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So we asked Bridget Podlasinski if she enjoyed reading The Update, and she said, "I do when [the White Sox] win." Bridget, you aren't going to like this post. Despite playing the team with the worst record in baseball, the Sox lost last night to the Indians, 9-5.

Sure, they got 12 hits and scored five runs, but Gavin Floyd had his fourth straight rough outing. Floyd, supposedly the number two guy in the rotation, looked more like new Charlotte Knight Jose Contreras, giving up eight runs on 11 hits, three walks and a hit batsman in just five innings. Floyd's ERA ballooned to 7.32, and is an even worse 9.74 over his last four starts.

Jimmy Gobble, the long-time Royal reliever who was called up from Triple-A to take No Way Jose's spot on the roster, fared poorly in his White Sox debut -- one run on two hits in one-third of an inning pitched. Quite the improvement wouldn't you say? Gobble [insert turkey joke here] got the promotion because he's left-handed, and Matt Thornton is the only other lefty in the bullpen now that Clayton Richard is back to being a starter. By the way, doesn't it seem like we've tried a lot of ex-Royals on the team? You know, the guys that were on KC back when they sucked, like Horacio Ramirez and Mike MacDougal.

Well, at least we've still got Bobby Jenks. Wait a minute. MLB is looking into Jenks's admission (confession?) that he intentionally threw behind Ian Kinsler to send a message to the Rangers who had been hitting not only Sox pitching, but Sox batters. The way this year seems to be playing out, MLB will decide to suspend Jenks for six games and the Sox other relievers will blow three saves during that time. C'mon. That's just Bobby being Bobby.

Lest you think that The Update is a glass half-empty kind of publication, we remind you that despite being in fourth place, 3.5 games behind the Royals, the Sox have the same record they did after 31 games last year -- 14-17. Let's hope the Good Guys win four of their next five like they did in 2008. We want Bridget to enjoy reading about the team, and we want to enjoy writing about them. Go Sox!