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If you were paying attention to yesterday's Update, you know that the White Sox don't do well when they score three or fewer runs in a game -- which they did last night in a 12-3 loss to the Yankees, and which they have done in 13 of their last 14 games.  The team's overall record in that situation is now 2-13, or a .133 winning percentage.  Duh, even Charlie Sheen has a higher winning percentage than that!  And more importantly, so do the other major league teams, which are a combined 63-313 when scoring three or fewer, or a .201 winning percentage.  That's about 50% higher than the Pale Hose's pace.

But even scoring 11 runs wouldn't have done it last night.  Edwin Jackson was about as effective as Michael Jackson would have been, and the King of Pop was no baseball pitcher.  The bullpen -- Tony Pena, Will Ohman, and Jeff Gray -- was no better, with each reliever giving up runs and a total of six overall.  All in all, the team sucked yesterday.

Now, the Sox get to come home and put this 3-8 road trip behind them.  Hopefully, there'll be some fans who still want to watch.  Reinsdorf may be all in, but I doubt the fans will be when the team is playing so poorly.  That doesn't bode well for later in the season when, hopefully -- there's that word again -- the Sox need to pick up someone at the trading deadline.  But that's a worry I'd love to have.  Go Sox!