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It pains us to write this, but you pay us a lot of money for your subscription to The Update, so the show must go on.  Wait, you don't pay anything.  We don't have to do this.  So this is going to be a quickie.

The White Sox lost all three games over the weekend (four in a row overall) to fall to 4-9, 5.0 games behind the Twins and their worst start since 1997.  Only the Orioles have a worse record in the American League. 

The hitting stinks, with seven players batting below the Mendoza Line (.215, Mario Mendoza'a lifetime average):  Paul Konerko, .214; Juan Pierre, .208 ; Carlos Quentin, .200 ; A.J. Pierzynski, .171; Jayson Nix, .167; Omar Vizquel, .125; and Mark Kotsay, .120.

The pitching's not a whole lot better.  The starting rotation that we thought so much of just hasn't gelled yet.  Gavin Floyd, yesterday's loser, is 0-2 with a 9.00 ERA. Jake Peavy, the "Ace" of the staff, is 0-0 with a 6.00 ERA.  Freddy Garcia, who may be just keeping a spot warm for Daniel Hudson, is 0-2 with a 8.10 ERA.  The bullpen is a combined 1-4 with only two saves.

It has to get better, doesn't it?  Go Sox!