On Sunday night the Chicago White Sox’s season came to an end. The result of their last game was pretty much a summary of their whole 2007 season. Basically, the outcome was not good.
Attendance at U.S. Cellular Field totaled 33,154 fans. I’m sure the outcome was one they were hoping wouldn’t happen. It would have been nice to end the season on a good note, especially after the very roller-coaster like season the Sox had this year (most of the time they were going down the hill instead of up.)
As a result, the White Sox players headed home with a 13-3 loss to the Detroit Tigers sitting on their shoulders. It was almost an exact replica of the season opener when they lost of Cleveland 12-5. So they started the season off bad and ended it bad. Maybe we should start the 2008 season off good so it will end well. Sounds like a pretty good plan to me.
You’re probably wondering exactly how the game went. Well there were four reliefs for Contreras, all of them gave up at least one run to the Tigers. So you can see that the bullpen struggled. But so did the offense. But let’s be honest. Most of the South Siders’ fans sort of became immune to this kind of showing.
With the season now officially over, the White Sox finished the season with a losing record. This was the first time since 1989 that they finished below third place in the AL Central. And I hate being the one to deliver the bad news to you, but they also had their worst regular season record ever this year. They finished 72-90.
But all this information means is that it can only go up from here. Next year will be a better season for them and we are going to consider this a rebuilding year. We have a lot of great players coming back and I’m sure this was a learning experience to all, coaches and players.
I’m sure Ozzie is glad that this season is over. Actually I know he is glad because he told us that. “Thank God we're done with this nightmare. For the rest of my career, hopefully this is going to be the last one that feels this way.” So to sum it up, Ozzie wants the Sox to improve, but hey, what coach wouldn’t after an almost embarrassing season.
This loss doesn’t necessary mean that the White Sox players are pessimistic about the season or the seasons to come. I have to admit, we did see a lot of pretty remarkable things happen this year. Matt Thorton makes that clear when he made the statement on Sunday night, "We saw some great things, with [Mark] Buehrle's no-hitter, pretty much Thome's entire season and Bobby [Jenks'] streak [of 41 straight batters retired]. Just awesome things, but it doesn't make the season better. It's been a rough year, but that's why you come back next year ready to go."
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