroit. They trail the second-place Indians by 2.5 games and are 1.5 games ahead of the Twins.

This week, the Sox face the two teams their fans love to hate: the Yankees and the Cubs. The Yanks are 17-19 and the Cubs are 17-18, a bit worse than the Good Guys, who are two games over .500 at 18-16. Following those traditional rivals, the 19-17 A's come to town, followed by the Devil Rays, who are 18-22. In other words, it's a good time to play some decent ball. All of these teams are very beatable, unfortunately including the White Sox. Maybe this will be the week that the Sox take off. Maybe this will be the week that Gus Molina gets his first career hit -- he's now up to 0 for 16 and counting. Go Sox! Go Gus!

The really big news this weekend belonged to Update daugther, Allison. On Friday, she got a new job as a teacher for next year. On Sunday, she got her Master of Education degree. And sandwiched in between, she got engaged to boyfriend Chas. The Update is very happy. Go Allison & Chas!