120

Travel has kept me from posting the last few days. Of course, if the Sox were on a five-game winning streak rather than a five-game losing skid, I probably would have found a way to get it done. Anyway, there's really not much to say. Right now the team stinks. They're better than this for sure, but how much? I don't know. Maybe you Update readers can shed some light on the situation.

For now, I'll stick to the facts. Mark Buehrle's two-hitter went for naught last night as the Blue Jays blanked the Good Guys, 2-0. Both hits off Buehrle were home runs, including one by Update favorite, Frank Thomas. The Big Hurt cracked the 495th dinger of his illustrious career against his former team. It must have been especially sweet for Frank after Ozzie Guillen said that the White Sox knew how to pitch to him. Well, knowing and doing are two different things. I'm looking forward to Big Frank getting his 500th homer; I just hope the rest of them don't come against the Sox.

With last night's loss the Sox fell below .500, to 24-25. They're 7.5 games behind Cleveland, which seems to own Detroit, and 3.5 games behind the Tigers for the Wild Card spot. Hell, they're even behind the Twins now. Tough division, but a losing record is a losing record no matter where you play. The Magic Number is 120, but continuing to play like this will make that calculation meaningless. The Update may have to start calculating the team's Elimination Number if they don't' turn this around. By the way, that's 105 -- any combo of Indian wins and Sox losses adding up to 105 will guarantee that Cleveland finishes ahead of the Good Guys. There's still time but the Sox can't dig themselves such a big hole that they can't climb out of it. Go Sox!