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Let's talk about Texas Ranger catchers.  Matt Treanor personally drove in more runs than the White Sox team last night, as the Good Guys went down to defeat 4-2.  Treanor, who doubled and homered in three at-bats, drove in three runs to grab the headlines.  That's a rare occurrence for Matt, a life-long backup who is not even the most famous athlete in his immediate family.  That honor goes to his wife, Misty May-Treanor, the gold-medal winning Olympic beach volleyballer.  (Misty has a new partner these days, since long-time teammate, Kerri Walsh, is pregnant again, just months after the birth of her first child.  Who needs People when you've got The Update?) 

Treanor was starting because the Rangers just sent two catchers to the minors, including former starter Jarrod Saltalamacchia.  Salty is famous for having the longest last name in Major League history and is tied for longest first and last name combined, with former Giants pitcher William Van Landingham.  We don't know for sure, but we'd guess that former Sox pitcher Cal McLish had the longest name when you include all of his middle names: Calvin Coolidge Julius Caesar Tuskahoma McLish.  How about Ed Ott and Ed Hug for shortest combined first and last names?

Oh, you want to read more about last night's game?  You might think you do, but trust us, you don't.  Mark Buehrle was ordinary -- 7 IP, 7 H, 4 R, 1 BB, 2 K -- on a night when extraordinary was needed.  The  Sox scored in the fifth on an Alex Rios double and stolen base, followed by a Carlos Quentin single.  They matched that in the sixth on a bases-loaded Alexei Ramirez single.  And that was it.  The team was a meager 2 for 8 (.250) with runners in scoring position, but as Mark Gonzalez reports, there are only four players on the team who are batting better than .250 with RISP: Andruw Jones, 3 for 9; Q, 5 for 19; Alexei, 4 for 12; and Mark Teahen, 3 for 9.  Not exactly clutch.

The Sox fall back to 6.0 games behind the Twins.  Now it's Jake Peavy's turn to try to get untracked.  Go Sox!